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...

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.

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

Theo Bosboom / Emerald damselfly (Lestes sponsa) on heather plant, Hondenven, Tubbergen, the Netherlands, June.

Theo Bosboom / Blue damselflies (Coenagrionidae) resting in heather flowers in dawn twilight, Hatertse vennen near Nijmegen, the Netherlands, August.

Theo Bosboom / Emerald damselfly (Lestes sponsa) on heather, Hatertse vennen near Nijmegen, the Netherlands, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mountain hare leveret (Lepus timidus) grooming amongst flowering heather, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, August.