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  • Arctic fox<br />
Alopex lagopus<br />
NORWAY / SVALBARD<br />
The Arctic fox comes in two colour schemes<br />
– light grey and bluish-black. It is an opportunist<br />
that eats almost anything, but when it has a<br />
choice, it specialises in small rodents and birds.<br />
It is a common animal on Greenland, Iceland,<br />
Svalbard and in the Russian Arctic.<br />
In Finland and Scandinavia, it was driven close<br />
to extinction by being hunted and trapped for its<br />
valuable fur. Despite over 75 years of protection,<br />
the mainland Scandinavian population still<br />
remains on the brink of extinction, with only<br />
some 200 adult individuals left in the wild. Supplementary<br />
feeding programmes during winter, and<br />
reintroductions from captive breeding facilities<br />
finally seem to be having some real success. <br />
In 2011 no less than 700 pups were born in the wild.<br />
Nature conservation works!<br />
This is one of the species that Rewilding Europe wants considers <br />
to help reintroduce and restock in the huge Greater Laponia region in Sweden and Norway.<br />
<br />
Photo: Mireille de la Lez / Wild Wonders of Europe
    MLL-2008-07-30-4574-Outdoor.jpg
  • Arctic fox<br />
Alopex lagopus<br />
NORWAY / SVALBARD<br />
The Arctic fox comes in two colour schemes<br />
– light grey and bluish-black. It is an opportunist<br />
that eats almost anything, but when it has a<br />
choice, it specialises in small rodents and birds.<br />
It is a common animal on Greenland, Iceland,<br />
Svalbard and in the Russian Arctic.<br />
In Finland and Scandinavia, it was driven close<br />
to extinction by being hunted and trapped for its<br />
valuable fur. Despite over 75 years of protection,<br />
the mainland Scandinavian population still<br />
remains on the brink of extinction, with only<br />
some 200 adult individuals left in the wild. Supplementary<br />
feeding programmes during winter, and<br />
reintroductions from captive breeding facilities<br />
finally seem to be having some real success. <br />
In 2011 no less than 700 pups were born in the wild.<br />
Nature conservation works!<br />
This is one of the species that Rewilding Europe wants considers <br />
to help reintroduce and restock in the huge Greater Laponia region in Sweden and Norway.<br />
<br />
Photo: Mireille de la Lez / Wild Wonders of Europe
    MLL-2008-07-30-4574-Outdoor.jpg
  • Steindor Kristinn Jonsson (pilot), Mark Carwardine (photographer) and Heimir Hardarson (whale spotter) with plane used for Wild Wonders of Europe mission, Husavik, northern Iceland
    MCA-2009-07-02-071842.jpg
  • Cork oak mosaique landscape PORTUGAL/FAIA BRAVA NATURE RESERVE, CÔA VALLEY, DOURO The Faia Brava reserve is part of the greater Côa valley and one of the wildest areas in Portugal. Here the traditional small-scale agriculture and shepherd life is rapidly disappearing and lands are becoming abandoned. In 2011, Portugal had some 2 million hectares of abandoned farmland, and across the EU each year another million hectares of low-yield farm and pasture lands are being abandoned. This has many reasons, but mainly it seems to be because young Europeans simply don’t want to be goatherds, shepherds or subsistence farmers any more, instead preferring the more comfortable life in a town or a city. The old farm and pasture lands now rapidly turn into dense bush, and a lot of species disappear that are connected to the open landscapes. The risk for devastating forest fires also increases a lot with much more dry bush matter available in the landscape. The Rewilding Europe initiative is about trying to turn these problems into opportunities instead. Can we use nature in new ways, that might be even more respectful to nature itself and at the same time more profitable for man? Especially since several of the traditional ways most obviously are not working anymore in quite large areas of Europe. The Faia Brava nature reserve is part of the Rewilding Europe initiative and it is owned and run by Associação Transumância e Natureza (ATN). The Côa valley is the largest outdoor rock carving site in Europe, with carvings dating from 35,000 years ago up to present. The main theme of these carvings is very clear: aurochs, wild horses, ibex and red deer. All of them extinct today in the area, but also all on the list for reintroduction through the Rewilding Europe initiative. Photo: Staffan Widstrand/Wild Wonders of Europe
    SWD-2011-05-12-210830 outdoor.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3436.jpg
  • PYRENEAN OAK - ROBLE REBOLLO O MELOJO  (Quercus pyrenaica), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 2128.jpg
  • European pond turtle (also called the European pond terrapin), (Emys orbicularis), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 1827-3.jpg
  • GRIFFON VULTURE (Gyps fulvus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 9049.jpg
  • GRIFFON VULTURE (Gyps fulvus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 9042.jpg
  • GRIFFON VULTURE (Gyps fulvus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 9042-2.jpg
  • GRIFFON VULTURE (Gyps fulvus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 9035.jpg
  • GRIFFON VULTURE (Gyps fulvus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 9018-2.jpg
  • GRIFFON VULTURE (Gyps fulvus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 9009.jpg
  • GRIFFON VULTURE (Gyps fulvus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 9009-2.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8420.jpg
  • BLACK KITE (Milvus migrans), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8387.jpg
  • BLACK KITE (Milvus migrans), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8384.jpg
  • BLACK KITE (Milvus migrans), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8384-2.jpg
  • BLACK KITE (Milvus migrans), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8382.jpg
  • BLACK KITE (Milvus migrans), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8380.jpg
  • RED KITE (Milvus milvus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8356.jpg
  • BLACK KITE (Milvus migrans), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8324.jpg
  • BLACK KITE (Milvus migrans), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8311.jpg
  • BLACK KITE (Milvus migrans), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8296.jpg
  • BLACK KITE (Milvus migrans), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8292.jpg
