Wild Wonders of Europe / Möllers / Mixed Common beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Spruce (Picea abies) forests in autumn colours at sunrise seen from the road to Muntele Mic. Southern Carpathians, Muntii Tarcu, Caras-Severin, Romania, Octobe...

Sven Zacek / Female Long-eared owl (Asio otus) peeking from behind a spruce tree, Southern Estonia, June.

Sven Zacek / Common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) perched in Spruce tree top after sunset, Southern Estonia, June.

John Cancalosi / White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) sniffing spruce cone. New York, USA, January.

Andy Trowbridge / Great Tit (Parus major) perched on frost covered spruce branch with wings open in a show of aggression. Southern Norway, October.

Erlend Haarberg / Norway spruce (Picea abies) forest covered by packed snow, Riisitunturi National Park, Finland, February 2006

Erlend Haarberg / Mist over a Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) / Norway spruce (Picea abies) forest at sunrise, near Yli-Kitka lake and Tolva village, Finland, July 2006

Steve Gettle / Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis canadensis) male, Michigan

Markus Varesvuo / Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) female foraging on a spruce cone. Kuusamo, Finland, February.

Orsolya Haarberg / Spruce trees covered in hard frost, coniferous forest in winter, Harghita, Romania.

Juan Carlos Munoz / Herd of wild Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) running past young spruce trees in Taiga woodland, Lappland, Finland, March 2007

Donald M. Jones / Black Bear (Ursus americanus) yearling cub at base of spruce tree, Alberta, Canada