Nick Upton / Cornish heath (Erica vagans) clump flowering on montane pastureland, above the Lakes of Covadonga, at 1300m, Picos de Europa, Asturias, Spain, August.

Bernard Castelein / Heather (Calluna vulgaris) at dawn, with distant trees, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium

Bernard Castelein / Heather (Calluna vulgaris) at dawn, with distant trees, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium

Bernard Castelein / Deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus) at dawn among Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Groot Schietveld, Wuustwezel, Belgium

Bernard Castelein / Oak (Quercus robur) in Heather (Calluna vulgaris) at sunrise, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) amongst Bell heather (Erica cinerea) Cairngorms National Park, Highlands, Scotland, August.

Floris van Breugel / Manzanita (Arctostaphylos glauca) bark detail, San Gabriel Mountains, California, USA February

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

Bernard Castelein / Heathland with Common heather (Calluna vulgaris) amongst Birch (Betula sp) trees, in morning mist. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. August 2019.

Bernard Castelein / Common heather (Calluna vulgaris) in heathland, in morning mist. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. August 2019.

Bernard Castelein / Heathland with Common heather (Calluna vulgaris) amongst Birch (Betula sp) trees. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. August 2019.

Bernard Castelein / Meadow grasshopper (Pseudochorthippus parallelus) on Common heather (Calluna vulgaris), covered in dew droplets. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.