Five Films / Close-up of a man reeling in a Pollack (Pollachius pollachius), sustainably caught using pole and line, English Channel, near Salcombe, Devon, UK, November 2016.

Thomas Hinsche / Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) female, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Ralph Martin / Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Kerstin Hinze / Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) climbing on rose hips, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany,

Kerstin Hinze / Aerial view of Westerhever Sand lighthouse and saltmarshes, Wadden Sea, Eiderstedt, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, June 2010

Wild Wonders of Europe / Novák / Large flock of waders in flight, Japsand, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park, Germany, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Novák / Flock of waders in flight, Japsand, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park, Germany, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Novák / Lugworm (Anericola marina) casts on sand, Japsand, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park, Germany, April 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Novák / Sand and shells, Japsand, Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park, Germany, April 2009

Kerstin Hinze / Crocus (Crocus napolitanus) flowering in spring garden at Schlosspark Husum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Kerstin Hinze / Crocus (Crocus napolitanus) flower, Schlosspark Husum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering/ BIA / Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Thomas Hinsche/ BIA / Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany