Kerstin Hinze / Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) feeding on Elder (Sambucus nigra) berries, Plon, Schlieswig-Holstein, Germany, September.

Philippe Clement / European elder / European elderberry (Sambucus nigra) showing drooping fruit clusters of black berries in summer, France.autumn

Karine Aigner / Biologist feeding Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) a mixture of elderberry powder. This powder is full of an antioxidant called anthocyanin. The anthocynanin is thought to help birds recover from and...

Kerstin Hinze / Elder berries (Sambucus nigra) Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, Germany. August 2017.

Mike Read / Coronation meadow with pinch gate flagged footpath Elder (Sambucus nigra) and dry stone wall Muker Swaledale, Yokshire Dales National Park, Yorkshire, England, UK, July.

Kim Taylor / Nettle-tree butterfly (Libythea celtis) feeding on Dwarf elder (Sambucus ebulus) flowers, Bulgaria, July.

Kim Taylor / Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album) feeding on Dwarf elder (Sambucus ebulus) flowers, Bulgaria, July.

Russell Cooper / Elder flowers (Sambucus nigra) Southwest London, England, UK, April

Nick Upton / Royal Agricultural University students planting Elder saplings (Sambucus nigra) to provide cover for Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus) and other farmland birds as part of the Marlborough Downs Nature Im...

Nick Upton / Royal Agricultural University students and gamekeeper Phil Holborrow planting Elder saplings (Sambucus nigra) to provide cover for Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus) and other farmland birds as part of t...

Nick Upton / Royal Agricultural University students digging planting holes for Elder saplings (Sambucus nigra) to provide cover for Tree Sparrows (Passer montanus) and other farmland birds as part of the Marlborou...

Fabrice Cahez / Elderflower (Sambucus nigra) blossom, Vosges, France, June.