Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Elder flower orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) in its two colour forms, Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso, Appennines, Abruzzo, Italy, May

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Tribal elder and chief of his village, Orma village, pastoralist tribe living in Tana River delta, Kenya, East Africa 2010. No release available.

Sandra Bartocha / Ground-elder (Aegopodium podagraria), Saxon Switzerland National Park, Saxony, Germany.

Nigel Cattlin / Elder aphid (Aphis sambuci) infestation on the young shoot of ornamental Elder (Sambucus sp) in garden. Berkshire, England, UK. April.

Suzi Eszterhas / Elder and family, supporters of Proyecto Titi community conservation projects to conserve Cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) populations. Los Limites, Colombia. 2016. Editorial use only.

Ernie Janes / Yellow hammer (Emberiza citinella) on Elder tree, England, UK. May.

Duncan Murrell / Batak elder with Almaciga seedlings (Agathis philippinensis), Manggapin, Palawan, the Philippines.The Centre for Sustainability's Saving the Almaciga Tree Project aims to restore the numbers of re...

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

Colin Varndell / Portrait of ripe Guelder rose berries (Viburnum opulus) Dorset, UK September 2016

Ashley Cooper / First Nation Canadians protest against the destruction and pollution of the Tar Sands industry at the 4th annual Healing Walk north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. August 2012

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

Bruno D'Amicis / Elder-flowered orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina), yellow morph. Abruzzo, Central Apennines, Italy, May.

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.

Frederique Olivier / Mount Elder covered in snow, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.

Alex Hyde / Guelder rose / Crampbark (Viburnum opulus) berries, Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, UK, September.

Kim Taylor / Hornet hover fly (Volucella zonaria) feeding on Dwarf elder flowers (Sambucus ebulus) Bulgaria, 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

Hermann Brehm / Robin (Erithacus rubecula) feeding on Gelder Rose berries, Germany. January, January

Mike Read / Elder-flowered orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) in alpine meadow, Plateau de Buerre, Vercors Regional Natural Park, Vercors, France, 2016. Non-ex.

Mike Read / Elder-flowered orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) in alpine meadow, Plateau de Buerre, Vercors Regional Natural Park, Vercors, France, 2016. Non-ex.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), female in flight feeding on Yellow bells (Tecoma stans) flower, Hill Country, Texas, USA. August

Rolf Nussbaumer / Ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), male in flight feeding on Yellow bells (Tecoma stans) flower, Hill Country, Texas, USA. September

Rolf Nussbaumer / Ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), female in flight feeding on Yellow bells (Tecoma stans) flower, Hill Country, Texas, USA. September

Tim Laman / Huli elder constructing a traditional vine and pole suspension bridge over a stream, Papua New Guinea, November 2010.

Tim Laman / Huli elder constructing a traditional vine and pole suspension bridge over a stream, Papua New Guinea, November 2010.

Tim Laman / Huli elder constructing a traditional vine and pole suspension bridge over a stream. Papua New Guinea, November 2010.

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of mythical Unicorn, also known as Monoceros, by engraver Matthaus Merian 'the Elder', hand coloured copperplate engravings from 'Historia Naturalis', 1657.

Paul D Stewart / Illustration of various types of mythical unicorns, also known as monoceros, by engraver Matthaus Merian 'the Elder', hand colored copperplate engravings from Historia Naturalis , 1657.

Yashpal Rathore / Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus) mother pushing elder calf away to protect young calf. Jim Corbett National Park, India.

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...

Mike Read / Guelder rose (Viburnum opulus) individual leaf on lightbox Ringwood Hampshire UK October

Eric Baccega / Nenet elder with grandson dressed in winter coats, made from reindeer skin in tent. Yar-Sale district, Yamal, Northwest Siberia, Russia. April 2016.

Alex Hyde / Guelder rose / Crampbark (Viburnum opulus) Strumpshaw Fen, Cambridgeshire, UK. September.

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

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

Russell Cooper / Guelder Rose berries (Viburnum opulus) London, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Guelder rose (Viburnum opulus) with berries, GWT Lower Woods reserve, Gloucestershire, UK, October.

Alan Williams / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) resting on Guelder rose (Viburnum opulus) leaf. Cheshire, UK, August.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Village elder resting under acacia tree with bottle of milk, rural Chad, 2002-2003.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Village elder resting under acacia tree with bottle of milk, rural Chad, 2002-2003.

Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Village elder walking to market. Mali, 2005-2006.

David Tipling / Great Tit (Parus major) in Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus) bush, England, UK.

Nick Upton / Guelder rose (Viburnum opulus) berry clusters, Gloucestershire, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Jelly ear / Jew's ear fungus (Auricularia auricula judae) growing from rotting Elder log in deciduous woodland, Wiltshire, UK, February.

Nick Upton / Jelly ear / Jew's ear fungus (Auricularia auricula judae) growing from rotting Elder log in deciduous woodland, Wiltshire, UK, February.

