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The Europe Matrix.

A wildlife calendar for the continent, kept entirely separate from the 354-species British archive. Every entry is numbered from E001 in the order it was added, and carries the months it is genuinely in season, an honest rarity band, the countries it lives in and the file that hunts it. Filter it, plan around it, tap what you actually see.

01 / HOW IT WORKS

A second book, numbered from the start.

The British Matrix is closed at 354 entries and numbered alphabetically, because the set is finished. This one is open, so it is numbered differently — and the difference matters.

NUMBERING

Accession order, never alphabetical

Entries are numbered in the order they are added and never renumbered. Alphabetical numbering would reshuffle the whole book every time a country landed, silently invalidating every entry already logged. E001 will be Killarney’s red deer for as long as this site exists.

SEPARATE

Nothing here touches the British ladder

Its own points, its own ranks, its own patches. A continental sighting never moves a British rank and never appears in the 354. The one thing the two archives share is the twelve month stamps — because going out in February is going out in February, whichever side of the water you are on.

COUNTRY BOOKS

Depth, not route length

Every country has a book of its own, built to the same depth as the British archive rather than to the length of one route. Each expedition file shows the slice genuinely on its route; this page holds all of it.

HONEST

Rarity means the same thing

COMMON you will see. LIKELY you should. LUCKY needs the day to go your way. RARE may take years, and some are pinned to a few square miles and a few weeks. Nothing is inflated to make the book feel generous.

02 / THE INDEX

Filter the archive.

Every entry in the book. Filter by month to see what is in season, by country to plan a file, or by rarity to find the ones worth building a trip around.

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READING THE ARCHIVE …

03 / BY COUNTRY

Where the book has reached.

Each new expedition adds its own entries and often its own country, and nothing already issued ever moves.

1426ENTRIES ISSUED
16COUNTRIES COVERED
192RARE CARDS
40GROUPS
5299POINTS AVAILABLE
E1427NEXT ACCESSION

1426 entries, and every country has a book of its own. Built to the same depth as the British archive rather than to the length of a route, and covering all forty groups the British archive uses. Not one accession number has moved since it was issued.

04 / COLLECT IT

Tap what you actually see.

The same rules as the British field log, on a separate ladder. Common 1, likely 2, lucky 5, rare 10. Everything stays in this browser — no account, no sync, no server that knows where you went.

THE LADDER

Foot Passenger to Keeper of the Continent

Ranks run FOOT PASSENGER → DECKHAND → PILOT → WAYFARER → CARTOGRAPHER, with KEEPER OF THE CONTINENT at the true ceiling — every European entry, seen with your own eyes. One country will not get you near it, and that is the point.

PORTABLE

It lives in your browser

Clear your browser data and the log is gone. That is the honest cost of having no account: nothing to hack, nothing to sell, nothing to subpoena — and nothing to recover either.

THE FIELD LAW

Distance. Patience. Engine off.

Never approach a nesting colony, never dig for an amphibian, never pick a rare flower and never chase a mammal for a photograph. Several entries here are protected by law in their own country; all are better watched than disturbed.

NOT BUILT

No streaks, no leaderboards

The same deliberate absences as the British archive. No daily targets, no login rewards, no bonus events and no comparing yourself to strangers. The book rewards being somewhere at the right time of year and paying attention.

05 / A–Z

Every entry, alphabetically.

The whole book in name order with its accession number. The numbers do not run alphabetically and never will — they run in the order entries were issued.

