Jose B. Ruiz / View from Santa Ana hermitage, Puerto de Morabio, Valle de Proaza, Asturias, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Pine tree propped-up, Sant Cugat del Valles, Barcelona, Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Colorado potato beetle {Leptinotarsa decemlineata}

Jose B. Ruiz / Tree growing on rock formation with night sky, Torcal de Antequera, Malaga, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Moss covered tree, San Martin de Trevejo, Las Hurdes, Caceres, Extremadura, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Sweet chestnut saplings, San Martin de Trevejo, Las Hurdes, caceres, Extremadura, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Flowering Ash / Manna (Fraxinus ornus) autumn leaves, Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Striped hawkmoth {Hyles livornica} feeding from flower, Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Swallowtail butterfly {Papilio machaon} with wings spread, Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Eroded Limestone rocks in Torcal de Antequera NP, Antequera, Malaga, Spain, Europe

Jose B. Ruiz / Ladder snake shed skin (Elaphe scalaris) Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Group of Spanish Ibex {Capra pyrenaica} on rock formations, Torcal de antequera, Malaga, Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Swallowtail butterfly {Papilio machaon} caterpillar, on plant, Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Two White storks {Ciconia ciconia} courtship on nest, The Barruecos, Malpartida de Cáceres, Spain. Sequence 1/3.

Jose B. Ruiz / Giant fennel {Ferula communis} at dusk, Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Buttercups {Ranunculus sp.} growing in thawing Ice cave, Picos de Europa, Cantabria, Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Abstract arty-shot of Sunflowers {Helianthus} in meadow, Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Arty-shot of Cotton grass blowing in wind, in a meadow, Picos de Europa, Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Ice cave thawing, Picos de Europa, Cantabria, Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Abstract arty-shot of Sunflowers {Helianthus} in meadow, Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Grey seal {Halichoerus grypus} rubbing nose with flipper, on beach at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK.

Jose B. Ruiz / Grey seal {Halichoerus grypus} Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK.

Jose B. Ruiz / Abstract of Lady-fren frond {Athyrium filix femina}

Jose B. Ruiz / Silhouette of White stork {Ciconia ciconia} on nest in Holm Oak Tree {Quercus ilex} at sunrise, Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Wood Mouse with newborn babies in nest (Apodemus sylvaticus) Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Captive brown bear in zoo {Ursus arctos} Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Wild cat road kill, Spain (Felis silvestris)

Jose B. Ruiz / Granada cathedral, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Spanish Ibex, adult female (Capra pyrenaica) Sierra Gredos, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Spanish ibex male rut behaviour, testing female for oestrus (Capria pyrenaica) Sierra Gredos, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Spanish ibex droppings {Capra pyrenaica} Avila, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Canary island date palm {Phoenix canariensis} La Gomera, Canary islands

Jose B. Ruiz / Chamois (Rupicarpa rupicarpa) head portrait, Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Wild goat {Capra aegagrus} adult, Sierra Gredos, Avila, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Dead Loggerhead turtle on shore (Caretta caretta) Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Penon de Ifach, Calpe, Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Seville Cathedral floodlit at dusk, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Audouin's gull {Larua audouinii} Columbretes Islands, Castellon, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Herd of Merino sheep with shepherd, Pyrenees, Huesca, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Medicinal plants for sale at market, Granada, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Three Spanish ibex {Capra pyrenaica} males standing on mountain side in Avila, Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Horse mare and foal {Equus caballus} on rocky mountain side, Picos de Europa, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Landscape / habitat of the Spanish ibex in Avila province , Spain - Yellow broom {Cytisus praecox}

Jose B. Ruiz / Cabrera's vole {Microtus cabrerae} Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Herd of Spanish ibex {Capra pyrenaica} on a mountain side in Avila, Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Spanish Fighting bull {Bos taurus} Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Great bustard bird feather detail {Otis tarda}

Jose B. Ruiz / Bonelli's Eagle, 58-day old juvenile at nest, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Sponge {Ircinia fasciculata} and Neptune grass {Posidonia} Mediterranean. Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Neptune grass bed {Posidonia oceanica} Mediterranean.

Jose B. Ruiz / Deaths Head Hawk moth, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Female Wolf spider carries young on back, sand dunes, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Wolf spider with her egg case, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / European chameleon feeding on grasshopper. Sequence 2/3. {Chamaeleo chamaeleon} Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / European chameleon feeding on grasshopper. Sequence 3/3. {Chamaeleo chamaeleon} Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Black footed (Jackass) penguin (Spheniscus demersus). Cape Good Hope, South Africa

Jose B. Ruiz / Black tailed godwit wading, Spain, Europe

Jose B. Ruiz / Benidorm town and beach, Spain - coastal development

Jose B. Ruiz / Urbanisation of saltmarsh, Calpe, Alicante, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Crested tit flies to nest hole {Lophophanes cristatus} Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Male spur thighed tortoise on sand dune (Testudo graeca) Alicante, Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Common toad walking at night, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Common treefrog on reeds, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Natterjack toad singing at night, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Bonelli's eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus) female. Spain, Europe

Jose B. Ruiz / Bonelli's eagle female head portrait, Spain

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

Jose B. Ruiz / Red Panda resting in tree branch

Jose B. Ruiz / Bull silhouetted on skyline Tarifa Cadiz Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Gradas de Soaso, Ordesa NP. Pyrenees, Spain, Europe

Jose B. Ruiz / Booted eagle (Aquila pennata) female feeding chick at nest in pine woods, Murcia, Spain.

Jose Ruiz / Booted eagle at nest with chick (Aquila pennata) Spain Pine woods, Murcia.

Jose B. Ruiz / Giant sand dunes. Namib-Naukluft NP, Namib Desert, Namibia, Southern Africa

Jose B. Ruiz / Sea daffodil and flying bee, coastal sand dunes, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Giant sand dune Sossus Vlei, Namib-Naukluft NP, Namib desert, Namibia, Southern Africa

Jose B. Ruiz / Teide volcano landscape in snow and clouds, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Golden cup coral polyps {Astroides calycularis} Mediterranean

Jose B. Ruiz / Hard coral {Leptogorgia sarmentosa} Mediterranean

Jose B. Ruiz / Hard coral {Leptogorgia sarmentosa} Mediterranean

Jose B. Ruiz / Neptune seagrass {Posidonia oceanica} forms large prairies of grass in well lit seabeds. Mediterranean

Jose B. Ruiz / Great grey shrike with impaled mouse prey which it is dismembering to feed to chicks. Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Male common sparrow {Passer domesticus} flying to feeder. Alicante, Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Canteras town and beach at night, Gran Canaria, Canary Isles, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Town and Beach, Fuengirola, Malaga, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Spanish / Iberian Lynx in Donana NP, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Spanish /Iberian Lynx in Donana NP, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Sky with clouds, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Mayos de Riglos, Huesca, Spain, Europe.

Jose B. Ruiz / Natural rock formations, Cuenca, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Young African elephant, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

Jose B. Ruiz / Blackcap male perched on a branch, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Aigues Tortes, St. Mauricio NP, Pyrenees, Spain.

Jose B. Ruiz / Spanish / Iberian Lynx in Donana NP, Spain (Lynx pardina)

Jose B. Ruiz / Beach, town and harbour Barbate, Cadiz, Andulacia, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Carmen beach, Barbate, Cadiz, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / White storks {Ciconia ciconia} at nest at night. Los Berruecos NP, Extremadura. Spain. Nesting on granite boulders to keep themselves safe from mammal predators. Winner of Innovation Award in Wildlife...