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  • Ushba mountain (4710 m asl) just on the Georgian side of the border; seen from Elbruz by sunset, Caucasus.Russia
    TSC-2008-06-26-185033.jpg
  • Pantherpilze, Amanita pantherina, im Buchenwald, Morske Oko Reservat, Ost-Slowakei / mushrooms in Beech forest, Amanita pantherina, Morske Oko Reserve, East Slovakia
    KWO-080618160_Pantherpilz.jpg
  • Rotbuche im Wind, Fagus sylvatica, Morske Oko Reservat, Ost-Slowakei / Beech in wind, Fagus sylvatica, Morske Oko Reserve, East Slovakia
    KWO-080612062_Buche_im_Wind.jpg
  • Buchenwald, Morske Oko Reservat, Ost-Slowakei / Beech forest, Fagus sylvatica, Morske Oko Reserve, East Slovakia
    KWO-080612040_Buchenwald.jpg
  • Poloniny Nationalpark, Ost-Slowakei / Poloniny National park, East Slovakia
    KWO-080609223_Poloniny_Nationalpark.jpg
  • Buchenwald, Morske Oko Reservat, Ost-Slowakei / Beech forest, Morske Oko Reserve, East Slovakia
    KWO-080607147_Buchenwald.jpg
  • Buchenwald, Morske Oko Reservat, Ost-Slowakei / Beech forest, Morske Oko Reserve, East Slovakia
    KWO-080607134_Morske_Oko.jpg
  • Morske Oko, Morske Oko Reservat, Ost-Slowakei / Morske Oko, Morske Oko Reserve, East Slovakia
    KWO-080607125_Morske_Oko.jpg
  • Tory Island North-Western Ireland seen from mainland Donegal
    PHE-2009-06-17-085228.jpg
  • The San River at sunrise seen from the banks close to Hoczew village, Lesko, Poland.
    FMO_110914_062050_new.jpg
  • The San River at sunrise seen from the banks close to Hoczew village, Lesko, Poland.
    FMO_110914_061128_new.jpg
  • Morning view of the densely forested Biescczady mountains on the Polish side seen from the Polish-Slovakian border on the peak of Mount Durkovec (1189 m). Runina area, Slovakia / Poland.
    FMO_110913_074205_new.jpg
  • Morning view of the densely forested Biescczady mountains on the Polish side seen from the Polish-Slovakian border on the peak of Mount Durkovec (1189 m). Runina area, Slovakia / Poland.
    FMO_110913_063147_new.jpg
  • Morning view of the densely forested Biescczady mountains on the Polish side seen from the Polish-Slovakian border on the peak of Mount Durkovec (1189 m). Runina area, Slovakia / Poland.
    FMO_110913_065344_new.jpg
  • Morning view of the densely forested Biescczady mountains on the Polish side seen from the Polish-Slovakian border on the peak of Mount Durkovec (1189 m). Runina area, Slovakia / Poland.
    FMO_110913_060141_new.jpg
  • Morning view of the densely forested Biescczady mountains on the Polish side seen from the Polish-Slovakian border on the peak of Mount Durkovec (1189 m). Runina area, Slovakia / Poland.
    FMO_110913_054934_new.jpg
  • Morning view of the densely forested Biescczady mountains on the Polish side seen from the Polish-Slovakian border on the peak of Mount Durkovec (1189 m). Runina area, Slovakia / Poland.
    FMO_110913_053535_new.jpg
  • Morning view of the densely forested Biescczady mountains on the Polish side seen from the Polish-Slovakian border on the peak of Mount Durkovec (1189 m). Runina area, Slovakia / Poland.
    FMO_110913_052904_new.jpg
  • Mixed Common beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Spruce (Picea abies) forests in autum colours at sunrise seen from the road to Muntele Mic. Southern Carpathians, Munții Ṭarcu, Caraș-Severin, Romania.
    FMO_121024_075652.jpg
  • Mixed Common beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Spruce (Picea abies) forests in autum colours at sunrise seen from the road to Muntele Mic. Southern Carpathians, Munții Ṭarcu, Caraș-Severin, Romania.
    FMO_121024_075044.jpg
  • Mixed Common beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Spruce (Picea abies) forests in autum colours at sunrise seen from the road to Muntele Mic. Southern Carpathians, Munții Ṭarcu, Caraș-Severin, Romania.
    FMO_121024_073824.jpg
  • Mixed Common beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Spruce (Picea abies) forests in autum colours at sunrise seen from the road to Muntele Mic. Southern Carpathians, Munții Ṭarcu, Caraș-Severin, Romania.
