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PAPUA - AMONG BIRDS OF PARADISE AND DEVIL RAYS Selected images from the magnificent coffee table book Papua, which has won WWF Sweden's prestigious award “Panda Book of the Year 2022”. To quote the WWF jury, the book is "nature photography elevated to art" . Here, the photographers and authors Magnus Lundgren and Staffan Widstrand take the reader on a visually captivating and fascinating journey of discovery, through West Papua's unique tropical wilderness. PRESS & MEDIA GALLERY This media friendly press gallery is a support for media professionals. Limited free media usage under the following conditions: 1) Free usage only allowed if there is a clearly visible connection between your publishing and the book "Papua" and our award "Panda book of the Year 2022". 2) The respective copyright holding photographer must be mentioned in the text and photo credit must be published next to the published image/s. Example - Photo: Staffan Widstrand / www.staffanwidstrand.com or Magnus Lundgren / www.magnuslundgren.com 3) A maximum of 5 press images can be used. Any subsequent usage is subject to our prior approval. 4) To download images use the password: papua

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Images from Wild Wonders of Europe outdoor exhibition

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Arctic fox, Alopex lagopus, Walrus, Obdobenus rosmarus, Polar bear, Ursus maritimus, Svalbard reindeer, Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus, Bearded seal, Erignathus barbatus, Svalbard, Norway. Photo: Mireille de la Lez / Wild Wonders of Europe

Monk seal Madeira

Saiga antelope, Saiga tatarica, Kalmykia, Russia. Photo: Igor Shpilenok / Wild Wonders of Europe

Barrika area, Bay of Biscay, Basque country, Barrika coast, coastal landscape Spain. Photo: Verena Popp Hackner / Wild Wonders of Europe

Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus, Loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, Pilot fish, Naucrates ductor, Common dolphin, Delphinus delphis, underwater Pico, Azores, Portugal. Photo: Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of Europe

White tailed Sea eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla, North Atlantic, Flatanger, Nord-Trondelag, Norway. Photo: Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of Europe

Gannet, Sula bassana, Puffin, Fratercula arctica, Razorbill, Alca torda, bird cliff, coastal landscape, Saltee islands, Giant's Causeway basalt landscape Northern Ireland, UNESCO world heritage site, Ireland. Photo: Island Pål Hermansen / Wild Wonders of Europe

Mount Matterhorn, forest, mountain landscape, Alps, Switzerland. Photo: Verena Popp Hackner / Wild Wonders of Europe

Frog, Rana Esculenta, Horsehair parachute mushrooms, Marasmius androsaceus, Grey Heron, Ardea Cinerea, White Stork, Ciconia Ciconia, Great Cormorant, Phalacrocorax Carbo, Prypiat river, Prypiat National Park, Belarus. Photo: Bence Máté / Wild Wonders of Europe

Flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber, Marshes in Bahía de Cádiz Natural Park, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain. Photo: Diego López / Wild Wonders of Europe

European white waterlily, Nymphaea alba, in Swedish lake, Bohuslän, Sweden. Photo: Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of Europe

Dalmatian Pelican, Pelecanus crispus, Lake Kerkini, Macedonia, Greece. Photo: Jari Peltomäki / Wild Wonders of Europe

Mountain landscape, Alps, Aiguilles Rouges, Chamonix, Lac Blanc, France. Photo: Frank Krahmer / Wild Wonders of Europe

Muskox, Ovibos moschatus, Dovrefjell national park, Norway. Photo: Vincent Munier / Wild Wonders of Europe

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, Thunnus thynnus, Short-snouted seahorse, Hippocampus hippocampus, underwater marine life, Malta. Photo: Solvin Zankl / Wild Wonders of Europe

Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica, Arctic fox, Alopex lagopus, birds, wildlife, waterfall, glacier ice, volcanic activity, landscape, Iceland. Photo: Orsolya Haarberg / Wild Wonders of Europe