  • BLACK KITE (Milvus migrans), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8272.jpg
  • BLACK KITE (Milvus migrans), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8267.jpg
  • BLACK KITE (Milvus migrans), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8261.jpg
  • BLACK KITE (Milvus migrans), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8258.jpg
  • BLACK KITE (Milvus migrans), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8249.jpg
  • RED KITE (Milvus milvus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8238.jpg
  • BLACK KITE (Milvus migrans), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8224.jpg
  • BLACK KITE (Milvus migrans), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8221.jpg
  • PEREZ´S FROG (Pelophylax perezi), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8210.jpg
  • PEREZ´S FROG (Pelophylax perezi), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8203.jpg
  • PEREZ´S FROG (Pelophylax perezi), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8199.jpg
  • European pond turtle (also called the European pond terrapin), (Emys orbicularis), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8198.jpg
  • European pond turtle (also called the European pond terrapin), (Emys orbicularis), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8183.jpg
  • European pond turtle (also called the European pond terrapin), (Emys orbicularis), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8172.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8165.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8156.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8125.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8108.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8089.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8088.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8078.jpg
  • CINEREOUS VULTURE (Aegypius monachus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8071-2.jpg
  • CINEREOUS VULTURE (Aegypius monachus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8067.jpg
  • CINEREOUS VULTURE (Aegypius monachus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8056.jpg
  • CINEREOUS VULTURE (Aegypius monachus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8054.jpg
  • CINEREOUS VULTURE (Aegypius monachus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8051.jpg
  • CINEREOUS VULTURE (Aegypius monachus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8041.jpg
  • GRIFFON VULTURE (Gyps fulvus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8034.jpg
  • CINEREOUS VULTURE (Aegypius monachus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8032.jpg
  • GRIFFON VULTURE (Gyps fulvus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8031.jpg
  • GRIFFON VULTURE (Gyps fulvus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8029.jpg
  • CINEREOUS VULTURE (Aegypius monachus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8023.jpg
  • CINEREOUS VULTURE (Aegypius monachus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8007.jpg
  • CINEREOUS VULTURE (Aegypius monachus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8004.jpg
  • CINEREOUS VULTURE (Aegypius monachus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 8000.jpg
  • CINEREOUS VULTURE (Aegypius monachus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 7997.jpg
  • CINEREOUS VULTURE (Aegypius monachus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 7996.jpg
  • CINEREOUS VULTURE (Aegypius monachus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 7993-2.jpg
  • CINEREOUS VULTURE (Aegypius monachus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 7992.jpg
  • CINEREOUS VULTURE (Aegypius monachus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 7992-2.jpg
  • CINEREOUS VULTURE (Aegypius monachus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 7988.jpg
  • CINEREOUS VULTURE (Aegypius monachus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 7981.jpg
  • CINEREOUS VULTURE (Aegypius monachus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 7968.jpg
  • CINEREOUS VULTURE (Aegypius monachus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 7964.jpg
  • GRIFFON VULTURE (Gyps fulvus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 7955.jpg
  • GRIFFON VULTURE (Gyps fulvus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 7953.jpg
  • GRIFFON VULTURE (Gyps fulvus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 7946.jpg
  • GRIFFON VULTURE (Gyps fulvus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 7938.jpg
  • GRIFFON VULTURE (Gyps fulvus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-07-26 7926.jpg
  • Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 4495.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3689.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3684.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3674.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3644.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3636.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3636-2.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3633.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3628.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3623.jpg
  • Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3576.jpg
  • European pond turtle (also called the European pond terrapin), (Emys orbicularis), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3562.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3557.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3554.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3548.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3548-2.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3544.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3544-2.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3539.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3539-2.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3534-2.jpg
  • DRAGONFLY Coenagrion scitulum, Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3520.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3498.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3495.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3493.jpg
  • HORSE - CABALLO  (Equus ferus caballus), Campanarios de Azaba Biological Reserve, Salamanca, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe
    JCM 2012-06-06 3489.jpg
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