Kerstin Hinze / Red crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) feeding from a spruce cone, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany, October.

Kerstin Hinze / Two Black-bellied hamsters (Cricetus cricetus) fighting, Vienna, Austria, October.

Kerstin Hinze / Black-bellied hamster (Cricetus cricetus) feeding on yew fruits (Taxus baccata), Vienna, Austria, October.

Kerstin Hinze / Male Common european toad (Bufo bufo) in amplexus with a dead fish, Lower Saxony, Germany, April.

Kerstin Hinze / Painted lady (Vanessa cardui) nectaring, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany, June.

Kerstin Hinze / Honeybee (Apis melifera) flying around and nectaring from Butterbur (Petasites hybridus) flowers, Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany, April.

Kerstin Hinze / Male Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) displaying, Berchtesgaden National Park, Bavarian Alps, Germany, April.

Kerstin Hinze / Male Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) displaying, Berchtesgaden National Park, Bavarian Alps, Germany, April.

Kerstin Hinze / Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) in flower, Lower Saxony, Germany, March.

Kerstin Hinze / Dipper (Cinclus cinclus) foraging in a stream, Harz National Park, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, March.

Kerstin Hinze / Male Black woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) drilling a hole in a tree, hunting for insects, Bavarian Forest National Park, Bavaria, Germany, February.

Kerstin Hinze / Juvenile Forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula) on a Rowan ash (Sorbus aucuparia) branch, with berries, Captive, occurs in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.