Nigel Cattlin / Immature caterpillar of a codling moth (Cydia pomonell) eating its way through a gallery in a ripening apple fruit, Berkshire, July

Ernie Janes / Conference Pear tree (Pyrus communis) growing against wall in garden, UK

Ernie Janes / Jack russell terrier in wheelbarrow with apples, UK

Paul Hobson / Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) rear view in snow with apples, Peak District, England, UK. January.

Paul Hobson / Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) in snow with apples, Peak District, England, UK. January.

Stephen Dalton / Robin (Erithacus rubecula) perched on open shed door beside fruiting Peach tree, UK

Kirkendall-Spring / Field of Arrowleaf balsamroot and lupine on a hillside overlooking an orchard near Dryden, Washington, USA

Philippe Clement / Orchard with Cherry trees blossoming (Prunus avium), Haspengouw, Belgium

Rolf Nussbaumer / Corn Bunting {Emberiza / Miliaria calandra}adult singing on apple tree, Lake Neusiedl, Austria, April

Rolf Nussbaumer / Traditional farmhouse + apple tree in blossom, Unteraegeri, Switzerland

Mark Payne-Gill / Red admiral butterfly feeding on ripe pears {Vanessa atalanta} England, UK, Europe

Colin Varndell / Apple trees in blossom with Bluebells, UK

Albert Lleal / Hills and cultivated fields separated by windbreaks, Aguilon, Spain

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) male, Texas

Alan Murphy / Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius) female, Texas

George Sanker / Orchard orb weaver spider (Leucauge venusta) web covered on dew. Everglades National Park, Florida, USA. March.

Milan Radisics / To protect their crop from frost damage, farmers on large apricot farms use the old, rarely seen technique of torching. Using liquid paraffin candles to heat the surrounding air, the heat and smoke cr...

Milan Radisics / Smoke and heat created by giant candles, filled with liquid paraffin, placed next to apricot trees to protect the buds from frost damage, Zavod, Hungary, April, 2020. SajtoFoto (PressPhoto) Hungary Ph...

Milan Radisics / Farmer running with torch from candle to candle, to light the fires before expected frost arrives, to protect the apricot harvest, Zavod, Hungary, April, 2020. SajtoFoto (PressPhoto) Hungary Photograp...

Milan Radisics / When frost arrives, the farmer's family come out to light liquid paraffin candles as quickly as possible, to protect the apricot crop from frost damage, Zavod, Hungary. April, 2020. SajtoFoto (Pre...

Milan Radisics / View of paraffin candles burning in apricot orchard, providing protection for the blossom from frost damage, Zavod, Hungary, April, 2020. SajtoFoto (PressPhoto) Hungary Photography Competition Winner...

Milan Radisics / Farmland lit by a full moon on an ice cold night; smoke and flames from paraffin candles create a heat capsule above the field, protecting the apricot trees from frost damage, Zavod, Hungary, April, 2...

Milan Radisics / Valley at dawn, covered with smoke from paraffin candles which protected huge apricot orchards from frost damage, Zavod, Hungary, April, 2020. SajtoFoto (PressPhoto) Hungary Photography Competition Wi...

Milan Radisics / Measuring the air temperature in the morning - minus 6 degrees was a record breaking temperature in Hungary for April 2nd. The sensitive apricot trees were protected by paraffin candles burning all ni...

Milan Radisics / Thermometer placed at the bottom of a crucifiction cross beside a small chapel, located between two apricot tree plots, Zavod, Hungary, April, 2020. SajtoFoto (PressPhoto) Hungary Photography Competit...

Will Watson / Damson blossom (Prunus domestica subsp. instititia) growing in an orchard, Herefordshire, England, UK.

Sylvain Cordier / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) eating fallen green mirabelle plums under plum trees (Prunus domestica), in orchard, Oise, France, July.

Sylvain Cordier / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in plum tree (Prunus domestica) eating green mirabelle plums, orchard Oise, France, July.

Sylvain Cordier / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) eating green mirabelle plums in orchard, Oise, France, July.

Nigel Cattlin / Ripening plums (Prunus domestica) variety Victoria, on the tree, Berkshire, UK, June.

Nigel Cattlin / Ripening plums (Prunus domestica), variety Victoria, on the tree, Berkshire, UK, June.

Nigel Cattlin / Codling moth (Cydia pomonella) exit hole on a ripe Bramley cooking apple (Malus domestica) on the tree, Berkshire, UK, August.

Nigel Cattlin / Red and green ripe mature Bramley cooking apples (Malus domestica) on the tree, Berkshire, UK, August.

Nigel Cattlin / Red and green ripe mature Bramley cooking apples (Malus domestica) on the tree, Berkshire, UK, August.

Nigel Cattlin / A European wasp (Vespula vullgaris) on red and green ripe mature Bramley cooking apples (Malus domestica) on the tree, Berkshire, UK, August.

Nigel Cattlin / Ripe red Discovery eating apple (Malus domestica) on the tree, Berkshire, UK, August.

Nigel Cattlin / European pear rust (Gymnosporangium sabinae) growth blister producing aeciospores on the lower surface of a pear leaf, Berkshire, UK, September.

Nigel Cattlin / European pear rust (Gymnosporangium sabinae) lesions on the upper surface of a pear leaf, Berkshire, UK, September.

Nigel Cattlin / Pear (Pyrus communis), Clapps Favourite variety, mature ripe fruit with red flush on the tree, Berkshire, UK, August.

Nigel Cattlin / Pear (Pyrus communis) Clapps Favourite variety, mature ripe fruit with red flush on the tree, Berkshire, UK, August.

Nigel Cattlin / Pear (Pyrus communis), Clapps Favourite variety, mature ripe fruit with red flush on the tree, Berkshire, UK, August.

Nigel Cattlin / Windfall red ripe crab apple (Malus sp), variety 'John Downie', around the base of the tree after a storm, Berkshire, UK, August.

Nigel Cattlin / Ripening plums (Prunus domestica), variety Victoria, on the tree, Berkshire, UK, June.

Nigel Cattlin / Ripe plums (Prunus domestica), variety Victoria, on the tree, Berkshire, UK, June.

Nigel Cattlin / Apple scab (Venturia inaequalis) lesions and cracking on ripe on apple fruit, New York State, USA, September

Nigel Cattlin / Deep purple ripe plums (Prunus domestica) on the tree in New York State, USA

Nigel Cattlin / Photomicrograph of a citrus red spider mite (Panonychus citri) with eggs on a lemon leaf, Italy

Will Watson / Perry pear (Pyrus communis) tree in old orchard, Herefordshire Plateau, England, UK. July.