    FMO_121023_070627.jpg
  • Griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus, and Black vulture, Aegypius monachus,  SPAIN/CAMPANARIOS DE AZÁBA RESERVE, SALAMANCA PROVINCE, CASTILLA Y LEÓN Vulture watching has become increasingly popular and can now be done at several sites in Spain and Portugal, where you can see these amazing birds up close from purpose-built hides. This photo is from a hide in the Campanarios de Azába reserve, run by Fundación Naturaleza y Hombre and a part of the Rewilding Europe initiative. For the first time in European history, live, wild vultures can be worth serious money for the land owners.The comeback of the griffon vulture in Spain is a great conservation success story – from 7,000 pairs in 1980 to approx. 18,000 in 2009. Griffons now breed in 16 European countries and have recently been seen in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.  But it’s not all good news. Each year, around 1,000 vultures are killed in Spain as a result of collisions with poorly placed wind turbines. EU veterinary regulations also mean that fewer dead domestic animals are left out in the open, and this has spelled disaster for all four European vulture species. Particularly in Greece and the Balkans, vultures still also fall victim to some shepherds bad old habit of poisoning carcasses to kill wolves – inevitably, all other scavengers then die off too. Photo: Staffan Widstrand/Wild Wonders of Europe
    SWD-2012-06-30-112944.jpg
  • Griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus, SPAIN/CAMPANARIOS DE AZÁBA RESERVE, SALAMANCA PROVINCE, CASTILLA Y LEÓN Vulture watching has become increasingly popular and can now be done at several sites in Spain and Portugal, where you can see these amazing birds up close from purpose-built hides. This photo is from a hide in the Campanarios de Azába reserve, run by Fundación Naturaleza y Hombre and a part of the Rewilding Europe initiative. For the first time in European history, live, wild vultures can be worth serious money for the land owners.The comeback of the griffon vulture in Spain is a great conservation success story – from 7,000 pairs in 1980 to approx. 18,000 in 2009. Griffons now breed in 16 European countries and have recently been seen in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.  But it’s not all good news. Each year, around 1,000 vultures are killed in Spain as a result of collisions with poorly placed wind turbines. EU veterinary regulations also mean that fewer dead domestic animals are left out in the open, and this has spelled disaster for all four European vulture species. Particularly in Greece and the Balkans, vultures still also fall victim to some shepherds bad old habit of poisoning carcasses to kill wolves – inevitably, all other scavengers then die off too. Photo: Staffan Widstrand/Wild Wonders of Europe
    SWD-2012-06-30-112843crop.jpg
  • Black vulture, Aegypius monachus,  SPAIN/CAMPANARIOS DE AZÁBA RESERVE, SALAMANCA PROVINCE, CASTILLA Y LEÓN Vulture watching has become increasingly popular and can now be done at several sites in Spain and Portugal, where you can see these amazing birds up close from purpose-built hides. This photo is from a hide in the Campanarios de Azába reserve, run by Fundación Naturaleza y Hombre and a part of the Rewilding Europe initiative. For the first time in European history, live, wild vultures can be worth serious money for the land owners.The comeback of the griffon vulture in Spain is a great conservation success story – from 7,000 pairs in 1980 to approx. 18,000 in 2009. Griffons now breed in 16 European countries and have recently been seen in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.  But it’s not all good news. Each year, around 1,000 vultures are killed in Spain as a result of collisions with poorly placed wind turbines. EU veterinary regulations also mean that fewer dead domestic animals are left out in the open, and this has spelled disaster for all four European vulture species. Particularly in Greece and the Balkans, vultures still also fall victim to some shepherds bad old habit of poisoning carcasses to kill wolves – inevitably, all other scavengers then die off too. Photo: Staffan Widstrand/Wild Wonders of Europe
    SWD-2012-06-30-112000.jpg
  • Riparian forest along the right bank, downriver of the Sava River (BiH) seen from Croatia - Lonjsko Polje Nature Park, in the neighbourhood of Puska village. This forest has plenty of mine fields. Sava River is the border between Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina). June 2009. Bosnia-Herzegovina. <br />
Elio della Ferrera / Wild Wonders of Europe
    EDF-20090607-070618_41U4404.jpg
  • Mali Troglav (main visible mountain) and clouds on Troglav mountain (1913 m), the highest peak of the Dinara mountain range. Seen from Livansko Polje.  May 2009. Bosnia-Herzegovina.<br />
Elio della Ferrera / Wild Wonders of Europe
    EDF-20090530-055730_41U1485.jpg
  • Mount Prisojnik, Julian Alps<br />
seen from Vrsic mountain road<br />
Triglav National Park, Slovenia<br />
June 2009
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  • "face" in the wall of mount Prisojnik, rock formation "Ajdovska deklica"<br />
seen from Vrsic mountain road<br />
Triglav National Park, Slovenia<br />
June 2009
    DZU 20090617 173204 _DZU2347.jpg
  • "face" in the wall of mount Prisojnik, rock formation "Ajdovska deklica"<br />
seen from Vrsic mountain road<br />
Triglav National Park, Slovenia<br />
June 2009
    DZU 20090617 170954 _DZU2346.jpg
  • Russia, Caucasus, Teberdinsky biosphere reserve. Alibek valley near Dombay seen from inside an icecave.
    TSC-2008-07-01-134040.jpg
  • Russia, Caucasus, mountain pamorama before sunrise, seen from Elbrus.
    TSC-2008-06-27-052230.jpg
  • Russia, Caucasus, Early morning light on sharp peaks, seen from Elbrus.
    TSC-2008-06-27-032945.jpg
  • Russia, Caucasus, last sun on the mountains seen from Elbrus, while fog and clouds are passing by. The valley below is covered by fog and clouds.<br />
The mountain is Ushba (4610 m asl).