E1257Adders and Aesculapian snakes Slovakia

E1204Adders and smooth snakes Czechia

E487Adders in the Eifel Germany

E692Adders on the alp Switzerland

E444Adders on the Fagnes Belgium

E398Adders on the heath Denmark

E1144Adders on the peat Poland

E332Adders on the sun-warmed rock Sweden

E1143Aesculapian snake Poland

E1202Aesculapian snake Czechia

E214Aesculapian snake Germany

E756Aesculapian snake Austria

E830Aesculapian snake Italy

E823Agone and lavarello Italy

E645Aleppo pines on the cliff France

E1422Algarve wild orchids Portugal

E353Allemansrätten — the right to roam Sweden

E133Allis shad running the Loire France

E977Allis shad — sável Portugal

E777Almabtrieb — the cattle descent Austria

E1376Almond blossom Spain

E1420Almond blossom in the Algarve Portugal

E772Alpenrose Austria

E815Alpenrose Italy

E1071Alpenrose above the treeline Germany

E705Alpenrose in flower Switzerland

E1136Alpine accentor Poland

E672Alpine accentor Switzerland

E745Alpine accentor Austria

E805Alpine accentor Italy

E1230Alpine accentor and ptarmigan Slovakia

E916Alpine accentor and snowfinch Spain

E1201Alpine and crested newts Czechia

E701Alpine blues Switzerland

E742Alpine choughs Austria

E799Alpine choughs at the refuges Italy

E1066Alpine choughs at the summit Germany

E668Alpine choughs at the summit Switzerland

E1092Alpine dark skies Germany

E782Alpine dark skies Austria

E650Alpine ibex Switzerland

E1062Alpine ibex in the Allgäu Germany

E719Alpine ibex in the Hohe Tauern Austria

E456Alpine ibex on the Rhine slopes Germany

E769Alpine longhorn and stag beetles Austria

E1064Alpine marmots Germany

E656Alpine marmots Switzerland

E738Alpine marmots on the Tauern Austria

E760Alpine newts Austria

E1046Alpine newts in the forest pools Germany

E204Alpine newts in the forest pools Belgium

E488Alpine newts in the forest pools Germany

E1233Alpine newts in the tarns Slovakia

E695Alpine newts in the tarns Switzerland

E808Alpine newts in the tarns Italy

E715Alpine night sky Switzerland

E788Alpine ringlet butterflies Switzerland

E1069Alpine salamander Germany

E654Alpine salamander Austria

E807Alpine salamander Italy

E665Alpine shrew Switzerland

E613Alpine swifts France

E712Alpine transhumance Switzerland

E1425Alqueva dark sky Portugal

E338Amber on the west coast Denmark

E156Ammonites at Villers-sur-Mer France

E1080Ammonites in the Jura Germany

E1384Andalusian dark skies Spain

E883Apennine dark skies Italy

E700Apollo butterfly Switzerland

E765Apollo butterfly Austria

E818Apollo butterfly Italy

E945Apollo butterfly Spain

E492Apollo butterfly on the Mosel slate Germany

E1150Apollo of the Pieniny Poland

E1258Apollo of the Slovak Karst Slovakia

E1205Apollo, restored Czechia

E1095Apple and pear meadows Germany

E1124Aquatic warbler Poland

E1184Aragonite caves Czechia

E1026Archaeopteryx country Germany

E321Arctic char and brown trout Sweden

E698Arctic char in the deep lakes Switzerland

E764Arctic char in the deep lakes Austria

E293Arctic char in the mountain lakes Norway

E578Arctic char under the ice Norway

E263Arctic fox on Dovrefjell Norway

E041Arctic terns Ireland

E195Ardennes red deer Belgium

E194Ardennes wild boar Belgium

E773Arnica and alpine aster Austria

E709Arnica on the pasture Switzerland

E691Asp viper Switzerland

E831Asp viper Italy

E755Asp viper and adder Austria

E948Atlantic oakwoods and laurel Spain

E290Atlantic salmon in the rivers Norway

E016Atlantic salmon leaping Ireland

E925Atlantic salmon of the Sella Spain

E218Atlantic salmon returning to the Rhine Germany

E997Atlantic winter swells Portugal

E1354Audouin’s gull Spain

E1403Audouin’s gull Portugal

E328Aurora over the lakes Sweden

E088Autumn fungi Ireland

E1154Autumn fungi Poland

E1211Autumn fungi Czechia

E953Autumn fungi in Galicia Spain

E241Autumn fungi in the Ardennes Belgium

E155Autumn fungi in the beechwoods France

E1260Autumn fungi in the Carpathians Slovakia

E783Autumn fungi in the Kalkalpen Austria

E1049Autumn fungi in the Schwarzwald Germany

E995Autumn fungi in the souto Portugal

E716Autumn fungi in the valleys Switzerland

E087Autumn in the Killarney oakwoods Ireland

E168Avocets on the brackish shallows Netherlands

E437Avocets on the Ijzer Belgium

E588Avocets on the salins France

