MYN / David Hunter / Red flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) flower, with insect feeding, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA, June. meetyourneighbours.net project

Ernie Janes / Yellowhammer (Emberiza citinella) male perched amongst Ribes blossom, Norfolk, UK, April

Klaus Echle / Badger (Meles meles) foraging by currant bush. Black Forest, Germany, June.

Robert Thompson / Currant clearwing moth (Synanthedon tipuliformis) resting on leaf, Kent, UK, May

Robert Thompson / Currant clearwing moth (Synanthedon tipuliformis) resting on leaf, Kent, UK, May

Dietmar Nill / Shieldbug (Picromerus bidens) catching caterpillar prey amongst red currant berries, Germany

Dave Bevan / Red currant blister aphids (Cryptomyzus ribis) feeding on underside of leaf, UK

Silvia Reiche / Redflower Currant (Ribes sanguineum) flowering, Hoogeloon, Netherlands

Silvia Reiche / Redflower Currant (Ribes sanguineum) flowering, Hoogeloon, Netherlands

Tim Fitzharris / Redflower Currant (Ribes sanguineum) close up of bloom, North America

Kim Taylor / Meadow Bumble Bee (Bombus agrorum) visiting flowering currant {Ribes} UK.

Duncan Usher / Currant (Ribes sp) close up of red berries, medicinal plant, Europe

Duncan Usher / Currant (Ribes sp) close up of red berries, medicinal plant, Europe

Duncan Mcewan / Currant galls on oak male flowers caused by gall wasp (Neurotus quercus-baccarum), June. UK, Europe

Kim Taylor / Blue tit (Parus caeruleus) on Flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) after late snowfall in April, Surrey, UK, digital composite

Kim Taylor / Robin (Erithacus rubecula) on Flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) after a late snowfall in April, UK, digital composite

Silvia Reiche / Redflower Currant (Ribes sanguineum) flowering, Hoogeloon, Netherlands

Duncan Usher / Currant (Ribes sp) flowers which will ripen into fruit, medicinal plant, Europe