    TSC-2008-06-26-211207.jpg
  • Russia, Caucasus, mountain range seen from Elbrus in late evening, last light with fog in the valley. The double mountain in the middle of the picture is Ushba, which is just on the Georgian side of the border.
    TSC-2008-06-26-204453.jpg
  • Russia, Caucasus, Donguzuron mountain (4468 m asl), seen from Elbrus in the last light in the evening.
    TSC-2008-06-26-203813.jpg
  • Russia; Caucasus. Ushba mountain (4710 m asl) just on the Georgian side of the border; seen from Elbrus by sunset.
    TSC-2008-06-26-185334.jpg
  • Russia, Caucasus, Mount Elbrus, highest mountain of Europe (5642 m asl), seen from Mount Cheget in the first light of the morning. The mountain has two summits, the left summit is the highest.
    TSC-2008-06-25-054835.jpg
  • Russia, Caucasus, Mount Elbrus, highest mountain of Europe (5642 m asl), seen from Mount Cheget in the early morning. Mountains surrounded by clouds.
    TSC-2008-06-25-054643.jpg
  • Alpine Ibex, Capra ibex, AUSTRIA/HOHE TAUERN NATIONAL PARK, TYROL/KÄRNTEN/SALZBURG, Ibex are easily seen by visitors here. Research shows that tourism income and jobs in areas that have national parks often is more than twice the average. Suddenly, through nature tourism, wilderness areas previously considered  ’useless’ are becoming economically valuable. In the mid-1800s there were only 60 Alpine ibex left in the whole world. Today the alpine ibex population is estimated at more than 40,000 and still growing. Yes, nature conservation works!
    GLE_2008-07-18_2523.jpg
  • Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyana).Sierra de Andújar Natural Park, Mediterranean woodland of Sierra Morena, north east Jaén Province, Andalusia. SPAIN.HABITAT & RANGE: Holm Oak groves, Olive trees, Pinewoods and Phoenician Juniper groves as well as riverside groves, wooded areas and parks and gardens. Iberian Peninsula..They are gregarious birds and usually found in small groups. Can be seen on the ground as well as on animals. They are omnivorous feeding on small invertebrates, insects, fruit, grasses, seeds, carrion and human rubbish...Mission: Iberian Lynx, May 2009
    POX-2009-04-14_99A-W Magpie.jpg
  • Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyana).Sierra de Andújar Natural Park, Mediterranean woodland of Sierra Morena, north east Jaén Province, Andalusia. SPAIN.HABITAT & RANGE: Holm Oak groves, Olive trees, Pinewoods and Phoenician Juniper groves as well as riverside groves, wooded areas and parks and gardens. Iberian Peninsula..They are gregarious birds and usually found in small groups. Can be seen on the ground as well as on animals. They are omnivorous feeding on small invertebrates, insects, fruit, grasses, seeds, carrion and human rubbish...Mission: Iberian Lynx, May 2009
    POX-2009-04-14_40A-W Magpie.jpg
  • Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyana).Sierra de Andújar Natural Park, Mediterranean woodland of Sierra Morena, north east Jaén Province, Andalusia. SPAIN.HABITAT & RANGE: Holm Oak groves, Olive trees, Pinewoods and Phoenician Juniper groves as well as riverside groves, wooded areas and parks and gardens. Iberian Peninsula..They are gregarious birds and usually found in small groups. Can be seen on the ground as well as on animals. They are omnivorous feeding on small invertebrates, insects, fruit, grasses, seeds, carrion and human rubbish...Mission: Iberian Lynx, May 2009
    POX-2009-04-14_28A-W Magpie.jpg
  • Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyana).Sierra de Andújar Natural Park, Mediterranean woodland of Sierra Morena, north east Jaén Province, Andalusia. SPAIN.HABITAT & RANGE: Holm Oak groves, Olive trees, Pinewoods and Phoenician Juniper groves as well as riverside groves, wooded areas and parks and gardens. Iberian Peninsula..They are gregarious birds and usually found in small groups. Can be seen on the ground as well as on animals. They are omnivorous feeding on small invertebrates, insects, fruit, grasses, seeds, carrion and human rubbish...Mission: Iberian Lynx, May 2009
    POX-2009-04-14_4A-W Magpie.jpg
  • Russia, Caucasus, Mount Ushba (4710 m asl), just on the Georgian side of the border, is lit by red light just before sunset. The valley below is covered by clouds and fog.<br />
Seen from Elbrus.
    TSC-2008-06-26-190110-Indoor.jpg
  • Russia, Caucasus, Mt. Ushba (4710 m asl), just on the Georgian side of the border, is lit by red light just before sunset. The valley below is covered by clouds and fog.<br />
Seen from Elbrus.
