Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Trunks of Silver birch trees (Betula pendula) in autumn woodland, Rothiemurchus Forest, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, October

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Silver birch (Betula pendula) with trunk covered in moss in natural woodland, Beinn Eighe NNR, Highlands, NW Scotland, UK, May

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Silver birch (Betula pendula) close-up of fresh leaves in spring, Beinn Eighe NNR, Highlands, NW Scotland, UK, May

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Birch tree (Betula pendula) backlit at dawn, autumn, Cairngorms NP, Glenfeshie, Inshriach, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, November 2010

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / View up through skeletal branches of Birch trees against a winter sky, Yoxall, Derbyshire, UK, November 2010

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / View up through canopy of Silver birches (Betula pendula) in winter, Insh Marshes, Cairngorms NP, Highlands, Scotland, UK, December. Photographer quote: "Fingers and toes might protest at -15c, but on...

Peter Cairns / Silver Birch (Betula verrucosa) reflected in Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin. Glen Affric National Nature Reserve, Scotland, December.

Peter Cairns / Silver Birch (Betula verrucosa) reflected in Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin. Glen Affric National Nature Reserve, Scotland, December.

Peter Cairns / Flooded birch and alder woodland in autumn, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, November, RUNNER UP: In Praise of Plants category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition 2010

Martin Gabriel / Snow covered birch trees {Betula pendula} Bavaria, Germany

WILLIAM OSBORN / Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) female taking off from birch (Betula pendula). UK

WILLIAM OSBORN / Male Siskin feeding in Silver birch tree (Betula pendula) UK