Ingo Arndt / Long eared owl in tree {Asio otus} Hessen Germany

David Welling / Bristlecone pine tree wood (Pinus aristata) White Mountain California USA

Tony Wu / Female Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans orii) feasting on branch cut from nearby Sakhalin fir tree (Abies sachalinensis). Hokkaido, Japan. February.

Jack Dykinga / New snow on Pinyon pines ( Pinus edulis) in morning light. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA

David Allemand / Snow-covered taiga forest in Finland. Honoured in the MontPhoto awards 2020.

Oliver Wright / Aurora over lone pine tree in Abisko National Park, Abisko, North Sweden. February 2020.

Pal Hermansen / Brown bear (Ursus arctos) silhouetted in forest at night. Finland. August.

Jack Dykinga / Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest with twisted limbs of Bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) at dawn on the White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA.

John Shaw / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) landing at its nest in a Bald cypress tree (Taxodium distichum) draped with epiphytic Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides). Blue Cypress Lake, Florida, USA. April.

Erlend Haarberg / Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), in coastal landscape, Efjorden, Nordland, Norway, February.

Guy Edwardes / Landscape of farmland with Cypress trees, Tuscany, Italy. May 2019.

John Shaw / Pine tree (Pinus sp) in winter, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA, January.

John Shaw / Hybrid Poplar tree plantation in autumn (Populs sp.). Boardman Tree Farm, near Irrigon, Oregon, USA. October.

Andy Rouse / Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) perched on conifer in habitat. Wales, UK. May

Andy Rouse / Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) in habitat, Wales, UK, May.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Pine marten (Martes martes) foraging in Pine (Pinus sp) woodland at night. Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Ancient Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) amongst flowering Common heather / Ling (Calluna vulgaris). Rothiemurchus Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub sitting in coniferous woodland clearing at dusk. Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Eurasian badger (Meles meles), two foraging in Pine (Pinus sp) woodland. Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.

Paul Hobson / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stags in snowy Pine forest. Scotland, UK. March.

Pal Hermansen / Scattered conifers with long shadows in snow, aerial shot. Golsfjell, Norway. March 2018.

Sven Zacek / Brown bear (Ursus arctos) in coniferous forest. Ida-Virumaa, Eastern Estonia. September.

Sven Zacek / Mist over bog with conifers in pre-dawn light. Endla Nature Reserve, Jogevamaa, Central Estonia. June 2016.

Erlend Haarberg / Semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) walking on snow-covered road in pine forest. Lapland, Sweden. February.

Jack Dykinga / Aurora Borealis reflected in Polar Lake, conifers silhouetted at edge. Near Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. September 2018.

Jack Dykinga / Aurora Borealis display above conifers and Polar Lake. Near Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. September 2018.

Jack Dykinga / Aurora Borealis reflected in Polar Lake, wetland and conifers silhouetted along shore. Near Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. September 2018.

Bernard Castelein / Scot's pine tree (Pinus sylvestris) at dawn, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium, October 2013.

Bernard Castelein / Scots pine tree (Pinus sylvestris) at sunrise, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. September.

Bernard Castelein / Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) in wetlands at dawn with the moon, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium

Bernard Castelein / Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) on island in wetlands, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium

Bernard Castelein / Scots pine tree (Pinus sylvestris) with sunrays at sunrise. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium.

Jack Dykinga / Roosevelt elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti) in a meadow beneath redwood trees, Del Norte Redwoods National Park, California, USA. June

Jack Dykinga / Roosevelt elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti) in a meadow beneath redwood trees, Del Norte Redwoods National Park, California, USA. June

Nick Upton / Pine Marten (Martes martes) foraging at night in mixed coniferous and birch woodland in the area where live traps were set for a reintroduction project to Wales by the Vincent Wildlife Trust, Scottish...

Jack Dykinga / Agave (Agave utahensis) close up of spines with Pinyon pine cone (Pinus edulis) wedged amongst them. Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) growing in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, October 2014.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Ancient Scots pine tree (pinus sylvestris) with dead low branches, in evening light. Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK. February 2008.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) seedling growing amongst lichens and heather. Cairngorms National Park. Highlands, Scotland, September.

Jack Dykinga / Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) against a star filled sky with a brilliant Milky Way. Zion National Park, Utah, USA, September.

Jack Dykinga / Douglas firs (Pseudotsuga menziesii) in 'Wall Street' Canyon. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA, October.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) with Northern lights / Aurora borealis lighting up the night sky in background, Monadhliath Mountains, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, October 2015.

Nick Garbutt / Sun beam at sun rise over the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yelllowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. January 2016

Sandra Bartocha / European beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Pines reflected in Schweingartensee lake.Serrahn, Muritz-National Park, World Natural Heritage site, Germany, Europe. November 2015.