Juan Manuel Borrero / Mixed forest in Val d'Aran / Aran Valley in the mist, Pyrenees, Lleida Province, Spain, June

Juan Manuel Borrero / Salardu in the snow. Aran Valley, The Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain. February 2009.

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) mother with three young, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) two juveniles playing, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Woman hiker silhouetted at sunrise in Conangles valley, Aran Valley, Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain. Model released

Juan Manuel Borrero / Arties in the snow. Aran Valley, The Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain. February 2009.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Unha in the snow. Aran Valley, The Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain. February 2009.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Salardu in the snow. Aran Valley, The Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain. February 2009.

Juan Manuel Borrero / House in Bausen, Aran Valley, Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain. February 2009.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Arties in the snow. Aran Valley, The Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain. February 2009.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Unha in the snow. Aran Valley, The Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain. February 2009.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Canejan in the snow. Aran Valley, The Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain. February 2009.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Canejan in snow. Aran Valley, The Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain. February 2009.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Aran Valley in winter, Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain. February 2009.

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Aran rock lizard (Iberolacerta aranica) female in Aran valley, Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain, August, endemic in Aran valley. Endangered

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Nick Upton / Aran Valley and snowy high Pyrenees on France / Spain border viewed from Porto de la Bonaigua, Catalonia, Spain. November 2008

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / ermine (Mustela erminea), in rain, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Ermine (Mustela erminea), juvenile in Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / ermine (Mustela erminea) juveniles, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile, Aran Valley, Pyrenees, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Ermine (Mustela erminea), female looking for prey in an subalpine meadow, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile trying to climb a tree in Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / ermine (Mustela erminea), female looking for prey in subalpine meadow. Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile on rock, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / ermine (Mustela erminea), juvenile with rodent prey, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Ermine (Mustela erminea), adult female in Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / ermine (Mustela erminea) juveniles running with mother (middle), Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / ermine (Mustela erminea), female in a Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest in Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile with rodent prey, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / ermine (Mustela erminea), juveniles near their den below a Beech tree (Fagus sylvatica), Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Heather (Calluna vulgaris) flowering at the shores of Pica Palomera alpine lake, with Tuc de Mauberme in the background, Aran Valley, Pyrenees, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / ermine (Mustela erminea), juvenile climbing a Beech tree (Fagus sylvatica), Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / ermine (Mustela erminea), juvenile in Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / ermine (Mustela erminea) among rocks in Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest in Artiga de Lin, Aran Valley, Catalonia, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile in Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Yellow Gentian (Gentiana lutea) flowering in mountain glade, Artiga de Lin, Aran Valley, Pyrenees, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Old rock enclosure for cattle in Toran valley, with Tuc d'Ermer peak in the background, Aran Valley, Pyrenees, Spain.

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) two juveniles leaping through grass, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) two juveniles, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile amongst the leaves of Yellow Gentian, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) two juveniles playing on moss covered rock, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile climbing the trunk of a Beech tree, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) female with dead rodent prey, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile on moss covered stone, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) three juveniles at entrance to their den, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) two juveniles on moss covered stone, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) adult female, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile standing up to look, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile with dead rodent prey, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile on moss covered tree roots, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile with dead rodent prey, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile with dead rodent prey, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile on rock, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) female with dead rodent prey, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile with dead rodent prey, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) female with dead rodent prey, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) female with young on rock, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Oriol Alamany / Stoat / Ermine (Mustela erminea) juvenile, Aran valley, Pyrenees, Spain

Inaki Relanzon / River flowing through autumnal forest in the Valley of Varrados, Val d'Aran, Catalonia, Pyrenees

Inaki Relanzon / Stream flowing through autumnal woodland in the Valley de Varrados, Vall d'Aran, Catalonia, Spanish Pyrenees

Inaki Relanzon / Autumnal trees in the Valley of Varrados, Val d'Aran, Catalonia, Pyrenees

Juan Manuel Borrero / Bracken growing on moss covered tree trunks, Toran Valley, Aran Valley, The Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Juan Manuel Borrero / Highland habitat of Aran valley, Colomers cirque, Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain