Alfred Trunk/ BIA / Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) mother carrying chick, Upper Austria, Austria

Hans Glader / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) male flying, Carinthia, Austria

Silvia Reiche / Purple-edged Copper (Lycaena hippothoe) butterfly male, Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria

Ingo Arndt / Alpine Marmot (Marmota marmota) calling, Austria

Ingo Arndt / Alpine Marmot (Marmota marmota) yawning, Austria

Konrad Wothe / European Hare (Lepus europaeus) running, Austria

Gerald Haas/ BIA / Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) male in snow, Tyrol, Austria

Mathias Schaef/ BIA / Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) foraging, Burgenland, Austria

Mathias Schaef/ BIA / Coot (Fulica atra) at nest, Burgenland, Austria

Alfred Trunk/ BIA / European Ground Squirrel (Spermophilus citellus) carrying nesting material, Austria

Hans Glader/ BIA / Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) foraging, Austria

Jonas Landolt/ BIA / Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana), Austria