Sandra Bartocha / European white birch (Betula pubescens) tree in flowering Common Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Reicherskreuzer Heide, Schlaubetal, Germany, early morning, May

Sandra Bartocha / Downy / European white birch (Betula pubescens) woodland with dusting of snow, November

Nick Garbutt / Downy birch (Betula pubescens) and Silver birch (Betula pendula) and reflections. Loch Aigas. Aigas Field Centre, near Inverness, Scotland. October