E102Avocets on the salt pans France

E839Avocets on the valli Italy

E379Avocets on the Wadden Denmark

E1406Azure-winged magpies Portugal

E459Badgers Germany

E527Badgers Sweden

E1199Badgers and pine martens Czechia

E1306Badgers and pine martens Slovakia

E1016Badgers in the oakwoods Portugal

E392Badgers in the plantations Denmark

E496Badgers in the sandy banks Netherlands

E560Badgers in the south Norway

E411Badgers of the Ardennes Belgium

E246Badgers of the Veluwe Netherlands

E062Badgers on the lane Ireland

E1397Balearic shearwater Portugal

E317Baltic grey seals Sweden

E403Baltic herring runs Denmark

E235Banded demoiselle Germany

E1316Barbary macaques of Gibraltar Spain

E1162Barn and little owls Poland

E053Barn owls at dusk Ireland

E999Barn owls on the espigueiros Portugal

E508Barn owls on the polder Netherlands

E855Barn owls over the fields Italy

E110Barn owls over the marsh France

E346Barnacle and pink-footed geese Denmark

E171Barnacle geese in their thousands Netherlands

E377Barnacle geese on the marsh Denmark

E1300Barred warblers Slovakia

E986Barrosã and Cachena cattle Portugal

E008Basking sharks Ireland

E033Basking sharks off Brittany France

E567Basking sharks off the west coast Norway

E563Bats at the fjord head Norway

E1096Bats in the church towers Germany

E741Bats in the ice caves Austria

E1163Bats in the old forts Poland

E666Bats in the valley barns Switzerland

E1182Bats of the Moravian Karst Czechia

E1239Bats of the Slovak Karst Slovakia

E1286Bats over Prague Czechia

E396Bats over the lakes Denmark

E1017Bats over the quintas Portugal

E531Bats over the summer lakes Sweden

E1025Bavarian Forest lynx Germany

E126Bay seals at Mont-Saint-Michel France

E176Bearded reedlings Netherlands

E1057Bearded reedlings in the Wollmatinger reed Germany

E721Bearded vultures Austria

E1323Bearded vultures of Cazorla Spain

E797Bearded vultures over the Dolomites Italy

E651Bearded vultures over the Engadine Switzerland

E904Bearded vultures over the Picos Spain

E141Beautiful demoiselle France

E737Beavers on the Danube Austria

E1192Beavers on the Morava Czechia

E1111Beavers on the Narew Poland

E207Beavers on the Ourthe Belgium

E664Beavers on the Swiss rivers Switzerland

E1187Bee-eaters in south Moravia Czechia

E1254Bee-eaters on the plain Slovakia

E1405Bee-eaters over the montado Portugal

E1168Beech and hornbeam in autumn Poland

E1091Beech forests in autumn Germany

E1213Beech forests in autumn Czechia

E494Beech forests in autumn Germany

E1262Beech in autumn Slovakia

E460Beech marten in the towns Germany

E861Beech marten in the villages Italy

E453Beech woods in spring Belgium

E407Beech woods in spring green Denmark

E1366Betic midwife toad Spain

E172Bewick’s swans Netherlands

E1099Białowieża bison Poland

E1151Białowieża oaks Poland

E165Biesbosch beavers Netherlands

E1155Bieszczady dark skies Poland

E1138Bieszczady wolves Poland

E297Bilberries and lingonberries Norway

E556Birch forest in autumn Sweden

E1139Bison of the Bieszczady Poland

E1234Bison of the Poloniny Slovakia

E099Bitterns booming France

E1284Bitterns booming Czechia

E389Bitterns booming Denmark

E516Bitterns booming Netherlands

E1295Black and green woodpeckers Slovakia

E1028Black Forest fire salamanders Germany

E1160Black grouse and capercaillie Poland

E726Black grouse at the lek Austria

E307Black grouse lekking Sweden

E574Black grouse lekking Norway

E678Black grouse lekking Switzerland

E803Black grouse lekking Italy

E202Black grouse on the fens Belgium

E1033Black grouse on the high moor Germany

E1178Black grouse on the peat Czechia

E284Black guillemots Norway

E1331Black kites in thousands Spain

E216Black kites over the river Germany

E1010Black redstarts Portugal

E115Black redstarts France

E1280Black redstarts Czechia

E425Black redstarts Belgium

E477Black redstarts Germany

E1173Black storks in Bohemian Switzerland Czechia

E1303Black storks in the Carpathians Slovakia

E1130Black storks in the forest Poland

E1348Black storks in the sierras Spain

E223Black storks of the Eifel Germany

E967Black storks on the Douro Portugal

E924Black storks on the gorges Spain

E1394Black storks on the Guadiana Portugal

E1266Black terns over the fishponds Poland