    TSC-2008-06-26-183634-Outdoor.jpg
  • White Storks (Ciconia ciconia) <br />
Wetland Reserve<br />
Doñana National & Natural Park. Huelva Province, Andalusia. SPAIN<br />
1969 - Set up as a National Park<br />
1981 - Biosphere Reserve<br />
1982 - Wetland of International Importance, Ramsar<br />
1985 - Special Protection Area for Birds<br />
1994 - World Heritage Site, UNESCO.<br />
The marshlands in particular are a very important area for the migration, breeding and wintering of European and African birds. It is also an area of old cultures, traditions and human uses - most of which are still in existance.<br />
RANGE: Breeds in Warmer Europe, nw Africa and sw Asia e to southern Kazakhstan) Migrates in winter to tropical Africa down to South Africa & Indian subcontinent.<br />
They breed in open farmland areas with access to marshy wetlands. Nests made of sticks in trees, power pillons and buildings as it is not persecuted as it is seen as a good luck bird. However they are killed during their migration. They feed on fish, frogs, insects but also on small rodents and reptiles.
    POX-2009-05-03_35White Storks.jpg
  • White Storks (Ciconia ciconia) <br />
Wetland Reserve<br />
Doñana National & Natural Park. Huelva Province, Andalusia. SPAIN<br />
1969 - Set up as a National Park<br />
1981 - Biosphere Reserve<br />
1982 - Wetland of International Importance, Ramsar<br />
1985 - Special Protection Area for Birds<br />
1994 - World Heritage Site, UNESCO.<br />
The marshlands in particular are a very important area for the migration, breeding and wintering of European and African birds. It is also an area of old cultures, traditions and human uses - most of which are still in existance.<br />
RANGE: Breeds in Warmer Europe, nw Africa and sw Asia e to southern Kazakhstan) Migrates in winter to tropical Africa down to South Africa & Indian subcontinent.<br />
They breed in open farmland areas with access to marshy wetlands. Nests made of sticks in trees, power pillons and buildings as it is not persecuted as it is seen as a good luck bird. However they are killed during their migration. They feed on fish, frogs, insects but also on small rodents and reptiles.
    POX-2009-05-03_34White Storks.jpg
  • White Storks (Ciconia ciconia) <br />
Wetland Reserve<br />
Doñana National & Natural Park. Huelva Province, Andalusia. SPAIN<br />
1969 - Set up as a National Park<br />
1981 - Biosphere Reserve<br />
1982 - Wetland of International Importance, Ramsar<br />
1985 - Special Protection Area for Birds<br />
1994 - World Heritage Site, UNESCO.<br />
The marshlands in particular are a very important area for the migration, breeding and wintering of European and African birds. It is also an area of old cultures, traditions and human uses - most of which are still in existance.<br />
RANGE: Breeds in Warmer Europe, nw Africa and sw Asia e to southern Kazakhstan) Migrates in winter to tropical Africa down to South Africa & Indian subcontinent.<br />
They breed in open farmland areas with access to marshy wetlands. Nests made of sticks in trees, power pillons and buildings as it is not persecuted as it is seen as a good luck bird. However they are killed during their migration. They feed on fish, frogs, insects but also on small rodents and reptiles.
    POX-2009-05-03_33White Storks.jpg
  • White Storks (Ciconia ciconia) <br />
Wetland Reserve<br />
Doñana National & Natural Park. Huelva Province, Andalusia. SPAIN<br />
1969 - Set up as a National Park<br />
1981 - Biosphere Reserve<br />
1982 - Wetland of International Importance, Ramsar<br />
1985 - Special Protection Area for Birds<br />
1994 - World Heritage Site, UNESCO.<br />
The marshlands in particular are a very important area for the migration, breeding and wintering of European and African birds. It is also an area of old cultures, traditions and human uses - most of which are still in existance.<br />
RANGE: Breeds in Warmer Europe, nw Africa and sw Asia e to southern Kazakhstan) Migrates in winter to tropical Africa down to South Africa & Indian subcontinent.<br />
They breed in open farmland areas with access to marshy wetlands. Nests made of sticks in trees, power pillons and buildings as it is not persecuted as it is seen as a good luck bird. However they are killed during their migration. They feed on fish, frogs, insects but also on small rodents and reptiles.
    POX-2009-05-03_28White Storks.jpg
  • White Storks (Ciconia ciconia) <br />
Wetland Reserve<br />
Doñana National & Natural Park. Huelva Province, Andalusia. SPAIN<br />
1969 - Set up as a National Park<br />
1981 - Biosphere Reserve<br />
1982 - Wetland of International Importance, Ramsar<br />
1985 - Special Protection Area for Birds<br />
1994 - World Heritage Site, UNESCO.<br />
The marshlands in particular are a very important area for the migration, breeding and wintering of European and African birds. It is also an area of old cultures, traditions and human uses - most of which are still in existance.<br />
RANGE: Breeds in Warmer Europe, nw Africa and sw Asia e to southern Kazakhstan) Migrates in winter to tropical Africa down to South Africa & Indian subcontinent.<br />
They breed in open farmland areas with access to marshy wetlands. Nests made of sticks in trees, power pillons and buildings as it is not persecuted as it is seen as a good luck bird. However they are killed during their migration. They feed on fish, frogs, insects but also on small rodents and reptiles.