Marsh Helleborine, Epipactis palustris, European Beech, Fagus sylvatica, Birch, Betula pubescens, chalk cliff, sand dune, Skagen, Møns Klint, National Park Thy, Denmark. Photo: Sandra Bartocha / Wild Wonders of Europe

Great grey owl, Strix nebulosa, Aurora borealis, Northern lights, Black woodpecker, Dryocopus martius, birds, winter, Oulu, Oulanka national park, Riisitunturi national park, Finland. Photo: Sven Zacek / Wild Wonders of Europe

Arctic Fox, Vulpes lagopus, Cotton grass, Eriophorum, iceberg, landscape, Discobay, Greenland. Photo: Kai Jensen / Wild Wonders of Europe

Orchids, flowers, landscape, forest, Gargano National Park, Gargano Peninsula, Italy. Photo: Sandra Bartocha / Wild Wonders of Europe, Claudia Müller / Wild Wonders of Europe

Chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra, Alpine Ibex, Capra ibex, Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy. Photo: Erlend Haarberg / Wild Wonders of Europe

European bison/wisent, Bison bonasus, Bialowieza forest, Poland. Photo: Stefano Unterthiner / Wild Wonders of Europe

Grey seal, Halichoerus grypus, Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. Photo: Laurent Geslin / Wild Wonders of Europe

Active volcano, Stromboli, Etna, Italy. Photo: Oliver Grunewald / Wild Wonders of Europe

Beech forest in autumn, mountain landscape, Valea Crapaturii and Rock of the King, National Park Piatra Craiului, Bicaz, Cheile Bicazului-Hasmas National Park, Carpathians, Transylvania, Romania. Photo: Cornelia Dörr / Wild Wonders of Europe

Wild reindeer, Rangifer tarandus, Forollhogna national park , Norway. Photo: Vincent Munier / Wild Wonders of Europe

Eurasian Otter, Lutra lutra, European bison/Wisent, Bison bonasus, Carpathian Wolf, Canis lupus, White-backed Woodpecker, Dendrocopos leucotos, birds, wildlife, autumn colors, beech forest, "Sine Wiry" Reserve, Bieszczady National Park, Carpathian mountains, Poland. Photo: Grzegorz Lesniewski / Wild Wonders of Europe

European Bee-eater, Merops apiaster, European Roller, Coracias garrulus, birds, Pusztaszer Landscape Reserve, Hungary. Photo: Markus Varesvuo / Wild Wonders of Europe

Pool frog, Pelophylax lessonae, Russian sturgeon, Acipenser gueldenstaedtii, Beluga, European sturgeon, Huso huso, underwater, Danube Delta, Romania. Photo: Magnus Lundgren/Wild Wonders of Europe

Eurasian Wolverine, Gulo gulo, Eurasian Brown bear, Ursus arctos, European wolf, Canis lupus, Kuhmo, Finland. Photo: Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of Europe

Landscapes and wildlife on land and in the sea around the Canary Islands. Laurisilva forest, Laurus azorica, among other trees in Garajonay National Park, La Gomera Island. Nature, plants and birds in Timanfaya National Park, Lanzarote Island. Teneguia Volcanoe craters and landscapes, in La Palma Island. El Jable sand dunes Natural Park, North Fuerteventura Island and Shortfin pilot whales underwater, Globicephala macrorhynchus.

Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta, Nile soft-shelled turtle, Trionyx triunguis, Mediterranean chameleon or Common chameleon, Chamaeleo chamaeleon, Ghost crab or sand crabs, Ocypode cursor, Dalyan delta, Turkey. Photo: Solvin Zankl / Wild Wonders of Europe

Caterpillar, grasshopper, butterfly, spider, bugs and flowers, Fliess, Austria. Photo: Niall Benvie / Wild Wonders of Europe

Waterfalls, lakes and forest in autumn colors, UNESCO world heritage site, Plitvice lakes National Park, Croatia. Photo: Maurizio Biancarelli / Wild Wonders of Europe

Forest, waterfall, River Lepenjica, Ibex, Capra ibex, Julien Alps, Triglav National Park, Slovenia. Photo: Daniel Zupanc / Wild Wonders of Europe

Iberian Lynx, Lynx pardinus, Sierra Morena, north east Jaén Province, Andalusia. Spain. Photo: Pete Oxford / Wild Wonders of Europe

White pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus, Little egret, Egretta garzetta, Night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax, birds, wetland, Letea forest, Danube delta rewilding area, Romania Photo: Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of Europe

Club-tailed Dragonfly, Gomphus vulgatissimus, Odonata, Gomphidae, Common Poppy, Papaver rhoeas, European Green Toad, Bufo viridis, Balkan Wall Lizard, Podarcis taurica, flowers, arthropods, landscape, Galicica National Park, Macedonia. Photo: David Maitland / Wild Wonders of Europe

Caucasian rhododendron, Rhododendron caucasium, Nordmann Fir, Abies nordmanniana, forest, mountain flowers, landscape, Mount Ushba, Mount Elbrus, Caucasus, Russia. Photo: Tom Schandy / Wild Wonders of Europe

Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus, nesting on the Cathedral of Gaudi the Sagrada familia, Barcelona, Spain. Photo: Laurent Geslin / Wild Wonders of Europe

Landscape in Troodos mountains, Hare´s Tail Grass, Lagurus ovatus, Cyclamen, Cyclamen persicum, Aphrodites Rock, Hisarköy, Northern Cyprus. Photo: Peter Lilja / Wild Wonders of Europe

Black Stork; Ciconia nigra, Great White Egret; Casmerodius albus, Common Greenshank, Tringa nebularia, birds, River Elbe Germany. Photo: Dieter Damschen / Wild Wonders of Europe

Purple Orchid, Orchis mascula, Poet's Daffodil, Narcissus poeticus, Meadow buttercup, Ranunculus acris, flowers, landscape, Piano Grande, Sibillini National Park, Italy. Photo: Sandra Bartocha / Wild Wonders of Europe

Beech tree, Fagus sylvatica, Hallerbos forest, Bluebells, Hyacinthoides non scripta, Belgium. Photo: Maurizio Biancarelli / Wild Wonders of Europe

Bohemian Switzerland National Park, Ceske Svycarsko, Czech Republic. Nature, forest, landscape, fungi and trees in autumn colours.

Walrus, Odobenus rosmarus, Brunnich's Guillemot, Uria lomvia, Arctic Fox, Alopex lagopus, ice, landscape, wildlife, birds, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway. Photo: Ole Jørgen Liodden/ Wild Wonders of Europe

Meadow saffron, Colchicum autumnale, Hungarian Grey cattle, Bos primigenius, Duna Drava National Park, Mohacs, Hungary. Photo: Florian Möllers / Wild Wonders of Europe

Alpine Marmots, Marmota marmota, Ibex, Capra ibex, Alpine Chough, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax, Alpine flowers and landscape, Hohe Tauern National Park, Carinthia, Austria. Photo: Grzegorz Lesniewski / Wild Wonders of Europe

Red-footed Falcon, Falco vespertinus, European Glass Lizard, Ophisaurus apodus, Lesser Mouse-eared Bat, birds, wildlife, landscape, Bagerova Steppe, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Ukraine. Photo: Grzegorz Lesniewski / Wild Wonders of Europe

Rapadalen, Sarek National Park, Laponia, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sweden. Photo: Peter Cairns / Wild Wonders of Europe

Mountain flowers, Berger's Clouded Yellow butterfly, Centaurea montana, Mountain cornflower, Colias alfacariensis, Campanula scheuchzeri, Viola biflora, Aster alpinus, Alpine aster flower, Yellow wood violet, Scheuchzer's Bellflower, Lichtenstein Photo: Edwin Giesbers / Wild Wonders of Europe

