Wild Wonders of Europe / E. Haarberg / Male Black grouse (Tetrao tertrix) displaying, expiring warm air on a cold morning, Bergslagen, Sweden, April 2009

John Waters / Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) feeding, catches worm and washes it in water, Greylake RSPB Reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK, February.

Loic Poidevin / Aquatic warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) Breton Marsh, Vendee, France, May.

Markus Varesvuo / Jack snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus), Uto, Finland, November.

Gabriel Rojo / Marsh deer (Blastocerus dichotomus) male with Cattle tyrant (Machetornis rixosus) on back, Ibera Marshes, Corrientes Province, Argentina.

Erlend Haarberg / Great snipe (Gallinago media) displaying, Norway, June.

Markus Varesvuo / Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) vocalising on post, Iceland

Markus Varesvuo / Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) in flight. Liminka, Finland. June

Loic Poidevin,Loic Poidevin / Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) diving at prey, Breton Marsh, West France, April

Sven Zacek / Rays of sunshine behind pine trees, Southern Estonia, May early morning.

Sven Zacek / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) portrait in snowy clearing, Southern Estonia, February.

Theo Bosboom / Emerald damselflies (Lestes sponsa) mating on the reed along a fen, Hondeven, east Holland, August