Pete Oxford / Pacific Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas agassizi) trio, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

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

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Heather (Calluna sp) flowering in tundra, Skaftafell National Park, Iceland

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

Ben Hall,Ben Hall / Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) sitting in flowering heather, Peak District, UK, September

Sandra Bartocha / European white birch / Downy Birch (Betula pubescens) and Common Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Reicherskreuzer Heide, Schlaubetal, Germany, August

Paul Harris / 2020VISION / Close up of flowering Coomon heath / Ling (Calluna vulgaris) and pink Bell Heather (Erica cinerea), Caesar's Camp, Fleet, Hampshire, England, UK, August.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / View over New Forest heathland Ling (Erica cinerea) and Bell Heather (Erica cinerea). Vereley Hill, Burley, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, August.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / View over New Forest heathland with Ling (Calluna vulgaris) and Bell Heather (Erica cinerea). Mogshade Hill, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, August.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / View over New Forest heathland Ling (Calluna vulgaris) and Bell Heather (Erica cinerea). Fritham Cross, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, August.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / View over New Forest heathland with Ling (Calluna vulgaris), Bell Heather (Erica cinerea) and pool. Fritham Cross, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, August.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / View over New Forest heathland with Ling (Calluna vulgaris) and Bell Heather (Erica cinerea). Fritham Cross at dawn, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, August.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / View over New Forest Ling (Calluna vulgaris) and Bell Heather (Erica cinerea) at Rockford Common in dawn mist. Linwood, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, August.

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Bracken, flowering Bell Heather (Erica cinerea) and Ling (Calluna vulgaris). Rockford Common, Linwood, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Ling (Calluna vulgaris) and Bell Heather (Erica cinerea) blooming on heathland with sun rising through tree. Pig Bush, Beaulieu, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, August. Did you know?...

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / View over New Forest lowland heathland from Rockford Common at dawn, Linwood, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Common heather (Calluna vulgaris) in flower, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, July

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Path running through Common heather (Calluna vulgaris) in flower, with Brownsea Island in the distance, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, July

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Flowering Common heather (Calluna vulgaris) on heathland, Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, July

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Bench overlooking landspace and flowering Common heather (Calluna vulgaris), Arne RSPB reserve, Dorset, England, UK, July

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus) on heather moorland, Peak District NP, UK, September 2011. 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Scenic view of moorland habitat showing flowering heather (Ericaceae sp) in foreground, Peak District NP, August 2011

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus) on heather moorland, Peak District NP, UK, September 2011

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Scenic view of moorland habitat showing flowering heather (Ericaceae sp) in foreground, Peak District NP, August 2011

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus) on heather moorland showing habitat, Peak District National Park, UK, September. Did you know? Red grouse thrive on managed moorlands the UK has at least 155,000...

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scoticus) standing on gritstone boulder with flowering heather (Ericaceae sp), Peak District NP, August 2011. Did you know? While the female grouse is incubating her eggs,...

Ben Hall / 2020VISION / Wheatear, (Oenanthe oenanthe) perched on gritstone rock amongst flowering heather (Ericaceae sp), Peak District NP, August 2011. Did you know? The wheatear is only in the UK during summer months - the...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Bell heather (Erica cinerea), Ling (Calluna vulgaris) and Dwarf gorse (Ulex minor) in flower on heathland, Suffolk, UK, August. Abstract interpretation, featuring multiple exposures. 2020VISION Exhibi...

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Dartford warbler (Sylvia undata) adult male perched on flowering Heather / Ling (Calluna vulgaris) on heathland, Suffolk, UK, August. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Birch trees and Heather / Ling (Calluna vulgaris) in flower on Westleton Heath NNR, Suffolk, UK, August 2011.

Sandra Bartocha / Common Heather (Calluna vulgaris) in field at sunrise, Schlaubetal, Germany.

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.

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

Bernard Castelein / Small heath butterfly (Coenonympha pamphilus) on Common heather (Calluna vulgaris), covered with dew droplets. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Bernard Castelein / Small heath butterfly (Coenonympha pamphilus) on Common heather (Calluna vulgaris), covered in dew. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Bernard Castelein / Heathland with Common heather (Calluna vulgaris) and scattered trees, mist in valley at dawn. Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium. August 2019.

Martin van Lokven / Heather (Calluna vulgaris) flowering in heathland, Lage Vuursche, Netherlands

Will Watson / A landslip of the Carboniferous South Wales Lower Coal Measures on Blorenge and surrounding Heather (Calluna vulgaris) and Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) moorland, Monmouthshire, Wales, September 2018...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) with Acorn in mouth, at edge of Pine forest. Ling (Calluna vulgaris) in background. Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) amongst Ling (Calluna vulgaris) at edge of Pine forest. Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) trees beside Loch a Garbh-Choire. Abernethy National Nature Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Heath and regenerating Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forest around Loch a Garbh-Choire, in evening light. Abernethy National Nature Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Heath and regenerating Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forest around Loch a Garbh-Choire. Abernethy National Nature Reserve, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK. .

Guy Edwardes / View over New Forest lowland heathland from Vereley Hill at dawn, Burley, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. August 2011

Guy Edwardes / Heather in bloom on lowland heathland, Rockford Common, Linwood, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. August 2011

Guy Edwardes / Heather in bloom on lowland heathland, Rockford Common, Linwood, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. August 2011

Guy Edwardes / Oak tree (Quercus robur) at sunrise, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. August 2017

Oliver Hellowell / Heather (Calluna vulgaris) in flower, Dartmoor, England, UK. August.

