Steve Downer / Timelapse of Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) flowers opening, UK, April.
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Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Ladybird on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) blossom, Somerset Levels, Somerset, England, UK, April
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Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) adult perched in Blackthorn hedgerow with insect prey for young, Hope Farm RSPB reserve, Cambridgeshire, UK, May
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Colin Varndell / Female Orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) at rest on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) blossom. Dorset, UK April
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Colin Varndell / Close up of Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) blossom, Spring, Dorset, UK
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Niall Benvie / Photograph of Blackthorn blossom (Prunus spinosa) manipulated and text added to represent illustrated book page. Scotland, UK, July
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Wild Wonders of Europe / della F / Lichens growing on a Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) near Zadrzani village, Northern Livanjsko Polje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 2009
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Alan Williams / Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) male singing perched on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) blossom, Essex, UK, May
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Andy Sands / Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) in full song among Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) blossom, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
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Phil Savoie / Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), flowers, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, April
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Phil Savoie / Orange tailed mining bee (Halictus rubicundus) feeding on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. April.
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Phil Savoie / Orange tailed mining bee (Halictus rubicundus) male feeding on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. April.
Phil Savoie / Yellow legged mining bee (Andrena flavipes) feeding on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. April.
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TJ Rich / Small eggar (Eriogaster lanestris) caterpillar larval tent on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) bush. Martin Down National Nature Reserve, Hampshire, England, UK. June.
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TJ Rich / Small eggar (Eriogaster lanestris) caterpillar, two basking on larval tent on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). Martin Down National Nature Reserve, Hampshire, England, UK. June.
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Mike Read / Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) flowers. Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK. April.
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Oliver Hellowell / Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) in flower against blue sky, England, UK, March.
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Stephen Dalton / Spring at Rookery Pond with Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) Sussex, England, UK. April.
Nick Upton / Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) in blossom, Wiltshire, England, UK, April.
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Gary K. Smith / Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) male perched on Blackthorn blossom, Norfolk, UK, April
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Gary K. Smith / Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) female perched on Blackthorn blossom, Norfolk, UK, April
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Gary K. Smith / Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) male perched on Blackthorn blossom, Norfolk, UK, April
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Gary K. Smith / Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) male perched on Blackthorn blossom, Norfolk, UK, April
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Gary K. Smith / Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) male perched on Blackthorn blossom, Norfolk, UK, April
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Gary K. Smith / Robin (Erithacus rubecula) perched on Blackthorn blossom, Norfolk,UK, April
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Will Watson / Large white butterflies (Pieris brassica) on Blacklthorn (Prunus spinosa), Worcestershire, England, UK, June.
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Andres M. Dominguez / Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) male perched on perched on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) with berries. Cantabria, Spain, August.
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Colin Varndell / Blackthorn blossom (Prunus spinosa) in flower. Dorset, UK April.
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Matthew Maran / Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) close up of blossom, Hampstead Heath, London, England, UK, February.
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Will Watson / Sloe / Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) fruit in hedgerow, Hertfordshire, England, UK, August.
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Ernie Janes / Blue tit (Parus caeruleus) on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) blossom, Norfolk, England, UK, April.
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Ernie Janes / Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) in flower, Norfolk, England, UK, April.
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Ernie Janes / Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) in flower, Norfolk, England, UK, April.
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Ernie Janes / Blue tit (Parus caeruleus) on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) blossom, Norfolk, England, UK, April.
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Colin Varndell / Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) blossom in spring. Dorset, UK, April.
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Gary K. Smith / Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) flowers in spring, England, UK, May.
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Fabrice Cahez / Blackthorn / Sloe (Prunus spinosa) in flower, Vosges, France, April.
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Alex Hyde / Blackthorn blossom (Prunus spinosa) Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. March.
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Alex Hyde / Blackthorn blossom (Prunus spinosa) Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. March.
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Alex Hyde / Blackthorn blossom (Prunus spinosa) Peak DIstrict National Park, Derbyshire, UK. March.
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Russell Cooper / Blackthorn blossom (Prunus spinosa) London, UK, March.
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Russell Cooper / Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) blossom. South-west London, UK, March.
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Alex Hyde / Blackthorn blossom (Prunus spinosa) Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April.
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Alex Hyde / Blackthorn blossom (Prunus spinosa) Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April.
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Alex Hyde / Blackthorn blossom (Prunus spinosa) Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April.
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Alex Hyde / Blackthorn blossom (Prunus spinosa) Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April.
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Alex Hyde / Blackthorn blossom (Prunus spinosa) Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. April.
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Mike Wilkes / Robin (Erithacus rubecula) perched on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) with sloe berries. Warwickshire, UK, December.
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Fabrice Cahez / Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) blossom, Vosges, France, April.
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Nick Upton / Low angle view of Blackthorn / Sloe berries (Prunus spinosa), Gloucestershire, UK, September.
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Alex Hyde / Blackthorn fruit / Sloes (Prunus spinosa) in a hedgerow. Powys, Wales. November.
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Colin Varndell / Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) sloes and Hawthorn berries (Crataegus monogyna) ripening in tangled hedgerow, Dorset. September.
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Mike Wilkes / Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) perched in blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), Warwickshire, UK, December.
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Mike Wilkes / Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) perched in Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), Warwickshire, UK, December.
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Mike Wilkes / Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) perched on Blackthorn sloes (Prunus spinosa), Warwickshire, UK, December.
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Mike Wilkes / Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) perched on Blackthorn sloes (Prunus spinosa), Warwickshire, UK, December.
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Alan Williams / Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) singing at top of Blackthorn bush (Prunus spinosa) on farmland, Cheshire, UK, April.
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Alex Hyde / Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) in flower in hedgerow. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, April.
Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Landscape view of RSPB's Hope Farm reserve showing Oilseed rape (Brassica napus) crop growing with winter stubble in the foreground and Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) hedgerow in blossom in the backgrou...
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Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Landscape view of RSPB's Hope Farm reserve showing Oilseed rape (Brassica napus) crop growing with winter stubble in the foreground and Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) hedgerow in blossom in the backgrou...
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Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Mature hedgerow with Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) in flower, Hope Farm RSPB reserve, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, April
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Alex Hyde / Blackthorn fruit 'sloes' (Prunus spinosa) close up of fruit, Derbyshire, UK, October.
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Kerstin Hinze / Fat / Edible dormouse (Glis glis) feeding in blackthorn / sloe bush (Prunus spinosa) at night, Lower Saxony, Germany,
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Colin Varndell / Sloe / Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) and Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) berries, Dorset, UK, September
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Colin Varndell / Orange Tip Butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) at rest on Blackthorn (prunus spinosa) blossom. Dorset, UK, April.
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Ross Hoddinott / Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) blossom. North Cornwall, UK, April.
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Nick Upton / Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) flowers close up with background of blossom. Cornwall, UK, April.
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Ernie Janes / Robin (Erithacus rubecula) perched amongst Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) blossom, UK
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Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Small bug (unidentified) on Blackthorn {Prunus spinosa} with sloes forming, wildlife rich hedgerows, Denmark Farm Conservation Centre, Lampeter, Wales, UK. June
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Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Blackthorn blossom (Prunus spinosa), Somerset Levels, England, UK, April
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Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Blackthorn blossom (Prunus spinosa), Somerset Levels, England, UK, April
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Ernie Janes / Autumn berries of Guelder rose (Viburnum opulus) and Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) UK
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Ernie Janes / Autumn berries of Guelder rose (Viburnum opulus) and Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) UK
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Ernie Janes / Sloe berries / Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) and red Pyracanthus berries, UK
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Adrian Davies / Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) flowering. UK, April.
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Simon Colmer / Blackthorn / Sloe fruit (Prunus spinosa) Levin Down Nature Reserve, Sussex, UK, August