Sven Zacek / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in foreground with second deer on horizon in snow, Estonia, December. Highly commened in CREATIVE VISIONS OF NATURE category, 2011 WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR COM...
Niall Benvie / Young boy looking at photos on camera in a boat on the Suur Emajogi River, Palupohja Looduskool, Alam-Pedja nature reserve, Tartumaa, Estonia, May
MYN / Niall Benvie / Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) in flower, Alam-Pedja nature reserve, Tartumaa, Estonia, May meetyourneighbours.net project
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Niall Benvie / Boy taking photographs of dandelions, Palupohja Looduskool, Tartumaa, Estonia, May
Niall Benvie / Jaanus Jarva photographing Smooth newt in Niall Benvie's make-shift studio, Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve, Tartumaa, Estonia, May
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MYN / Niall Benvie / Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) flowers, Alam-Pedja nature reserve, Tartumaa, Estonia, May meetyourneighbours.net project
Niall Benvie / Boy taking photograph of ants, Palupohja Looduskool, Tartumaa, Estonia, May
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Niall Benvie / MYN / Caddis fly (Limnephilus sp) larvae with case constructed from snail shells, Tartumaa, Estonia, May
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Niall Benvie / Bands of colour created by clouds at dusk, Tartumaa, Estonia, May
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Niall Benvie / Abstract impression of Silver birch (Betula pendula) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forest in spring, Alam-Pedja nature reserve, Tartumaa, Estonia, May
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Niall Benvie / Children taking pictures of a frog, Palupohja Looduskool, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / Bands of colour created by clouds at dusk, Tartumaa, Estonia, May
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Niall Benvie / Abstract impression of Silver birch (Betula pendula) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forest in spring, Alam-Pedja nature reserve, Tartumaa, Estonia, May
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Niall Benvie / MYN / Green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestris) Tartumaa, Estonia, May
MYN / Niall Benvie / Water avens (Geum rivale) in flower, Tartumaa, Estonia meetyourneighbours.net project
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Niall Benvie / Artistic impression of Silver birch (Betula pendula) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forest in spring, Alam-Pedja nature reserve, Tartumaa, Estonia, May
Niall Benvie / Aristic impression of Silver birch (Betula pendula) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) forest in spring, Alam-Pedja nature reserve, Tartumaa, Estonia, May
Niall Benvie / Adult White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) feeding on a carcass, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / Adult White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) defending carcass from ravens, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / Adult White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) feeding on a carcass, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / Common raven (Corvus corax) in flight, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / A group of Estonian school children pretending to be beavers by gnawing tree trunk that beavers had felled, Tartumaar, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / Immature White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) mantling a carcass, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / Courting Common ravens (Corvus corax), Estonia
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Niall Benvie / A group of Estonian school children in the woods learning about nature, Tartumaa, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / Adult White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) watching a raven (Corvus corax) on carcass, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) feeding on a carcass, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / A group of Estonian school children in the woods learning about nature, Tartumaa, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / Adult White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) approaching a carcass, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / Adult White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) territorial desplay, defending its territory, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / A group of Estonian school children in the woods learning about nature, sitting down eating and drinking, Tartumaa, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / Common raven {Corvus corax} pair in snow, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / Adult White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) feeding on a carcass, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / Adult White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) perched on a pine stump, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / A group of Estonian school children in the woods learning about nature, Tartumaa, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / Adult White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) perched on a pine stump, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / Adult White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) amongst bog pines, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / A group of Estonian school children in the woods pretending to be bears, Tartumaa, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / Adult White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) perched on a pine stump, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / Adult White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) amongst bog pines, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / Adult White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) calling, amongst bog pines, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / Common raven (Corvus corax) pair courting, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / Common ravens (Corvus corax) courtship, male presenting gift to female, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / Adult White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) feeding on a carcass, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / Common raven (Corvus corax) perched calling on branch in snow-covered bog, calling, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) feeding on a carcass, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / European cranberry {Vaccinium oxycoccos} flowers, Latvia
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Nick Upton / Pond bats {Myotis dasycneme} hibernating in old salt mine, Estonia
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Niall Benvie / Eurasian beaver {Castor fiber} swimming in calm waters, Talsu rajons, Latvia
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Niall Benvie / European beaver teeth marks on Alder {Castor fiber} Latvia
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Willem Kolvoort / Freshwater pearl mussel shell (Margaritifera margaritifera) Natural History Museum, Riga, Latvia
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Willem Kolvoort / European river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) mating, male twists body round female to fertilise eggs which she is spawning, Kauguri Canal, Kemeri NP, Latvia
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Willem Kolvoort / Stumps of trees felled by Eurasian beaver {Castor fiber} West Latvia
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Willem Kolvoort / European river lamprey {Lampreta fluviatilis} Kaugari canal, Kemeri NP, Latvia. The seven holes behind the eye are the outlets of the gills.
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Willem Kolvoort / Morel (Morchella esculenta) Kemeri NP, Latvia
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Willem Kolvoort / European river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) female attached by its jaw sucker to a stone in the Kauguri Canal, Kemeri NP, Latvia, during the mating season.
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Willem Kolvoort / Kauguri canal, Kemeri NP, Latvia, habitat of European river lampreys that come here to mate in the spring.
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Willem Kolvoort / Pearls from Freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) Natural History Museum, Riga, Latvia
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Willem Kolvoort / Freshwater pearl mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera) These heavily threatened mussels live in a small river in the forests of Latvia. In most european countries they are extinct.