Graham Eaton / Storm clouds (cumulonimbus) building over Minera Moors, with Heather (Calluna vulgaris) in bloom, near Wrexham, Wales, UK, August, August.

Alan Williams / Slopes of Moel Famau mountain showing patches cut for Heather (Calluna vulgaris) management with the Vale of Clwyd in the background Clwydian Range, North Wales, UK, August 2016.

Alan Williams / Slopes of Moel Famau mountain showing patches cut for Heather (Calluna vulgaris) management with the Vale of Clwyd in the background Clwydian Range, North Wales, UK, August 2016.

Alan Williams / Llantysilio Mountain and Maesyrychem Mountain showing the colour of Heather (Calluna vulgaris) viewed from Worlds End on Ruabon Mountain, near Wrexham, North Wales, UK, August 2017.

Alan Williams / Ruabon Mountain looking southeast from Worlds End showing patches cut for Heather (Calluna vulgaris) management, North Wales, UK, August 2017.

Sandra Bartocha / Heather (Calluna) flowers, Thy NP, Denmark

Andres M. Dominguez / Silver birch trees (Betula pendula) surrounded by flowering Common heather (Calluna vulgaris), Castilla y Leon, Spain, May.

Sue Daly / Ling heather (Caluna vulgaris), Sark, British Channel Islands, August.

Philippe Clement / Close up of Common heather (Calluna vulgaris) in flower, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, UK, September.

Dave Bevan / Female House sparrow (Passer domesticus) feeding on Heather (Calluna) seeds, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, February.

Alex Hyde / Ling heather (Calluna vulgaris) Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Flowering Common heather / Ling (Calluna vulgaris) with Scots Pines (Pinus sylvestris) and Meall a' Bhuachaille in background. In morning light, Abernethy, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, Aug...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Flowering Ling / Common heather (Calluna vulgaris) and scattered Scots pines (Pinus sylvestris) with Meall a' Bhuachaille in background, in morning light, Abernethy, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Scots Pines (Pinus sylvestris) and flowering heather moorland at sunrise, Abernethy, Cairngorms National Park, August 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Scots Pines (Pinus sylvestris) and flowering heather moorland at sunrise, Abernethy, Cairngorms National Park, August 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Scots pines (Pinus sylvestris) and flowering heather moorland in morning light, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, August 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Heather moorland with flowering Ling / Common heather (Calluna vulgaris), Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, September 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) saplings amongst heather moorland with flowering Ling / Common heather (Calluna vulgaris), in evening light, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, September 2016.

Philippe Clement / Heather (Calluna vulgaris) in bloom on the Mechelse Heide, heathland in the Hoge Kempen National Park, Limburg, Belgium, August

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Young scots pines (Pinus sylvestris) regeneration on moorland, with flowering Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, August 2012.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mosiac of heather, bilberry, rushes and grasses on upland heath, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, August 2013.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mosiac of heather, bilberry and rush on upland heath, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mosiac of Cross leaved heath (Erica tetralix), Ling (Calluna vulgaris), Bell heather (Erica cinerea) and Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) on upland heath, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mosiac of Cross leaved heath (Erica tetralix), Ling (Calluna vulgaris), Bell heather (Erica cinerea), Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus), Birch (Betula sp) saplings and grasses on upland heath in late sum...

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Patchwork of upland heather moorland, sheep pasture and isolated woodland in morning light, Invercauld Estate, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, April 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Patchwork of upland heather moorland, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, April 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Patchwork of upland heather moorland, Deeside, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, April 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Patchwork of upland heather moorland, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, April 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Patchwork of upland heather moorland and isolated Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) trees on grouse shooting estate, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, April 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / View of Ling (Calluna vulgaris) in heather moorland, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, September 2015.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / View of Ling (Calluna vulgaris) in heather moorland, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, September 2015.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Stormy light over heather moorland, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, September 2015.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Regenerating Willow (Salix sp) on heather moorland, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, September 2015.

Alan Williams / Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) on Heather (Calluna vulgaris) moorland on Esclusham Mountain near Wrexham, North Wales, UK, August.

Bernard Castelein / Heather (Calluna vulgaris) and Deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus), Groot Schietveld, Wuustwezel, Belgium September

Juan Carlos Munoz / Purple heather (Calluna vulgaris) on coastal wall, Kells Seaside Area, Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. September 2015.

Alan Williams / Hoverfly (Myathropa florea) feeding on Heather (Calluna vulgaris) on lowland heath, Wirral, Merseyside, UK, August.

Alex Hyde / Emperor moth (Saturnia pavonia) caterpillar feeding on Ling heather (Calluna vulgaris) taken with fish eye view, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. August.

Alex Hyde / Emperor moth (Saturnia pavonia) caterpillar feeding on Ling heather (Calluna vulgaris) taken with fisheye lens. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. August.

Alex Hyde / View towards Higger Tor from Over Owler Tor with heather in full bloom. Abandoned millstone can be seen in the foreground. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. August 2015.

Bernard Castelein / Heather (Calluna vulgaris) flowers at dawn, Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium, August.

Ross Hoddinott / Flowering heather and windswept tree with view overlooking Porlock, Porlock Common, Exmoor, UK. August 2014.