    POX-2009-05-03_26White Storks.jpg
  • White Storks (Ciconia ciconia) <br />
Wetland Reserve<br />
Doñana National & Natural Park. Huelva Province, Andalusia. SPAIN<br />
1969 - Set up as a National Park<br />
1981 - Biosphere Reserve<br />
1982 - Wetland of International Importance, Ramsar<br />
1985 - Special Protection Area for Birds<br />
1994 - World Heritage Site, UNESCO.<br />
The marshlands in particular are a very important area for the migration, breeding and wintering of European and African birds. It is also an area of old cultures, traditions and human uses - most of which are still in existance.<br />
RANGE: Breeds in Warmer Europe, nw Africa and sw Asia e to southern Kazakhstan) Migrates in winter to tropical Africa down to South Africa & Indian subcontinent.<br />
They breed in open farmland areas with access to marshy wetlands. Nests made of sticks in trees, power pillons and buildings as it is not persecuted as it is seen as a good luck bird. However they are killed during their migration. They feed on fish, frogs, insects but also on small rodents and reptiles.
    POX-2009-05-03_17White Storks.jpg
  • Sea seen from Cliffs of Moher Burren region Ireland. at night
    PHE-2009-06-09-142129.jpg
  • The San River at sunrise seen from the banks close to Hoczew village, Lesko, Poland.
    FMO_110914_060444_new.jpg
  • The San River at sunrise seen from the banks close to Hoczew village, Lesko, Poland.
    FMO_110914_060233_new.jpg
  • Morning view of the densely forested Biescczady mountains on the Polish side seen from the Polish-Slovakian border on the peak of Mount Durkovec (1189 m). Runina area, Slovakia / Poland.
    FMO_110913_062046_new.jpg
  • Morning view of the densely forested Biescczady mountains on the Polish side seen from the Polish-Slovakian border on the peak of Mount Durkovec (1189 m). Runina area, Slovakia / Poland.
    FMO_110913_060117_new.jpg
  • Morning view of the densely forested Biescczady mountains on the Polish side seen from the Polish-Slovakian border on the peak of Mount Durkovec (1189 m). Runina area, Slovakia / Poland.
    FMO_110913_060136_new.jpg
  • Morning view of the densely forested Biescczady mountains on the Polish side seen from the Polish-Slovakian border on the peak of Mount Durkovec (1189 m). Runina area, Slovakia / Poland.
    FMO_110913_053933_new.jpg
  • Mixed Common beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Spruce (Picea abies) forests in autum colours at sunrise seen from the road to Muntele Mic. Southern Carpathians, Munții Ṭarcu, Caraș-Severin, Romania.
    FMO_121024_074915.jpg
  • Mixed Common beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Spruce (Picea abies) forests in autum colours at sunrise seen from the road to Muntele Mic. Southern Carpathians, Munții Ṭarcu, Caraș-Severin, Romania.
    FMO_121024_073958.jpg
  • Mixed Common beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Spruce (Picea abies) forests in autum colours at sunrise seen from the road to Muntele Mic. Southern Carpathians, Munții Ṭarcu, Caraș-Severin, Romania.
    FMO_121024_073515.jpg
  • Mixed Common beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Spruce (Picea abies) forests in autum colours at sunrise seen from the road to Muntele Mic. Southern Carpathians, Munții Ṭarcu, Caraș-Severin, Romania.
    FMO_121023_075037.jpg
  • Griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus, and Black vulture, Aegypius monachus,  SPAIN/CAMPANARIOS DE AZÁBA RESERVE, SALAMANCA PROVINCE, CASTILLA Y LEÓN Vulture watching has become increasingly popular and can now be done at several sites in Spain and Portugal, where you can see these amazing birds up close from purpose-built hides. This photo is from a hide in the Campanarios de Azába reserve, run by Fundación Naturaleza y Hombre and a part of the Rewilding Europe initiative. For the first time in European history, live, wild vultures can be worth serious money for the land owners.The comeback of the griffon vulture in Spain is a great conservation success story – from 7,000 pairs in 1980 to approx. 18,000 in 2009. Griffons now breed in 16 European countries and have recently been seen in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.  But it’s not all good news. Each year, around 1,000 vultures are killed in Spain as a result of collisions with poorly placed wind turbines. EU veterinary regulations also mean that fewer dead domestic animals are left out in the open, and this has spelled disaster for all four European vulture species. Particularly in Greece and the Balkans, vultures still also fall victim to some shepherds bad old habit of poisoning carcasses to kill wolves – inevitably, all other scavengers then die off too. Photo: Staffan Widstrand/Wild Wonders of Europe
    SWD-2012-06-30-112953.jpg
  • Griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus, SPAIN/CAMPANARIOS DE AZÁBA RESERVE, SALAMANCA PROVINCE, CASTILLA Y LEÓN Vulture watching has become increasingly popular and can now be done at several sites in Spain and Portugal, where you can see these amazing birds up close from purpose-built hides. This photo is from a hide in the Campanarios de Azába reserve, run by Fundación Naturaleza y Hombre and a part of the Rewilding Europe initiative. For the first time in European history, live, wild vultures can be worth serious money for the land owners.The comeback of the griffon vulture in Spain is a great conservation success story – from 7,000 pairs in 1980 to approx. 18,000 in 2009. Griffons now breed in 16 European countries and have recently been seen in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.  But it’s not all good news. Each year, around 1,000 vultures are killed in Spain as a result of collisions with poorly placed wind turbines. EU veterinary regulations also mean that fewer dead domestic animals are left out in the open, and this has spelled disaster for all four European vulture species. Particularly in Greece and the Balkans, vultures still also fall victim to some shepherds bad old habit of poisoning carcasses to kill wolves – inevitably, all other scavengers then die off too. Photo: Staffan Widstrand/Wild Wonders of Europe
