Heather Angel / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) sliding down slope on back after losing footing. Panda Breeding Centre, Wolong, Sichuan, China. January 1987.

David Tipling / Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus) male in flight over Heather. Grinton Moor, above Swaledale, Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, UK. July.

Heather Angel / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) forages on pollen in Apple (Malus domestica) flower, collecting pollen in pollen basket. In garden, Surrey, England, UK. May.

Heather Angel / Northern white cheeked gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) female standing in tree with baby aged two weeks. Parents captive bred and released. Wild Elephant Valley / Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China, 2...

Heather Angel / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) portrait, in falling snow. Captive bred, in enclosure, Panda Breeding Centre, Wolong, Sichuan Province, China. February 2008.

Heather Angel / Man using pole to propel bamboo raft on Lijang / Li River, Karst peaks beyond. At dawn, Lijiang River Scenic Zone, Yangshuo county, Guangxi, China.

Nick Upton / Cornish heath (Erica vagans) clump flowering on montane pastureland, above the Lakes of Covadonga, at 1300m, Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain, August.

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

Bernard Castelein / Oak (Quercus robur) in Heather (Calluna vulgaris) at sunrise, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium

Bernard Castelein / Heather (Calluna vulgaris) at dawn, with distant trees, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium

Bernard Castelein / Heather (Calluna vulgaris) at dawn, with distant trees, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium

Bernard Castelein / Deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus) at dawn among Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Groot Schietveld, Wuustwezel, Belgium

Theo Bosboom / Emerald damselfly (Lestes sponsa) on heather plant, Hondenven, Tubbergen, the Netherlands, June.

Theo Bosboom / Blue damselflies (Coenagrionidae) resting in heather flowers in dawn twilight, Hatertse vennen near Nijmegen, the Netherlands, August.

Theo Bosboom / Emerald damselfly (Lestes sponsa) on heather, Hatertse vennen near Nijmegen, the Netherlands, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) amongst Bell heather (Erica cinerea) Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) standing alert amongst heather, Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, March.

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

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) foraging amongst heather as first light hits forest floor, Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, March.

Markus Varesvuo / Female Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) with newly hatched chick on nest, Kuhmo, Finland, June.

Markus Varesvuo / Female Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) ready to mate, Vaala, Finland, May.

Markus Varesvuo / Male Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) flying, Jalasjarvi, Finland, April.

Markus Varesvuo / Male Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) display jumping, Vaala, Finland, May.

Markus Varesvuo / Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) chicks huddled together, Kuhmo, Finland, June.

Markus Varesvuo / Female Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) with three chicks, Kuhmo, Finland, June.

Markus Varesvuo / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) plucking Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) Kuusamo, Finland, April.

Markus Varesvuo / Two Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) chicks, Vaala, Finland, June.

Markus Varesvuo / Male Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) head portrait with breath visible in cold air, Kuusamo, Finland, March.

Markus Varesvuo / Male Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) looking up, Kuusamo, Finland, March.

Markus Varesvuo / Male Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) displaying, Jalasjarvi, Finland, April.

Andy Trowbridge / Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) male displaying in Scots pine tree (Pinus sylvestris) Southern Norway. May.

Alex Hyde / Emperor moth (Saturnia pavonia) female wide angle view showing heather moorland habitat. Peak District National Park, UK. April.

Markus Varesvuo / Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) male calling with female, Jalasjarvi, Finland, April

Sandra Bartocha / Silver birch (Betula pendula) with Heather (Calluna vulgaris) in full bloom, Reicherskreuzer Heide, Nature Reserve Schlaubetal, Germany, August.

Kirkendall-Spring / Snowboarder descending Table Mountain in the Heather Meadows Recreation Area, Washington, USA. March 2013.

Markus Varesvuo / Male Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) flying in woodland, Vaala, Finland, April.

Markus Varesvuo / Male Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) flying in woodland, Vaala, Finland, April.

Ben Hall,Ben Hall / Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) sitting in flowering heather, Peak District, UK, September

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Male Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) perched on moorland heather, Denbighshire, Wales, UK, June.

Alex Hyde / Highland cow on heather moorland, Curbar Edge, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire. August.

David Pattyn / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in a heather landscape in the snow, Kampina Nature reserve, The Netherlands, February

David Pattyn / Sunrise with fog over heather landscape, Kampina Nature Reserve, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands, August 2007