John Shaw / Hybrid Poplar tree plantation in autumn (Populs sp.). Boardman Tree Farm, near Irrigon, Oregon, USA. October.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Creative impression of Silver birch (Betula pendula) foliage, Creagellachie NNR, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.May

Marie Read / Common redpoll (Carduelis flammea), male perched in alder (Alnus rugosa) during a snowstorm in winter, New York, USA, January.

David Allemand / Birch tree (Betula sp) next to waterfall, Iceland. Runner-Up in the Plants category of the International OasisPhotoContest 2018

Guy Edwardes / Trees reflected in Loch Tummel, Perthshire, Scotland, UK. October, 2014.

Bernard Castelein / Birch tree (Betula pendula) covered in hoar frost, Groot Schietveld, Wuustwezel, Belgium, December 2007.

Niall Benvie / Birch (Betula) at moonrise, Loch Shieldaig, Torridon, Scotland

Sven Zacek / Frozen Birch trees (Betula sp) in a grove, Tartumaa, Estonia, January 2013.

Sandra Bartocha / Silver birch (Betula pendula) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) trunks in snow, Muritz-National Park, Germany, January.

Sandra Bartocha / Silver birch (Betula pendula) with Heather (Calluna vulgaris) in full bloom, Reicherskreuzer Heide, Nature Reserve Schlaubetal, Germany, August.

Pal Hermansen / Birch tree (Betula sp) growing up through old rusting car at night. Bastnas car graveyard, Sweden, July. Winner of the Portfolio category in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Kim Taylor / Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) male landing on Alder (Alnus glutinosa) Surrey, England. February