E177Black terns over the polder Netherlands

E637Black truffles France

E1338Black wheatear Spain

E1037Black woodpecker Germany

E199Black woodpecker Belgium

E313Black woodpecker Sweden

E373Black woodpecker Denmark

E509Black woodpecker Netherlands

E686Black woodpecker Switzerland

E1275Black woodpeckers Czechia

E048Black-tailed godwits Ireland

E380Black-tailed godwits Denmark

E439Black-tailed godwits Belgium

E167Black-tailed godwits over the polder Netherlands

E548Black-throated divers Sweden

E1327Black-winged kite Spain

E1391Black-winged kite Portugal

E101Black-winged stilts France

E587Black-winged stilts France

E838Black-winged stilts Italy

E082Bloody cranesbill on limestone Ireland

E1339Blue rock thrush Spain

E608Blue rock thrush France

E918Blue rock thrush Spain

E971Blue rock thrush Portugal

E086Bluebells at Portglenone Ireland

E1355Bluefin tuna and the almadraba Spain

E279Bluethroat in the birch Norway

E175Bluethroat in the reeds Netherlands

E544Bluethroats in the mountain birch Sweden

E512Bluethroats in the reed Netherlands

E1267Bluethroats in the sedge Poland

E1058Bodensee whitefish Germany

E327Bohuslän granite skerries Sweden

E1326Bonelli’s eagle Spain

E1392Bonelli’s eagle Portugal

E602Bonelli’s eagle France

E909Bonelli’s eagle Spain

E965Bonelli’s eagle Portugal

E1330Booted and short-toed eagles Spain

E1004Booted eagles Portugal

E1090Boreal forest fungi Germany

E351Bornholm and Baltic amber pines Denmark

E364Bottlenose dolphins in the Limfjord Denmark

E1411Bottlenose dolphins off the Algarve Portugal

E1208Boušín primeval forest Czechia

E1165Bream, pike and zander Poland

E148Breton draught horses France

E024Brière marsh harriers France

E026Brière white storks France

E150Broom in full flower France

E733Brown bears Austria

E303Brown bears in the forest Sweden

E1102Brown bears of the Tatras Slovakia

E1305Brown hares Slovakia

E1285Brown hares on the arable Czechia

E413Brown hares on the arable Belgium

E461Brown hares on the arable Germany

E244Brown hares on the polder Netherlands

E394Brown hares on the stubble Denmark

E1191Brown trout and grayling Czechia

E978Brown trout in the Gerês rivers Portugal

E697Brown trout in the mountain streams Switzerland

E763Brown trout in the Salzkammergut Austria

E449Brown trout in the Semois Belgium

E1047Brown trout in the streams Germany

E013Burren orchids Ireland

E004Burren spring gentian Ireland

E1380Cabo de Gata volcanic desert Spain

E586Camargue bulls France

E580Camargue greater flamingos France

E581Camargue white horses France

E330Camberwell beauty Sweden

E947Cantabrian beech forests Spain

E884Cantabrian brown bears Spain

E892Cantabrian capercaillie Spain

E890Cantabrian chamois Spain

E998Cantabrian holly woods Spain

E679Capercaillie Switzerland

E727Capercaillie Austria

E804Capercaillie Italy

E1225Capercaillie and black grouse Slovakia

E306Capercaillie at the lek Sweden

E573Capercaillie in the pinewood Norway

E1031Capercaillie of the Black Forest Germany

E1177Capercaillie of the Šumava Czechia

E1189Carp of the Třeboň ponds Czechia

E1261Carpathian dark skies Slovakia

E1231Carpathian newt Slovakia

E822Carpione of Lake Garda Italy

E591Cattle egrets with the horses France

E116Cetti’s warbler France

E451Chalkhill blues on the Meuse slopes Belgium

E1236Chamois below the ridges Slovakia

E1063Chamois in the Berchtesgaden Germany

E796Chamois in the Dolomites Italy

E457Chamois in the Eifel Germany

E653Chamois on the scree Austria

E324Chanterelles in August Sweden

E646Cherry harvest in the Luberon France

E991Chestnut and oak woodland Portugal

E877Chestnut woods in autumn Italy

E952Chestnut woods in autumn Spain

E873Chianina cattle Italy

E006Choughs on the western cliffs Ireland

E1371Cicadas in the cork oaks Spain

E1022Cicadas in the Douro heat Portugal

E585Cicadas in the pines France

E865Cicadas in the pines Italy

E605Cinereous vulture France

E907Cinereous vulture Spain

E1311Cinereous vultures of Monfragüe Spain

E478Cirl and ortolan buntings Germany

E1013Cirl buntings Portugal

E114Cirl buntings France

E860Cirl buntings Italy

E1421Cistus in flower Portugal

E674Citril finch Switzerland

E622Cleopatra butterfly France

E296Cloudberries on the bog Norway

E555Cloudberries on the mire Sweden

