Kerstin Hinze / Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) feeding on Elder (Sambucus nigra) berries, Plon, Schlieswig-Holstein, Germany, September.

Philippe Clement / European elder / European elderberry (Sambucus nigra) showing drooping fruit clusters of black berries in summer, France.autumn

Karine Aigner / Biologist feeding Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) a mixture of elderberry powder. This powder is full of an antioxidant called anthocyanin. The anthocynanin is thought to help birds recover from and...

Kerstin Hinze / Elder berries (Sambucus nigra) Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany. August 2017.

Mike Read / Coronation meadow with pinch gate flagged footpath Elder (Sambucus nigra) and dry stone wall Muker Swaledale, Yokshire Dales National Park, Yorkshire, England, UK, July.

Kim Taylor / Nettle-tree butterfly (Libythea celtis) feeding on Dwarf elder (Sambucus ebulus) flowers, Bulgaria, July.

Kim Taylor / Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album) feeding on Dwarf elder (Sambucus ebulus) flowers, Bulgaria, July.

Russell Cooper / Elder flowers (Sambucus nigra) Southwest London, England, UK, April

Nick Upton / Royal Agricultural University students planting Elder saplings (Sambucus nigra) to provide cover for Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus) and other farmland birds as part of the Marlborough Downs Nature Im...

Nick Upton / Royal Agricultural University students and gamekeeper Phil Holborrow planting Elder saplings (Sambucus nigra) to provide cover for Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus) and other farmland birds as part of t...

Nick Upton / Royal Agricultural University students digging planting holes for Elder saplings (Sambucus nigra) to provide cover for Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus) and other farmland birds as part of the Marlborou...

Fabrice Cahez / Elderflower (Sambucus nigra) blossom, Vosges, France, June.

Fabrice Cahez / Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) flowers, Vosges, France, June.

Markus Varesvuo / Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) Female or immature feeding on Elderberries, Helsinki, Finland, October

Markus Varesvuo / Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) Female feeding on Elderberries, Helsinki Finland October 2007

Markus Varesvuo / Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) female feeding on Elderberries, Helsinki Finland October

Markus Varesvuo / Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) feeding on Elderberries, Helsinki Finland October

Stephen Dalton / Elderberries (Sambucus nigra) Sussex, England, UK, October.

Fabrice Cahez / Elderberry flowers (Sambucus nigra) Vosges, France, June.

Colin Varndell / Elder (Sambucus nigra) flowers, Dorset, UK, July.

Doug Wechsler / American elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) in flower. Philadelphia, PA, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Female Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) feeding on berries in Common Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) bush, Oberaegeri, Switzerland. September 1998

Rolf Nussbaumer / Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) on Elderberry tree (Sambucus nigra), Oberaegeri, Switzerland. September 1998

Nick Turner / Common elder tree {Sambucus nigra} in flower Gloucestershire, England.

Philippe Clement / Common elderberry berries {Sambucus nigra} Belgium

Philippe Clement / Common elderberry in flower {Sambucus nigra} Belgium

Will Watson / Jelly ear fungus (Auricularia auricula judae) growing on Elder (Sambucus nigra) tree branch with Maritime sunburst lichen (Xanthoria parietina), Stocking Meadow Nature Reserve, Herefordshire, England,...

Brian Bevan / European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) perched in Elderberry (Sambucus sp.) bush and calling, Bedfordshire, England, UK, June.

Brian Bevan / Turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) perching on branch in Elderberry bush (Sambucus nigra) before taking flight and leaving frame, Bedfordshire, England, UK.

Brian Bevan / Turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) perching on branch in Elderberry bush (Sambucus nigra) and preening, Bedfordshire, England, UK, June.

Brian Bevan / Turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) perching in Elderberry bush (Sambucus nigra) and calling, Bedfordshire, England, UK, June.

Will Watson / Elder (Sambucus nigra) leaves and berries, on white background, Herefordshire, England, UK. September. Focus stacked under controlled conditions.

Brian Bevan / Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) singing from elderberry bush, Bedfordshire, UK, May.

Tui De Roy / Darwin's woodpecker finch (Cactospiza pallida) feeding on poisonous introduced Sauco (Sambucus sp.) leaves, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, South America.

Tui De Roy / Darwin's vegetarian finch (Platyspiza crassirostris) feeding on poisonous introduced Sauco (Sambucus sp.) leaves, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, South America.

Nigel Cattlin / Elder (Sambucus nigra) white flower clusters and young berries with leaves on a flowering wild shrub or small tree, Berkshire, England, May

Nigel Cattlin / Elder (Sambucus nigra) white flower cluster with leaves on a flowering wild shrub or small tree, Berkshire, England, May

Mike Read / European robin (Erithacus rubecula) juvenile perched in Elder (Sambucus nigra), Greylake RSPB Reserve, Greylake, Somerset Levels and Moors, Somerset, England, UK, July.

Mike Read / House sparrow (Passer domestica) male perched in Elder (Sambucus nigra), in the car park of Greylake RSPB Reserve, Somerset Levels and Moors, England, UK, February.

Neil Challis / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) feeding on Elderberries (Sambucus), whilst checking for predators, Ashridge, Hertfordshire, August.

Neil Challis / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) feeding on Elderberries (Sambucus), Ashridge, Hertfordshire, August.

Neil Challis / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) feeding on Elderberries (Sambucus), Ashridge, Hertfordshire, August.

Neil Challis / Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) feeding on Elderberries (Sambucus), Ashridge, Hertfordshire, August.

Nigel Cattlin / Elder (Sambucus nigra) in late summer. Red peduncles and dark read ripe fruit, Berkshire, England, UK, September.

Nigel Cattlin / Elder (Sambucus nigra) in late summer. Red peduncles and dark read ripe fruit, Berkshire, England, UK, September.