Mark Hamblin (UK) travelled to Lithuania to photograph the White Stork, Lithuania's National Bird. 14,000 pairs breed in Lithuania's protected areas, which make up 12% of the country. Lithuania has a low population density, allowing animals such as the stork, which are threatened elsewhere in Europe, to thrive. Mark also documented the Curonian Spit, almost 100km of sand dunes which reach a height of 67 metres.

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