Ernie Janes / Japanese snowball (Viburnum plicatum) in flower, cultivated plant.

Mike Read / Moschatel (Adoxa moschatellina) group amongst nettle (Urtica dioica). Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Reserve, Ellingham, Ringwood, Hampshire, England, UK. A...

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

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

Mike Read / Wayfaring tree (Viburnum lantana) with berries, Broughton Down Wildlife Trust Reserve, near Broughton Hampshire, England, UK, August.

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.

Dave Bevan / Female Blackbird (Turdus merula) with black beak eating viburnum berries, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. October.

Dave Bevan / Male Blackbird (Turdus merula) eating viburnum berries, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. October.

Dave Bevan / Female Blackbird (Turdus merula) eating viburnum berries, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. October.

Dave Bevan / Female Blackbird (Turdus merula) feeding on viburnum berries, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK. October.