Nick Upton / Guelder rose (Viburnum opulus) berry clusters, Rutland, UK, November.

Nick Upton / Guelder rose (Viburnum opulus) berry clusters, Gloucestershire, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Guelder rose (Viburnum opulus) berry clusters, Rutland, UK, November.

Markus Varesvuo / Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) on elderberries, Helsinki, Finland, Octo

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

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

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Vera Rakhtuvia, a Chukchi elder, softening a reindeer skin with a tradional scraping tool at a reindeer herders' summer camp on the tundra. Iultinsky District, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia, August 2013.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Elderflower Orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) white form, the Simbruini Mountain, Lazio, Italy, June.

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

Stephen Dalton / Guelder-rose berries (Viburnum opulus) Sussex, England, UK, October.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Elderflower Orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) magneta and yellow forms, Piano Grande, near Norcia, Umbria Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Elderflower Orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) pink form, above the Piano Grande, near Norcia, Umbria, Italy, May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Elderflower Orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) magneta and yellow forms, Piano Grande, near Norcia, Umbria Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Elderflower Orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) magneta form, Piano Grande, near Norcia, Umbria Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Elder-flower orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) yellow form, on Monte Nero, Gargano, Puglia, Italy, April.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Elderflower orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) in its two colour forms on Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso, Appennines, Abruzzo, Italy. May.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Elderflower orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) in its two colour forms on Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso, Appennines, Abruzzo, Italy. May.

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

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

Adrian Davies / Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus) berries in autumn, Surrey, England, UK, September.

Mark Moffett / Aloe (Aloe sp) latex collected in goat skin by Danho village elder, Sad Dahagan, for stomach and skin cures, Drechba Plateau, Socotra, Yemen

Alan Williams / Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) perched in hedge, about to eat Elder berries, Cheshire, UK, November

Alan Williams / Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) perched in hedge to eat Elder berries, Cheshire, UK, November

Paul Harcourt Davies / Elder flower orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) in flower with two colour forms, Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso, Appennines, Abruzzo, Italy, May

Paul Harcourt Davies / Elder flower orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) in flower with two colour forms, Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso, Appennines, Abruzzo, Italy, May 2011

Paul Harcourt Davies / Elder flower orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) in flower with two colour forms, Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso, Appennines, Abruzzo, Italy, May 2011

Paul Harcourt Davies / Elder flower orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) in flower with two colour forms, Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso, Appennines, Abruzzo, Italy, May 2011

Paul Harcourt Davies / Elder flower orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) in flower (yellow form), Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso, Appennines, Abruzzo, Italy, May

Paul Harcourt Davies / Elder flower orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) in flower with two colour forms, Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso, Appennines, Abruzzo, Italy, May 2011

Alex Hyde / Jew's Ear Fungus (Auricularia auricula judae) growing on Elder tree (Sambucus nigra). Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. November.

Alex Hyde / Jew's Ear Fungus (Auricularia auricula judae) growing on Elder tree (Sambucus nigra) Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. November.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Ivan, a Selkup elder, checking his fishing net set under the ice of the Pechalka River in Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia 2012

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Portrait of Gennadiy Kubolev, a Selkup elder, at his camp in the forest, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Wesetrn Siberia, Russia.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Andrey Kargochev, a Selkup elder, prepares to go hunting by boat, Tolka, Krasnoselkup, Yamal, Western Siberia, Russia

Steven Kazlowski / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) curious spring cub checks out a local elder in snow vehicle outside the arctic village of Kaktovik, Barter Island, 1002 area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, North...

Colin Varndell / Elder (Sambucus nigra) blossom in spring, Dorset, UK May

Gary K. Smith / Short eared owl, (Asio flammeus) perched in elder bush on a sunny morning, Norfolk, UK, May

Wild Wonders of Europe / Préau / Elder (Sambucus sp) berries, Grande-Synthe, Dunkirk, France, September 2010

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Volunteers harvesting Apples (Malus) in forest garden, with Elderflowers (Sambucus) in foreground, Old Sleningford Community Farm, North Yorkshire, England, UK, August 2011. Model released.

Laurie Campbell / Elder (Sambucus nigra) flowers, Berwickshire, Scotland, June

Laurie Campbell / Elder (Sambucus nigra) close-up of flowers, Berwickshire, Scotland, June

Martin Gabriel / Box Elder / Maple Ash (Acer negundo) closeup of flowers. Bavaria, Germany, April.

Robert Thompson / Elder-flowered orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) with yellow and purple flowers, meadowland, Gran Sasso Monti Della Laga National Park, Abruzzo, Italy, May 2011

Robert Thompson / Elder-flowered orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) with yellow and purple flowers, Apennine Mountains, Italy, May

Robert Thompson / Elder-flowered orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) with yellow flower, Apennine Mountains, Italy, May

Robert Thompson / Elder-flowered orchid (Dactylorhiza sambucina) with purple flower, La Camisciara nature reserve, Abruzzo National Park, Apennine Mountains, Italy, May