SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Lone Scot's pine tree (Pinus sylvestris) and star trails with the north star, Abernethy forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.

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

Erlend Haarberg / European pine marten (Martes martes) on spring snow. Vauldalen, Norway, April.

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.

Sylvain Cordier / Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus), wintering from November to March in Oyamel pine forests (Abies religiosa) Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.

Markus Varesvuo / Pine Grosbeak male (Pinicola enucleator)and traffic light Oulu, Finland, December

Danny Green / Pine marten (Martes martes) reflected in water, Ardnamurchan Peninsula, west coast of Scotland, UK. Highly commended in the Mammals category of the British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) Competiti...

Andrew Parkinson / Badger (Meles meles) adult in pine forest at sunset, Derbyshire, UK, June. Highly commended in the Habitat category of the British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) Competition 2017.

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 / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) climbing down Scots pine tree, just tail visible. Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland. August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in summer coat on Scots pine tree trunk, Highlands, Scotland

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) on old pine tree, looking through autumn birch foliage, Scotland, UK, October. Highly Commended in the Habitat Category of the British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA...

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.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in Scots pine forest, Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in Scots pine forest, Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) peering round pine tree, Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in Scots pine forest, Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red Squirrel (sciurus vulgaris) foraging in pine tree, Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, February,

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) leaping between pine trees in forest in late afternoon light, Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in Scots pine forest, Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in Scots pine forest, Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in mature pine forest habitat, Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, October.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in mature pine forest habitat, Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red Squirrel (Scuirus vulgaris) feeding sitting pine cone covered forest floor, Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) in mature pine forest habitat, Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, UK, April.

Philippe Clement / Panning shot of silhouetted pine trees and early morning mist rising from a lake, Loch Garten, Strathspey, Scotland, UK, 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.

Terry Whittaker / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) leaping between Scots pine tree (Pinus sylvestris)s, lands on camera, Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, February.

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.

Danny Green / Pine marten (Martes martes) portrait, Ardnamurchan Peninsula, Scotland, August. Highly commended in the Portrait category of the BWPA (British Wildlife Photography Awards) Competition 2016.

Danny Green / Pine marten (Martes martes) leaping, Ardnamurchan Peninsula, Scotland, August. Highly commended in the Animal Behaviour category of the BWPA (British Wildlife Photography Awards) Competition 2016.

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, Schweingartensee, Serrahn, Muritz-National Park, World Natural Heritage site, Germany, Europe. November 2015.

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

Floris van Breugel / Bristlecone pine (Pinus aristata) abstract view of exposed and weathered wood layers, White Mountains, California, USA July

Floris van Breugel / Ancient Bristlecone pine (Pinus aristata) clings to life, with a grand view of endless sage valleys, White Mountains, California, USA, July

Floris van Breugel / Camping in Big Pine Lakes, Sierra Nevada, Sequoia National Park, California, USA, May

Floris van Breugel / Temple Crag above Second lake, one the of the Big Pine lakes below the Palisade basin, John Muir Wilderness, Sierra Nevada, California, USA, May

Niall Benvie / Scots pines (Pinus sylvestris) Torridon, Scotland, UK, November.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Female Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) feeding its chick in a nest in a pine tree, Glen Tanar, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, June.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Pine marten (Martes martes) entering a kitchen through a window to feed, Ardnamurchan Peninsula, Lochaber, Scotland, UK, February.