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

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.

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.

Fabrice Cahez / Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) flowers, Vosges, France, June.

Stephen Dalton / Elderberries (Sambucus nigra) Sussex, England, UK, October.

Fabrice Cahez / Elderberry flowers (Sambucus nigra) Vosges, France, June.

Colin Varndell / Elder (Sambucus nigra) flowers, Dorset, UK, July.

Alex Hyde / Jew's Ear Fungus (Auricularia auricula judae) growing on Elder tree (Sambucus nigra). Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. November.

Alex Hyde / Jew's Ear Fungus (Auricularia auricula judae) growing on Elder tree (Sambucus nigra) Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. November.

Colin Varndell / Elder (Sambucus nigra) blossom in spring, Dorset, UK May

Laurie Campbell / Elder (Sambucus nigra) flowers, Berwickshire, Scotland, June

Laurie Campbell / Elder (Sambucus nigra) close-up of flowers, Berwickshire, Scotland, June

Simon Colmer / Elder twig (Sambucus nigra) and buds in winter, UK

Simon Colmer / Elder twig (Sambucus nigra) and opening leaves in winter, UK

Alex Hyde / Elder berries (Sambucus nigra).

Simon Colmer / Elder (Sambucus nigra) leaves, UK

Chris O'Reilly / Mature Common elder {Sambucus nigra} tree flowering in a graveyard, Derbyshire, UK

Rolf Nussbaumer / Female Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) feeding on berries in Common Elderberry (Sambucus nigra) bush, Oberaegeri, Switzerland. September 1998

Rolf Nussbaumer / Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) on Elderberry tree (Sambucus nigra), Oberaegeri, Switzerland. September 1998

John Waters / Common elder tree in flower {Sambucus nigra} UK

Nick Turner / Common elder tree {Sambucus nigra} in flower Gloucestershire, England.

Nick Turner / Elder trees {Sambucus nigra} flowering in field full of Common Poppies {Papaver rhoeas} Gloucestershire, England, UK.

Nick Turner / Fields full of Common Poppies {Papaver rhoeas} with Elder {Sambucus nigra} flowering in hedgerow, Gloucestershire, England, UK.

Nick Turner / Elder (Sambucus nigra) trees in flower surrounded by field full of Common Poppies {Papaver rhoeas} Gloucestershire, England, UK.

Simon Colmer / Elder (Sambucus nigra) buds in winter, UK

Dave Watts / Elder tree berries (Sambucus nigra) Elderberries, UK

Philippe Clement / Common elderberry berries {Sambucus nigra} Belgium

Philippe Clement / Common elderberry in flower {Sambucus nigra} Belgium

David Noton / Common elder tree flowers {Sambucus nigra} UK

WILLIAM OSBORN / Common elder berries {Sambucus nigra} Gloucestershire, UK

Will Watson / Jelly ear fungus (Auricularia auricula judae) growing on Elder (Sambucus nigra) tree branch with Maritime sunburst lichen (Xanthoria parietina), Stocking Meadow Nature Reserve, Herefordshire, England,...

Brian Bevan / Turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) perching on branch in Elderberry bush (Sambucus nigra) before taking flight and leaving frame, Bedfordshire, England, UK.

Brian Bevan / Turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) perching on branch in Elderberry bush (Sambucus nigra) and preening, Bedfordshire, England, UK, June.

Brian Bevan / Turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) perching in Elderberry bush (Sambucus nigra) and calling, Bedfordshire, England, UK, June.

Will Watson / Elder (Sambucus nigra) leaves and berries, on white background, Herefordshire, England, UK. September. Focus stacked under controlled conditions.

Nigel Cattlin / Elder (Sambucus nigra) white flower clusters and young berries with leaves on a flowering wild shrub or small tree, Berkshire, England, May

Nigel Cattlin / Elder (Sambucus nigra) white flower cluster with leaves on a flowering wild shrub or small tree, Berkshire, England, May

Mike Read / European robin (Erithacus rubecula) juvenile perched in Elder (Sambucus nigra), Greylake RSPB Reserve, Greylake, Somerset Levels and Moors, Somerset, England, UK, July.

Mike Read / House sparrow (Passer domestica) male perched in Elder (Sambucus nigra), in the car park of Greylake RSPB Reserve, Somerset Levels and Moors, England, UK, February.

Nigel Cattlin / Elder (Sambucus nigra) in late summer. Red peduncles and dark read ripe fruit, Berkshire, England, UK, September.

Nigel Cattlin / Elder (Sambucus nigra) in late summer. Red peduncles and dark read ripe fruit, Berkshire, England, UK, September.