Nick Upton / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) nectaring on a Crab apple (Malus sylvestnis) flower in a garden, Wiltshire, UK, April.

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.

Nigel Cattlin / Large rose sawfly (Arge pagana) larvae feeding on ornamental rose leaves in summer, Berkshire, September

Nigel Cattlin / Bacterial shot hole (Pseudomonas syringae) affected leaves of laurel, Prunus laurocerasus, in a garden hedge, Berkshire, England, UK. May.

Nigel Cattlin / Peach leaf curl (Taprina deformans) fungal disease distortion of leaves on a young Peach tree, Berkshire, September.

John Shaw / Large leaves on Pacific blackberry (Rubus ursinus) above bracken fern and horsetail, is a small wet area. Oregon, USA. June.

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

Phil Savoie / Smeathman's furrow bee (Lasioglossum smeathmanellum), feeding on wild alpine strawberry (Fragaria vesca), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. December

Ross Hoddinott / Hawthorn tree and granite outcrop at Holwell tor, sunrise and mist, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, UK. October 2018.

Marie Read / Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) male perched in pear (Pyrus sp.) blossom, eastern redbud in background, New York, USA. May.

Loic Poidevin / Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) male on a branch feeding on Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) berries, Leon, Spain, February.

Loic Poidevin / Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) male on a branch feeding on Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) berries, Leon, Spain, February.

Robert Thompson / Hawthorn berries (Crataegus monogyna) Brackagh Moss NNR, Portadown, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland.

Rolf Nussbaumer / White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica), adults eating Firethorn (Pyracantha coccinea) berries, Hill Country, Texas, USA. February

Rolf Nussbaumer / White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica), adults eating Firethorn (Pyracantha coccinea) berries, Hill Country, Texas, USA. February

Rolf Nussbaumer / White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica), adult eating Firethorn (Pyracantha coccinea) berries, Hill Country, Texas, USA. February

Andres M. Dominguez / Frozen Elmleaf blackberry (Rubus ulmifolius) in a small pond, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, January.

Andres M. Dominguez / Hawthorn berries (Crataegus monogyna) in Poplar woodland (Populus) Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain. October.

Andres M. Dominguez / Common stonechat (Saxicola torquata) perched on bramble, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, November.

Kerstin Hinze / Juvenile Forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula) on a Rowan ash (Sorbus aucuparia) branch, with berries, Captive, occurs in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.

Pascal Pittorino / Mediterranean tree frogs (Hyla meridionalis) mating on a branch of Quince tree (Cydonia oblonga) Var, Provence, France, April.

Andy Trowbridge / Male Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) perched on flowering European bird cherry (Prunus padus). Southern Norway. May.

Stephen Dalton / Out of focus close-up of a rose (Rosa sp), UK.

Pal Hermansen / Meadow vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis) and brambles (Rubus) growing on the dashboard of the abandoned car in 'car graveyard' Bastnas, Sweden, July

Pal Hermansen / Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris) growing in the boot of an old abandoned car in 'car graveyard', Bastnas, Sweden, July. Winner of the Portfolio category in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition...

Adrian Davies / Trail left in a Bramble leaf by the larvae of a Pygmy eyecap moth (Stigmella aurella), scanned on a flatbed scanner, Surrey, England, UK.

Niall Benvie / Bramble (Rubus plicatus) leaves and stem against white background. France, August.

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Male Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), perched on branch of flowering Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), Clwyd, Wales, UK, May. Did you know? Another common name for a Redstart is Firetail due to their...

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) perched on branch of a Rowan tree (Sorbus aucuparia), with berries, Clwyd, Wales, UK, November. Did you know? The Rowan tree's old Celtic name was 'fid na ndruad' which mean...

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) perched on Hawthorn (Crataegus) twig, Cheshire, April.

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Hawthorn tree (Crataegus monogyna) and granite outcrop near Saddle Tor, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, UK, January 2011.

Ernie Janes / Apricot tree (Prunus ameniaca) Moorpark variety in blossom trained against a wall in walled garden, UK, March.

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Apples floating in water prior to being juiced, Old Sleningford Community Farm, North Yorkshire, England, UK, September 2011.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Rowan Tree (Sorbus aucuparia) covered in berries seen through autumn leaves. Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, UK, October.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) on Bramble (Rubus fructicosus) leaves, Gamlingay Wood, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, April, UK

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Male Southern hawker dragonfly (Aeshna cyanea) sunning itself on Rose flower (Rosa sp.) in garden in autumn, Wiltshire, England, UK, October . Property released. Did you know? The Latin name for this...

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Rose aphids (Macrosiphum rosae) feeding on rose bud (Rosa sp.) in garden with house in the background, Wiltshire, England, UK, April . Property released.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Ladybird on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) blossom, Somerset Levels, Somerset, England, UK, April

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

Markus Varesvuo / Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) perched on snow covered Rowan branch (Sorbus sp.) with berries, Kuusamo, Finland, January.

Colin Varndell / Close up of Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) blossom, Spring, Dorset, UK

Niall Benvie / Photograph of Blackthorn blossom (Prunus spinosa) manipulated and text added to represent illustrated book page. Scotland, UK, July

Stephen Dalton / Red rose (Rosa sp), petal whorl, flower

Stephen Dalton / Longhorn beetle (Batus barbicornis) in flight over wild rose. uk