Sanderling, Calidris alba, Brent Goose, Branta bernicla, birds, landscape, waders, wetland, UNESCO world heritage site, Hallig Hooge, Germany. Photo: Laszlo Novak / Wild Wonders of Europe

Killer whale, Orcinus orca, Kristiansund, Nordmøre, Norway. Photo: Nils Aukan / Wild Wonders of Europe

Exmoor pony, Equus caballus, Tauros cow, Limia, Bos taurus, Tauros/Aurochs breeding site run by The Taurus Foundation, Keent Nature Reserve, The Netherlands. Photo: Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of Europe

Whale and Orca, Senja, Troms county, Norway, Scandinavia

Monterey Pine forest, Pinus radiata, Canary pine, Pinus canariensis, coastal landscape, lava, sand dunes, Anaga Peninsula, Tenerife Island, The Teide volcano, Teide National Park, Gran Canaria Island, Canary Islands, Spain. Photo: Iñaki Relanzon / Wild Wonders of Europe

Grey seal, Halichoerus grypus, Mute swan, Cygnus olor, Edible snail, Helix pomatia, coastal landscape, Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden. Photo: Orsolya Haarberg / Wild Wonders of Europe

Polar Bear, Ursus maritimus, Ringed Seal, Pusa hispida, Svalbard Reindeer, Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus, Black Guillemot, Cepphus grylle, Rock Ptarmigan, Lagopus mutus hyperborea, winter landscape, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway. Photo: Ole Jørgen Liodden/ Wild Wonders of Europe

Mute swans , Cygnus olor, White tailed sea eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla, Poland, Oder river delta/Odra river rewilding area. Photo: Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of Europe

Black Stork nest, Ciconia nigra, Moricsala Strict Nature Reserve, Moricsala Island, Lake Usma, Cape Kolka, Slitere National Park, Kemeri National Park, Bog forest, Baltic sea coast, Latvia. Photo: Diego López/ Wild Wonders of Europe

Release of European bison, Bison bonasus, in the Tarcu mountains nature reserve, Natura 2000 area, Southern Carpathians, Romania. The release was actioned by Rewilding Europe and WWF Romania.

Kingfisher, Alcedo Atthis, Hungary. Photo: Laszlo Novak / Wild Wonders of Europe

White stork, Ciconia ciconia, Roe deer, Capreolus capreolus, Cow parsely, Anthriscus sylvetris, wetland, sand dunes, Nagliai Nature Reserve, Nemunas Regional Reserve, Rusne, Lithuania. Photo: Mark Hamblin / Wild Wonders of Europe

Wild boar, Sus scrofa, Alam-Pedja Nature reserve, Estonia, Alladale Wilderness Reserve, Scotland, Berlin, Germany. Photo: Sven Začek / Wild Wonders of Europe, Peter Cairns / Wild Wonders of Europe, Florian Möllers / Wild Wonders of Europe

European Pond Terrapin, Emys orbicularis, Dalmatian Pelican, Pelecanus crispus, Shebeniku-Jabllanica National Park, Albania. Photo: Anders Geidemark / Wild Wonders of Europe

Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, landscape, Skjalfandafljot river delta, northern Iceland. Photo: Mark Carwardine / Wild Wonders of Europe

Eagle owl, Bubo bubo, King Bolete or Porcini, Boletus edulis, Wood-anemone, Anemone nemorosa, Blue anemone, Hepatica nobilis, Cowslip, Primula veris, Sweden. Photo: Staffan Windstrand / Wild Wonders of Europe

Eurasian Crane, Grus grus, Whooper Swan, Cygnus cygnus, Lake Tysslingen, Lake Hornborga, Sweden. Photo: Stefano Unterthiner / Wild Wonders of Europe

Scorpionfish, Scorpaena porcus, Moray eel, Muraena helena, Striped blenny, Parablennius rouxi, underwater, Larvotto Marine Reserve, Monaco, Mediterranean Sea. Photo: Franco Banfi / Wild Wonders of Europe

Sea rose, Armeria pungens, White Stork, Ciconia ciconia, cliff, coastal landscape, Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park, Portugal. Photo: Luis Quinta / Wild Wonders of Europe

Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, Raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides, Grey heron, Ardea cinerea, Kangasala, Finland. Photo: Peter Cairns / Wild Wonders of Europe

Common Beech, Fagus sylvatica, Fir, Abies, virgin forest, mountain landscape, Rewilding area, Carpathian Mountains, Romania. Photo: Sandra Bartocha / Wild Wonders of Europe

Eurasian brown bear, Ursus arctos, Alpine grasslands, mountain landscape, forest, Tarcu Mountains, Natura 2000 site, rewilding area, Southern Carpathians, Munții Ṭarcu, Caraș-Severin, Romania. Photo: Florian Möllers / Wild Wonders of Europe

Eurasian grey wolf, Canis lupus, Eurasian brown bear, Ursus arctos, Fallow deer, Dama dama, Eurasian red fox, Vulpes vulpes, Black stork, Ciconia nigra, birds, wildlife, landscape, Eastern Rhodope mountains, Bulgaria. Photo: Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of Europe

Walrus, Odobenus rosmarus, Polar bear, Ursus maritimus, Svalbard, Norway. Photo: Peter Cairns / Wild Wonders of Europe

Wild konik horses in Odry delta reserve, Stepnica, Poland.

Eurasian brown bear, Ursus arctos, North Velebit National Park, Velebit Nature Park, rewilding area, Velebit mountains, Croatia. Photo: Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of Europe

Underwater marine life Norway. Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of Europe

Black Grouse, Tetrao tetrix, Capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus, Bergslagen, Sweden. Photo: Erlend Haarberg / Wild Wonders of Europe

Coast, Crete, Greece, Greek island, landscape

Silk tree, Albiyia julibrissin, Pine forest, waterfall, flowers, landscape, Montado do Barreiro Natural Park, Paul de Serra mountains, Madeira. Photo: Milan Radisics / Wild Wonders of Europe

Gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus, Rock Ptarmigan, Lagopus muta, Myvatn, waterfall, Aldeyjarfoss, Thingeyjarsyslur, Iceland Photo: Daniel Bergmann / Wild Wonders of Europe

Cork Oak, Quercus suber, Olander in flower, Nerium Oleander, Olive tree, Olea europea, Aggius, Sardinia, Italy. Photo: Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of Europe

Diving, Silfra, underwater, Dab, Limanda limanda, crab, nudibranch, landscape, waterfall, Rock Ptarmigan, Lagopus mutus, Thingvellir lake, Thingvellir National Park, Iceland. Photo: Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of Europe

Red kite, Milvus milvus, Rhayader, Mid Wales, United Kingdom

Basking Shark, Cetorhinus maximus, Island of Mull, Scotland. Photo: Nuno Sa / Wild Wonders of Europe

White Storks, Ciconia ciconia, Squacco Heron, Ardeola ralloides, Greater Flamingos, Phoenicopterus ruber, birds, Wetland Reserve Coto Doñana National & Natural Park. Huelva Province, Andalusia. Spain. Photo: Pete Oxford / Wild Wonders of Europe

Eleonora's falcon, Falco eleonorae, Andros, Greece. Photo: Stefano Unterthiner / Wild Wonders of Europe

Brown trout, Salmo trutta, Sea Trout, fish, Sweden, Denmark. Photo: Martin Falklind / Wild Wonders of Europe

Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos, White-tailed sea eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla, Flatanger, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway. Photo: Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of Europe

Dusky Grouper, Epinephelus marginatus, endangered in IUCN Red List, Common Octopus, Octopus vulgaris, nudibranch, underwater, Corsica, Lavezzi Islands, France. Photo: Linda Pitkin / Wild Wonders of Europe

Olm (Proteus anguinus), Divje Jezero, Idrija, Slovenia

Lesser-spotted eagle, Aquila pomarina, Common beech, Fagus sylvatica, forest, rewilding area, European Bison or Wisent, Bison bonasus, Bieszczady National Park, Poland. Photo: Florian Möllers / Wild Wonders of Europe

Hermann's Tortoise, Testudo hermanni, Cyclamen, Cyclamen purpurascens, flower, waterfall, landscape, Pindos Mountains, Pindos national park, Meteora, Greece. Photo: Milán Radisics/Wild Wonders of Europe

Bottle-nosed Dolphin breaching, Tursiops truncatus, Moray Firth, Nr Inverness, Scotland

European bison or wisent, Bison bonasus, Drawsko Military area, Western Pomerania, Poland. Photo: Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of Europe

European Spoonbill stork, Platalea alba, Greek land tortoise, Testudo graeca, Night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax, Squacco heron, Ardea ralloides, Lilac, Syringa vulgaris, birds, flowers, landscape, Lake Kerkini, Macedonia, Greece. Photo: Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of Europe

Griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus, Canillo, Palmate Newt, Lissotriton helveticus, Vall D´Incles, Andorra. Photo: Magnus Elander / Wild Wonders of Europe,

Red squirrel, Sciurus vulgaris, in winter forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland. Photo: Peter Cairns / Wild Wonders of Europe

Lammergeier, Gypaetus barbatos, Griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus, Cebollar, Torla, Aragon, Spain. Photo: Magnus Elander / Wild Wonders of Europe

Central Apennines, rewilding area, Italy. Photo: Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of Europe

Birds, nature and landscapes Outer Hebrides. Scotland, UK

White Camargue horses, Greater Flamingos, Phoenicopterus roseus, Camargue, France. Photo: Theo Allofs / Wild Wonders of Europe

White-Fronted Goose, Anser albifrons, Red-Breasted Goose, Branta ruficollis, Pigmy Cormorant, Phalacrocorax pygmaeus, Durankulak Lake, Bulgaria. Photo: Manuel Presti / Wild Wonders of Europe

Urban fox, Vulpes vulpes, London, United Kingdom. Photo: Laurent Geslin / Wild Wonders of Europe

Nature and forest landscape in Oulanka National Park, Finland. Trees in autumn colours.

Taiga boreal forest, Ural owl, Strix uralensis, Peat bog lands, Stora Sjöfallet National Park, Laponia UNESCO World Heritage Site, Lapland, Norrbotten, Sweden. Photo: Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of Europe

Red fox, Vulpes vulpes, forest, mountain landscape, wildlife, flowers, Pollino National park, Italy. Photo: Claudia Müller /Wild Wonders of Europe, Sandra Bartocha / Wild Wonders of Europe

Great snipe, Gallinago media, White stork, Ciconia ciconia, Roe deer, Caprelous caprelous, Oak, Quercus robur, Matsalu Bay Nature Reserve, Estonia. Photo: Lassi Rautiainen / Wild Wonders of Europe

Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, underwater River Orkla, Norway. Photo: Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of Europe

Black Vulture, Aegyptus monacha, Griffon Vulture, Gyps fulvus, Egyptian Vulture, Neophron percnopterus, Fox, Vulpes vulpes, Extremadura, Monfrague, Spain. Photo: Markus Varesvuo / Wild Wonders of Europe

European Brown bear, Ursus arctos, Red deer, Cervus elaphus, Ichneumon wasp, Tatra chamois, Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica, Dolichomitus imperator, wildlife, landscape, Mount Krivàn, High Tatras, Slovakia. Photo: Bruno D´Amicis/ Wild Wonders of Europe