    SWD-2012-06-30-112838.jpg
  • Griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus, SPAIN/CAMPANARIOS DE AZÁBA RESERVE, SALAMANCA PROVINCE, CASTILLA Y LEÓN Vulture watching has become increasingly popular and can now be done at several sites in Spain and Portugal, where you can see these amazing birds up close from purpose-built hides. This photo is from a hide in the Campanarios de Azába reserve, run by Fundación Naturaleza y Hombre and a part of the Rewilding Europe initiative. For the first time in European history, live, wild vultures can be worth serious money for the land owners.The comeback of the griffon vulture in Spain is a great conservation success story – from 7,000 pairs in 1980 to approx. 18,000 in 2009. Griffons now breed in 16 European countries and have recently been seen in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.  But it’s not all good news. Each year, around 1,000 vultures are killed in Spain as a result of collisions with poorly placed wind turbines. EU veterinary regulations also mean that fewer dead domestic animals are left out in the open, and this has spelled disaster for all four European vulture species. Particularly in Greece and the Balkans, vultures still also fall victim to some shepherds bad old habit of poisoning carcasses to kill wolves – inevitably, all other scavengers then die off too. Photo: Staffan Widstrand/Wild Wonders of Europe
    SWD-2012-06-30-112646 (1).jpg
  • Griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus, SPAIN/CAMPANARIOS DE AZÁBA RESERVE, SALAMANCA PROVINCE, CASTILLA Y LEÓN Vulture watching has become increasingly popular and can now be done at several sites in Spain and Portugal, where you can see these amazing birds up close from purpose-built hides. This photo is from a hide in the Campanarios de Azába reserve, run by Fundación Naturaleza y Hombre and a part of the Rewilding Europe initiative. For the first time in European history, live, wild vultures can be worth serious money for the land owners.The comeback of the griffon vulture in Spain is a great conservation success story – from 7,000 pairs in 1980 to approx. 18,000 in 2009. Griffons now breed in 16 European countries and have recently been seen in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.  But it’s not all good news. Each year, around 1,000 vultures are killed in Spain as a result of collisions with poorly placed wind turbines. EU veterinary regulations also mean that fewer dead domestic animals are left out in the open, and this has spelled disaster for all four European vulture species. Particularly in Greece and the Balkans, vultures still also fall victim to some shepherds bad old habit of poisoning carcasses to kill wolves – inevitably, all other scavengers then die off too. Photo: Staffan Widstrand/Wild Wonders of Europe
    SWD-2012-06-30-112843.jpg
  • Griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus, SPAIN/CAMPANARIOS DE AZÁBA RESERVE, SALAMANCA PROVINCE, CASTILLA Y LEÓN Vulture watching has become increasingly popular and can now be done at several sites in Spain and Portugal, where you can see these amazing birds up close from purpose-built hides. This photo is from a hide in the Campanarios de Azába reserve, run by Fundación Naturaleza y Hombre and a part of the Rewilding Europe initiative. For the first time in European history, live, wild vultures can be worth serious money for the land owners.The comeback of the griffon vulture in Spain is a great conservation success story – from 7,000 pairs in 1980 to approx. 18,000 in 2009. Griffons now breed in 16 European countries and have recently been seen in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.  But it’s not all good news. Each year, around 1,000 vultures are killed in Spain as a result of collisions with poorly placed wind turbines. EU veterinary regulations also mean that fewer dead domestic animals are left out in the open, and this has spelled disaster for all four European vulture species. Particularly in Greece and the Balkans, vultures still also fall victim to some shepherds bad old habit of poisoning carcasses to kill wolves – inevitably, all other scavengers then die off too. Photo: Staffan Widstrand/Wild Wonders of Europe
    SWD-2012-06-30-112645.jpg
  • Griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus, and Black vulture, Aegypius monachus,  SPAIN/CAMPANARIOS DE AZÁBA RESERVE, SALAMANCA PROVINCE, CASTILLA Y LEÓN Vulture watching has become increasingly popular and can now be done at several sites in Spain and Portugal, where you can see these amazing birds up close from purpose-built hides. This photo is from a hide in the Campanarios de Azába reserve, run by Fundación Naturaleza y Hombre and a part of the Rewilding Europe initiative. For the first time in European history, live, wild vultures can be worth serious money for the land owners.The comeback of the griffon vulture in Spain is a great conservation success story – from 7,000 pairs in 1980 to approx. 18,000 in 2009. Griffons now breed in 16 European countries and have recently been seen in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.  But it’s not all good news. Each year, around 1,000 vultures are killed in Spain as a result of collisions with poorly placed wind turbines. EU veterinary regulations also mean that fewer dead domestic animals are left out in the open, and this has spelled disaster for all four European vulture species. Particularly in Greece and the Balkans, vultures still also fall victim to some shepherds bad old habit of poisoning carcasses to kill wolves – inevitably, all other scavengers then die off too. Photo: Staffan Widstrand/Wild Wonders of Europe
