The pick of the best environment Guardian reader photos 2010

Big Garden Birdwatch 2010: Blue tit on a snowy bush in Worthing, West Sussex by Rob Baldwin Photography Photograph: Rob Baldwin Photography/guardian.co.uk

Signs of spring 2010: Nest-building taken by SteveJM2009
Photograph: SteveJM2009/Flickr

Signs of spring 2010:Taken on 9 February 2010 by bobsleigh
Photograph: harold.lloyd/Flickr

Signs of spring 2010: Taken on 23 February 2010 by Escape Images
Photograph: Escape Images/Flickr

Spring blossom: taken on 25 April 2010 by boz_w Photograph: boz_w/Flickr

Spring Blossom: Magnolias taken by mmechinita on 15 April 2010 Photograph: mmechinita/Flickr

Spring Blossom: Simply Blossom taken by Roantrum on 20 April 2010 Photograph: Roantrum/Flickr

The best of pond life: Mėnage à trois - frogs in my garden pond, Shropshire. Taken on 21 March 2010 by zweiblumen Photograph: guardian.co.uk

The best of pond life: Pondskater, by Robbie G1, taken on 1 May, 2010 Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Garden wildlife: Fox by AndrewRichardMills Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Garden wildlife: Great spotted woodpecker chick by wurzel.pete Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Garden wildlife: Green hairstreak on gorse by Pat The Plant Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Garden wildlife: Ladybird by MartinBarber Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Trees in leaf: Todoroki Valley S3 #8 by Hiro. This photo was taken on 2 August, 2010 Photograph: Hans＊Hiro＊HeavensGrass/Flickr

Trees in leaf: No title, by i y e r s. This photo was taken on 18 August, 2010 Photograph: i y e r s/Flickr

Trees in leaf: Veins 1 by Britt_W. This photo was taken on 17 April, 2010 Photograph: Britt_W /Flickr

Nature's harvest: Bilberies and cowberries from Lithuania. By Fotoreportazai.This photo was taken on 5 September, 2010 Photograph: Fotoreportazai/Flickr

Nature's harvest: Wild apple windfalls by kelp1966. This photo was taken on 8 August, 2010 in Bassett, Southampton, England Photograph: kelp1966/Flickr

Nature's harvest: Bramble jewelsby lifeinabruzzo.com, taken on 7 September, 2010 Photograph: lifeinabruzzo.com/Flickr

Nature's harvest: Chanterelle for dinner by ochils, taken on 28 September 2010 Photograph: ochils/Flickr

The magic of autumn: Colours a changing in the canopy by ginbatt, taken on 6 October 2010 Photograph: ginbatt/Flickr

The magic of autumn: Autumn toadstools by The Garden Pimpernel Photograph: Pimpernel/Flickr

The magic of autumn: Pink-footed geese at sunset by lizgent9 Photograph: izgent9/Flickr

The magic of autumn: Fungi, Loch Ard forest park by Duncan R S Harvey, taken on 11 September, 2010 in London, England Photograph: Duncan R S Harvey/Flickr

Starlings in flight: A flock of starlings taken on 6 November, 2010, by Paul Liley Photograph: Flickr

Starlings in flight: Starlings at Ham Wall, Somerset, returning to roost in the reed beds during a beautiful sunset. This photo was taken on 16 October, 2010 by jo92photos Photograph: jo92photos/Flickr

Starlings in flight: Starlings catching the warm light of the sunset over Mersehead RSPB reserve. This photo was taken on 6 October, 2010 by maz.nu Photograph: maz.nu/Flickr

Starlings in flight: The starling murmuration at Gretna Green, taken on 13 November, 2010 by tricky Photograph: tricky/Flickr