European Pond Turtle, Emys orbicularis, Wild boars, Sus scrofa, Vagrant Darter, Sympetrum vulgatum, Long-nosed viper, Vipera ammodytes, canyon landscape, Iron gate passage, National Park Djerdab, Serbia. Photo: Ruben Smit / Wild Wonders of Europe

Iberian ibex, Capra pyrenaica, Gredos mountains, Spain. Photo: Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of Europe

Mayfly, Palingenia Longicauda, river Tisza, Hungary. Photo: Milan Radisics / Wild Wonders of Europe

Yellow water lily, Nuphar lutea, White stork, Ciconia ciconia, Pedunculate oak, Quercus robur, Kravice waterfalls, Flowering hairy vetch, Vicia villosa, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Photo: Elio della Ferrera / Wild Wonders of Europe

European bison or wisent, Bison bonasus, Kennemerduinen National Park, Kraansvlak, The Netherlands. Photo: Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of Europe

Oak tree, Quercus, The oxeye daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare, landscape, streams, waterfall, flowers, Mullerthal trail, Mullerthal, Luxembourg Photo: Jesper Tønning / Wild Wonders of Europe

Pike, Esox lucius, Grayling, Thymallus thymallus, Bream, Abramis brama, freshwater fish, Switzerland. Photo: Michel Roggo / Wild Wonders of Europe

Italian cave salamander, Speleomantes italicus, Crab spider, Misumena spec. Emerald lizard, Nine-spotted Moth, Syntomis phegea, Bee orchid, Ophrys apifera, Lacerta bilineata, Monte Titano, Adriatic Sea Coast, San Marino. Photo: Florian Möllers / Wild Wonders of Europe

Birds, nature and landscape in Lake Skadar National Park, Montenegro

Griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus, Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus, Montejo de la Vega, Segovía, Castilla and Leon, Spain. Photo: Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of Europe

Gannets, Morus bassanus, bird cliff, The Flannans, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, Saltee Islands, Ireland. Photo: Danny Green / Wild Wonders of Europe

Mountain landscape, forest stream, Ruisseau du Cot, Pyrenees, France. Photo: Verena Popp Hackner / Wild Wonders of Europe

Ural owl, Strix uralensis, European beaver, Castor fiber, Red-throated diver, Gavia stellata, Bergslagen, Sweden. Photo: Peter Cairns / Wild Wonders of Europe

Otter, Lutra lutra, Northumberland, England, Moray Firth, Scotland. Photo: Laurie Campbell / Wild Wonders of Europe

The Red-footed Falcon, Falco vespertinus, Wagtails, Motacilla, Przewalsky horse, Equus ferus przewalskii, Whiskered Tern, Chlidonias hybridus, wildlife, birds, landscape, Tisza lake, Hortobagy National Park, Hungary. Photo: Milan Radisics/ Wild Wonders of Europe

Ghost shark, Chimaera monstrosa, Northern stone crab, Lithodes maja, starfish, lobster, nudibranch, underwater Trondheimsfjorden, Norway. Photo: Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of Europe

Mountain landscape, Tre Cime, South Tyrol, Sexten Dolomites, Italy. Photo: Frank Krahmer / Wild Wonders of Europe

Corn Poppy, Papaver rhoeas, European green lizard, Lacerta viridis, Forest dormouse, Dryomys nitedula, Long-legged Buzzard, Buteo rufinus, wildlife, birds, landscape, Nigopol plevena, Bulgaria. Photo: Dietmar Nill / Wild Wonders of Europe

Flowers, plants, beetles, moth, chameleon and centipedes

Red Deer, Cervus elaphus, Fallow Deer, Dama dama, Klampenborg Dyrehave, Denmark. Photo: Florian Möllers / Wild Wonders of Europe

Great Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis, Grey Heron, Ardea cinerea, Ijsselmeer, The Netherlands. Photo: Florian Möllers / Wild Wonders of Europe