    SWD-2012-06-30-112354.jpg
  • Griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus, and Black vulture, Aegypius monachus,  SPAIN/CAMPANARIOS DE AZÁBA RESERVE, SALAMANCA PROVINCE, CASTILLA Y LEÓN Vulture watching has become increasingly popular and can now be done at several sites in Spain and Portugal, where you can see these amazing birds up close from purpose-built hides. This photo is from a hide in the Campanarios de Azába reserve, run by Fundación Naturaleza y Hombre and a part of the Rewilding Europe initiative. For the first time in European history, live, wild vultures can be worth serious money for the land owners.The comeback of the griffon vulture in Spain is a great conservation success story – from 7,000 pairs in 1980 to approx. 18,000 in 2009. Griffons now breed in 16 European countries and have recently been seen in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.  But it’s not all good news. Each year, around 1,000 vultures are killed in Spain as a result of collisions with poorly placed wind turbines. EU veterinary regulations also mean that fewer dead domestic animals are left out in the open, and this has spelled disaster for all four European vulture species. Particularly in Greece and the Balkans, vultures still also fall victim to some shepherds bad old habit of poisoning carcasses to kill wolves – inevitably, all other scavengers then die off too. Photo: Staffan Widstrand/Wild Wonders of Europe
    SWD-2012-06-30-111320 (1).jpg
  • Griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus, SPAIN/CAMPANARIOS DE AZÁBA RESERVE, SALAMANCA PROVINCE, CASTILLA Y LEÓN Vulture watching has become increasingly popular and can now be done at several sites in Spain and Portugal, where you can see these amazing birds up close from purpose-built hides. This photo is from a hide in the Campanarios de Azába reserve, run by Fundación Naturaleza y Hombre and a part of the Rewilding Europe initiative. For the first time in European history, live, wild vultures can be worth serious money for the land owners.The comeback of the griffon vulture in Spain is a great conservation success story – from 7,000 pairs in 1980 to approx. 18,000 in 2009. Griffons now breed in 16 European countries and have recently been seen in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.  But it’s not all good news. Each year, around 1,000 vultures are killed in Spain as a result of collisions with poorly placed wind turbines. EU veterinary regulations also mean that fewer dead domestic animals are left out in the open, and this has spelled disaster for all four European vulture species. Particularly in Greece and the Balkans, vultures still also fall victim to some shepherds bad old habit of poisoning carcasses to kill wolves – inevitably, all other scavengers then die off too. Photo: Staffan Widstrand/Wild Wonders of Europe
    SWD-2012-06-30-110651crop.jpg
  • Griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus, SPAIN/CAMPANARIOS DE AZÁBA RESERVE, SALAMANCA PROVINCE, CASTILLA Y LEÓN Vulture watching has become increasingly popular and can now be done at several sites in Spain and Portugal, where you can see these amazing birds up close from purpose-built hides. This photo is from a hide in the Campanarios de Azába reserve, run by Fundación Naturaleza y Hombre and a part of the Rewilding Europe initiative. For the first time in European history, live, wild vultures can be worth serious money for the land owners.The comeback of the griffon vulture in Spain is a great conservation success story – from 7,000 pairs in 1980 to approx. 18,000 in 2009. Griffons now breed in 16 European countries and have recently been seen in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.  But it’s not all good news. Each year, around 1,000 vultures are killed in Spain as a result of collisions with poorly placed wind turbines. EU veterinary regulations also mean that fewer dead domestic animals are left out in the open, and this has spelled disaster for all four European vulture species. Particularly in Greece and the Balkans, vultures still also fall victim to some shepherds bad old habit of poisoning carcasses to kill wolves – inevitably, all other scavengers then die off too. Photo: Staffan Widstrand/Wild Wonders of Europe
    SWD-2012-06-30-110925.jpg
  • Griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus, SPAIN/CAMPANARIOS DE AZÁBA RESERVE, SALAMANCA PROVINCE, CASTILLA Y LEÓN Vulture watching has become increasingly popular and can now be done at several sites in Spain and Portugal, where you can see these amazing birds up close from purpose-built hides. This photo is from a hide in the Campanarios de Azába reserve, run by Fundación Naturaleza y Hombre and a part of the Rewilding Europe initiative. For the first time in European history, live, wild vultures can be worth serious money for the land owners.The comeback of the griffon vulture in Spain is a great conservation success story – from 7,000 pairs in 1980 to approx. 18,000 in 2009. Griffons now breed in 16 European countries and have recently been seen in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.  But it’s not all good news. Each year, around 1,000 vultures are killed in Spain as a result of collisions with poorly placed wind turbines. EU veterinary regulations also mean that fewer dead domestic animals are left out in the open, and this has spelled disaster for all four European vulture species. Particularly in Greece and the Balkans, vultures still also fall victim to some shepherds bad old habit of poisoning carcasses to kill wolves – inevitably, all other scavengers then die off too. Photo: Staffan Widstrand/Wild Wonders of Europe
    SWD-2012-06-30-110153.jpg
  • Rain clouds over the Apennines foothills seen from the city of San Marino, San Marino.
