Heather Angel / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) sliding down slope on back after losing footing. Panda Breeding Centre, Wolong, Sichuan, China. January 1987.

Heather Angel / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) forages on pollen in Apple (Malus domestica) flower, collecting pollen in pollen basket. In garden, Surrey, England, UK. May.

Heather Angel / Northern white cheeked gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys) female standing in tree with baby aged two weeks. Parents captive bred and released. Wild Elephant Valley / Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China, 2...

Heather Angel / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) portrait, in falling snow. Captive bred, in enclosure, Panda Breeding Centre, Wolong, Sichuan Province, China. February 2008.

Heather Angel / Man using pole to propel bamboo raft on Lijang / Li River, Karst peaks beyond. At dawn, Lijiang River Scenic Zone, Yangshuo county, Guangxi, China.

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

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Ancient Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) amongst flowering Common heather / Ling (Calluna vulgaris). Rothiemurchus Forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.

Kerstin Hinze / Male Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) displaying, Berchtesgaden National Park, Bavarian Alps, Germany, April.

Kerstin Hinze / Male Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) displaying, Berchtesgaden National Park, Bavarian Alps, Germany, April.

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