Colin Varndell / Harvest mouse (Micromys minutus soricinus) feeding on blackberry, captive, Dorset, UK, October

Colin Varndell / Bramble with ripening Blackberries {Rubus plicatus} UK.

Kim Taylor / Comma Butterfly (Polygonia c-album) feeding on ripe blackberries, UK.

Kerstin Hinze / Forest Dormouse (Dryomys nitedula) on blackberries (Rubus). Captive, Germany.

Kerstin Hinze / Forest Dormouse (Dryomys nitedula) on blackberries (Rubus). Captive, Germany.

Gary K. Smith / Woman picking hedgerow blackberries for jam making, Norfolk, UK, September 2011. Model released

Colin Varndell / Ripening blackberries on Bramble (Rubus plicatus) shrub, Dorset, UK, September

Gary K. Smith / Basket of freshly picked Blackberries from wild Bramble bush (Rubus plicatus) in country hedgerow, UK, September.

Gary K. Smith / Selection of edible hedgerow fruits in baskets and trugs, Crab apples (Malus sp), Elderberries (Sambucus sp), Sloes (Prunus spinosus), Blackberries (Rubus fruticosus), Rosehips (Rosa sp) and Hawthorn...

Gary K. Smith / Basket of freshly picked Blackberries from wild Bramble bush (Rubus plicatus) in country hedgerow, UK, September.

Andrew Parkinson / Grass snake (Natrix natrix) sub adult snake basks precariously on the top of a bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg). Derbyshire, UK, August.

Ernie Janes / Blackberries (Rubus plicatus) amongst Ivy flowers in hedgerow, Norfolk, UK, September

Colin Varndell / Blackberries (Rubus plicatus) with heather and gorse. Dorset, UK, August.

Andy Sands / Great Green Bush Cricket (Tettigonia viridissima) male on Blackberries. South Wales, UK, August.

Andy Sands / Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) feeding on blackberries. Captive. UK, September.

Alex Hyde / Blackberries on Bramble (Rubus plicatus) plant

Colin Varndell / Blackberries (Rubus plicatus) fruit ripening on branch, close up, Dorset, UK September 2008

Colin Varndell / Female Brimstone butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni) feeding on bramble nectar. Hampshire, England, UK July

Ann & Steve Toon / Seven spot ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata) gathered on Bramble just before hibernation, Autumn, UK

Colin Varndell / Comma butterfly (Polygonia C-album) feeding on ripe blackberries, Dorset, UK, August

David Kjaer / Common Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) on blackberries, UK, Captive

David Kjaer / Common Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) on blackberries, UK, Captive

David Kjaer / Common Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) on blackberries, UK, Captive

David Kjaer / Common Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) on blackberries, UK, Captive

Simon Colmer / Blackberries on Bramble bush (Rubus plicatus) and Rose hips on Rose bush (Rosa canina) Levin Down NR, Sussex, UK

Gary K. Smith / Migrant Hawker dragonfly {Aeshna mixta} mature male resting on blackberries in autumn hedgerow, Norfolk, UK, September

Gary K. Smith / Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) ripe berries and Blackberries (Rubus fruticosus), Norfolk, England, UK, September

Gary K. Smith / Ripening Blackberries on Bramble (Rubus plicatus agg)

Chris O'Reilly / Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album) on Bramble with blackberries, Derbyshire, UK

Jane Burton / European Hedgehog {Erinaceus europaeus} amongst brambles, captive, UK

Chris O'Reilly / Blackberries ripening on bush {Rubus plicatus} UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria tircis) feeding from a ripe blackberry fruit, UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria tircis) male on a bramble bush, UK

Andy Sands / Harvest mouse {Micromys minutus} perching on bramble with blackberries, captive, UK

Andy Sands / Harvest mouse {Micromys minutus} on bramble amongst blackberries, captive, UK

Andy Sands / Two Harvest mice {Micromys minutus} perching on bramble with blackberries, captive, UK

Nigel Bean / Blackberries (Rubus plicatus) close up of fruit, Somerset, UK

Nigel Bean / Ripening blackberries on Bramble bush (Rubus plicatus) Somerset, UK

Nigel Bean / Bramble bush (Rubus plicatus) with ripe blackberries in hedge, Somerset, UK

Paul Hobson / Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutis) among Blackberries, Yorkshire, uk Captive.

Paul Hobson / Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutis) feeding on Blackberries, Yorkshire, uk Captive.

Paul Hobson / Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutis) among Blackberries, Yorkshire, uk Captive.

Paul Hobson / Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutis) among Blackberries, Yorkshire, uk Captive.

Paul Hobson / Pair of Harvest Mice (Micromys minutis) among Blackberries, Yorkshire, uk Captive.

Philippe Clement / Blackberries ripening on Bramble bush (Rubus plicatus) La Brenne, France

Dan Burton / Blackberries {Rubus plicatus} Devon, UK

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Mature Blackberries on Bramble bush {Rubus plicatus} autumn. UK.

Philippe Clement / Blackberries ripening on Bramble bush {Rubus plicatus} Belgium

Dave Watts / Blackberries ripening on Bramble bush (Rubus plicatus) UK

Ross Hoddinott / Blackberries ripening on bush {Rubus plicatus} UK.

Kim Taylor / Hunting / field digger wasp {Mellinus arvensis} flying with fly prey, UK.

Kim Taylor / Hunting / Field digger wasp {Mellinus arvensis} flying with bluebottle prey, UK.

Kim Taylor / Hunting / field digger wasp {Mellinus arvensis} flying with fly prey, UK.

Kim Taylor / Hornet {Vespa crabro} flying towards blackberries, UK.

Kim Taylor / Hunting / Field digger wasp {Mellinus arvensis} flying with fly prey, UK.

Steve Knell / Female Dormouse on blackberries {Muscardinus avellanarius} Kent, UK

Steve Knell / Female Dormouse on blackberries {Muscardinus avellanarius} Kent, UK

David Kjaer / Dormouse on bramble {Muscardinus avellanarius} at night with full moon - Composite image

Brian Lightfoot / Unripe Blackberries on bush. (Rubus plicatus) UK

Colin Varndell / Wood mouse {Apodemus sylvatica} feeding on blackberries, UK

Mike Wilkes / Greenfinch eating blackberries {Carduelis chloris} Worcestershire, England, UK

WILLIAM OSBORN / Blackberries - fruit {Rubus fruticosus} Bramble Gloucestershire, UK