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  • Rain clouds over the Apennines foothills seen from the city of San Marino, San Marino.
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  • Riparian forest along the right bank, downriver of the Sava River (BiH) seen from Croatia - Lonjsko Polje Nature Park, in the neighbourhood of Puska village. This forest has plenty of mine fields. Sava River is the border between Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina). June 2009. Bosnia-Herzegovina. <br />
Elio della Ferrera / Wild Wonders of Europe
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  • Riparian forest along the right bank, downriver of the Sava River (BiH) seen from Croatia - Lonjsko Polje Nature Park, in the neighbourhood of Puska village. This forest has plenty of mine fields. Sava River is the border between Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina). June 2009. Bosnia-Herzegovina. <br />
Elio della Ferrera / Wild Wonders of Europe
    EDF-20090607-071143_41U4406.jpg
  • Riparian forest along the right bank, downriver of the Sava River (BiH) seen from Croatia - Lonjsko Polje Nature Park, in the neighbourhood of Puska village. This forest has plenty of mine fields. Sava River is the border between Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina). June 2009. Bosnia-Herzegovina. <br />
Elio della Ferrera / Wild Wonders of Europe
    EDF-20090607-070415_41U4399.jpg
  • Riparian forest along the right bank, downriver of the Sava (BiH) seen from Croatia - Lonjsko Polje Nature Park, in the neighbourhood of Puska village. This forest has plenty of mine fields. Sava River is the border between Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina). June 2009. Bosnia-Herzegovina. <br />
Elio della Ferrera / Wild Wonders of Europe
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  • Mali Troglav (main visible mountain) and clouds on Troglav mountain (1913 m), the highest peak of the Dinara mountain range. Seen from Livansko Polje.  May 2009. Bosnia-Herzegovina.<br />
Elio della Ferrera / Wild Wonders of Europe
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  • Julian Alps, seen from village "Strmec na predelu"<br />
Triglav National Park, Slovenia<br />
June 2009
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  • "face" in the wall of mount Prisojnik, rock formation "Ajdovska deklica"<br />
seen from Vrsic mountain road<br />
Triglav National Park, Slovenia<br />
June 2009
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  • "face" in the wall of mount Prisojnik, rock formation "Ajdovska deklica"<br />
seen from Vrsic mountain road<br />
Triglav National Park, Slovenia<br />
June 2009
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  • "face" in the wall of mount Prisojnik, rock formation "Ajdovska deklica"<br />
seen from Vrsic mountain road<br />
Triglav National Park, Slovenia<br />
June 2009
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  • Julian Alps, seen from the Vrsic mountain road<br />
Triglav National Park, Slovenia<br />
October 2008
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  • Russia, Caucasus, first red light on Nakratau (4269 m asl) (right) and Donguzorun (4468 m asl), seen from Elbrus.
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  • Russia, Caucasus, mountain range before sunrise, red sky, seen from Elbrus.
    TSC-2008-06-27-054057.jpg
  • Russia, Caucasus, Early morning light on sharp peaks, seen from Elbrus.
    TSC-2008-06-27-052945.jpg
  • Russia, Caucasus, early morning, red light on the glacier on Mount Donguzorun (4468 m asl), seen from Elbrus.
    TSC-2008-06-27-052935.jpg
  • Russia, Caucasus, mountain panorama before sunrise. Seen from Elbrus.
    TSC-2008-06-27-051438.jpg
  • Russia, Caucasus, Mount Ushba (4710 m asl), just on the Georgian side of the border, just after sunrise, seen from Elbrus.
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  • Russia, Caucasus, mountain pamorama just after sunrise, seen from Elbrus.
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  • Russia, Caucasus, Mount Ushba (4710 m asl), just on the Georgian side of the border, just after sunrise, seen from Elbrus.
    TSC-2008-06-27-033510.jpg
  • Russia, Caucasus, Early morning light on sharp peaks, seen from Elbrus.
    TSC-2008-06-27-033432.jpg
  • Russia, Caucasus, Early morning light on sharp peaks, seen from Elbrus.
    TSC-2008-06-27-033303.jpg
  • Russia, Caucasus, Early morning light on sharp peaks, seen from Elbrus.
    TSC-2008-06-27-032822.jpg
  • Russia, Caucasus, Mount Ushba (4710 m asl), just on the Georgian side of the border, is lit by red light just before sunset. The valley below is covered by clouds and fog.<br />
Seen from Elbrus.
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  • Russia, Caucasus, last light on Mount Donguzorun (4468 m asl), seen from Elbrus.
    TSC-2008-06-26-210001.jpg
  • Russia, Caucasus, Mount Ushba (4710 m asl), just on the Georgian side of the border, just before sunset, seen from Elbrus.
    TSC-2008-06-26-205406.jpg
  • Russia, Caucasus, last light on Donguzuron mountain (4468 m asl) (left) and Makratau (4269 m asl) (right), seen from Elbrus.
    TSC-2008-06-26-203742.jpg
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