Philippe Clement / The harbour at Le Croisic, Loire-Atlantique, Pays-de-la-Loire, France September 2011

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniewski / Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) males fighting in front of glacier, Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria, July 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniew / Two Alpine marmots (Marmota marmota) playing, Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria, July 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Lesniew / Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) feeding, Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria, July 2008

Angelo Gandolfi / Short-toed Eagle (circaetus gallicus) flying amongst Stone Pines (Pinus pinea). Coto Donyana, Andalusia, Spain. 2007.

Luis Quinta / Short toed eagle {Circaetus gallicus} brings snake to chicks in nest, Portugal

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

Jose B. Ruiz / Short toed eagle with chick at nest, Spain

David Noton / Mountain landscape with snow, Aiguille Verte from Le Brevent, nr Chamonix, Alps, France

Loic Poidevin / Pied avocets (Recurvirostra avocetta) foraging in water, Le Teich, Gironde, France, January.

Loic Poidevin / Northern shoveler (Anas clypeata) male on water, Le Teich, Gironde, France, January.

Loic Poidevin / Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avocetta) and Black tailed godwit (Limos limosa) during migration, Le Teich, Gironde, France, February