Iberian ibex Capra pyrenaica, Griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus, Red kites, Milvus milvus, Spanish fighting bull, Bos primigenius taurus, horses, birds, wildlife, landscape, Rewilding area, Western Iberia, Spain. Photo: Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of Europe

Rhododendron, Rhododendron sp. old growth forest, beech tree, Fagus sylvatica, Mtirala National Park, Borjomi Kharagauli National Park, Georgia. Photo: Georg Popp Hackner / Wild Wonders of Europe

Konik horse, Red deer, Cervus elaphus, Spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia, Heck cattle, Bos taurus, Oostvaardersplassen, The Netherlands. Photo: Mark Hamblin / Wild Wonders of Europe

Common Crane, grus grus, Brandenburg, Germany. Photo: Florian Möllers / Wild Wonders of Europe

White Pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus, Red Footed Falcon, Falco vespertinus, Black Tern, Chlidonias niger, birds, wetland, Danube delta, Romania. Photo: Manuel Presti / Wild Wonders of Europe

Black tailed godwits, Limosa Limosa, Wild cat, Felis silvestris, Staghorn beetle, Lucanus cervus, wildlife, birds, flowers, arthropods, landscape, Codrii Nature reserve, Moldova. Photo: Laurent Geslin / Wild Wonders of Europe

Muskrat, Ondatra zibethica, Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos, Firebugs, Pyrrhocoris apterus, birds, arthropods, flowers, Pont-du-Chateau, Auvergne, France. Photo: Florian Möllers / Wild Wonders of Europe

Spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia, Oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus, Avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta, Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa limosa, Lapwing, Vanellus vanellus, birds, waders, landscape, Texel, The Netherlands. Photo: Jari Peltomäki / Wild Wonders of Europe

Yellow-legged moustached Icon Hoverfly, Syrphus ribesii, Cyclamen, Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus, Vatican's garden, Rome, Italy. Photo: Laurent Geslin / Wild Wonders of Europe

Bramblings, Fringilla montifringilla, Lödersdorf, Austria. Photo: Laszlo Novak / Wild Wonders of Europe

European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa, Monkfish, Lophius piscotorius, Plumose anemone, Metridium senile, crab, nudibranch, underwater, Lofoten, Norway. Photo: Magnus Lundgren / Wild Wonders of Europe

Griffon Vulture, Gyps fulvus, Black stork, Ciconia nigra, Holm oak, Quercus ilex rotundifolia, French or Spanish lavender, Lavandula stoechas, Dehesa landscape, Monfrague National Park, Extremadura, Spain. Photo: Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of Europe

Spotted Souslik, Spermophilus suslicus,Werbkowice-Zamosc, Poland. Photo: Diego López / Wild Wonders of Europe

Mouflon, Ovis musimon, mountain landscape, Parc naturel regional du Haut-Languedoc, Caroux, France. Photo: Ingo Arndt / Wild Wonders of Europe

Cinereous Vulture, Aegypius monachus, Black kite, Milvus migrans, horses, rewilding area, Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain. Photo: Juan Carlos Munoz / Wild Wonders of Europe

Capercaillie, Tetrao urogallus, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland. Photo: Peter Cairns/ Wild Wonders of Europe

Great Grey owl, Strix nebulosa, Oulu, Finland. Photo: Peter Cairns / Wild Wonders of Europe

Great bustard, Otis tarda, White stork, Ciconia ciconia, Little owl, Athene noctua, Lesser kestrel, Falco naumanni, Spanish steppe birds, Yellow Scorpion, Buthus occitanus, La Serena, Extremadura, Spain. Photo: Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of Europe

Eastern Imperial Eagle, Aquila heliaca, Souslik, Spermophilus citellus, Morske Oko Reserve, Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus, Fire Salamander, Salamandra salamandra, flowers, arthropods, forest, landscape, Poloniny Nationalpark, Western Carpathians, Slovakia Photo: Konrad Wothe / Wild Wonders of Europe

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