E292Cod and coalfish from the quay Norway

E404Cod from the Sound Denmark

E1119Collared flycatcher Poland

E1335Collared pratincole Spain

E793Comacchio flamingos Italy

E929Common and bottlenose dolphins Spain

E1357Common and striped dolphins Spain

E243Common blue butterflies Netherlands

E329Common blue damselflies Sweden

E077Common blue on the dunes Ireland

E1003Common buzzards Portugal

E105Common buzzards France

E1269Common buzzards Czechia

E1289Common buzzards Slovakia

E368Common buzzards Denmark

E419Common buzzards Belgium

E467Common buzzards Germany

E504Common buzzards Netherlands

E545Common cranes at Kvismaren Sweden

E575Common cranes in the north Norway

E180Common cranes on passage Germany

E316Common cranes over the forest Sweden

E124Common dolphins off the coast France

E069Common dolphins offshore Ireland

E1317Common genet Spain

E895Common genet Spain

E960Common genet Portugal

E1409Common genet and mongoose Portugal

E689Common goldeneye on the lakes Switzerland

E014Common lizard Ireland

E443Common lizards on the heath Belgium

E502Common seals pupping Netherlands

E693Common wall lizard Switzerland

E080Connemara ponies Ireland

E1374Cork oak dehesa Spain

E1419Cork oak montado Portugal

E285Cormorants and shags on the skerries Norway

E387Cormorants at Vorsø Denmark

E821Cormorants on the lake posts Italy

E1127Corncrake calling Poland

E930Cory’s and Manx shearwaters Spain

E848Cory’s shearwaters Italy

E1396Cory’s shearwaters off Sagres Portugal

E974Cory’s shearwaters offshore Portugal

E1423Costa Vicentina cliffs Portugal

E789Cotton grass on the high bogs Switzerland

E597Coypu in the ditches France

E120Coypu on the waterways France

E612Crag martins on the gorge walls France

E1301Crag martins on the karst Slovakia

E259Cranes at Hornborgasjön Sweden

E340Cranes at Lille Vildmose Denmark

E1157Cranes gathering in autumn Poland

E1214Cranes over Bohemia Czechia

E1014Crested larks Portugal

E794Crested porcupine Italy

E748Crested tits Austria

E1279Crested tits and firecrests Czechia

E423Crested tits in the conifer Belgium

E089Crinoids in Burren limestone Ireland

E1039Crossbills in the spruce Germany

E676Crossbills in the spruce Switzerland

E055Cuckoo in May Ireland

E049Curlew calling inland Ireland

E103Curlews on the estuary France

E827Cypress and umbrella pine Italy

E636Cèpes after autumn rain France

E630Cévennes dark skies France

E343Danish beavers Denmark

E339Danish white-tailed eagles Denmark

E1027Danube beavers Germany

E1248Danube floodplain forest Slovakia

E920Dartford and Sardinian warblers Spain

E500Daubenton’s bats over the canals Netherlands

E416Daubenton’s bats over the Meuse Belgium

E465Daubenton’s bats over the Mosel Germany

E433Dippers on the Amblève Belgium

E227Dippers on the Eifel streams Germany

E278Dippers on the fjord rivers Norway

E1008Dippers on the granite streams Portugal

E687Dippers on the meltwater Switzerland

E057Dippers on the mountain rivers Ireland

E1302Dippers on the mountain rivers Slovakia

E751Dippers on the Salzach Austria

E814Dolomite gentians Italy

E1240Domica and the underground rivers Slovakia

E988Douro terraces Portugal

E256Dovrefjell musk ox Norway

E1307Dragonflies of the Danube backwaters Slovakia

E1287Dragonflies of the peat pools Czechia

E345Dune heath in flower Denmark

E382Dunlin clouds at high tide Denmark

E1341Dupont’s lark Spain

E1375Dwarf fan palm Spain

E1123Eagle owls Poland

E1224Eagle owls Slovakia

E370Eagle owls Denmark

E539Eagle owls Sweden

E724Eagle owls Austria

E1345Eagle owls in the gorges Spain

E1175Eagle owls in the quarries Czechia

E470Eagle owls in the quarries Germany

E606Eagle owls on the cliffs France

E684Eagle owls on the gorge walls Switzerland

E1220Eastern imperial eagle Slovakia

E703Edelweiss Switzerland

E1070Edelweiss on the Bavarian limestone Germany

E813Edelweiss on the limestone Italy

E770Edelweiss on the Tauern Austria

E252Egyptian geese Netherlands

E1318Egyptian mongoose Spain

E896Egyptian mongoose Spain

E961Egyptian mongoose Portugal

E1325Egyptian vulture Spain

E604Egyptian vulture France

E906Egyptian vulture Spain

E966Egyptian vultures of the Douro Portugal

E347Eiders and common scoter Denmark

E282Eiders in the fjords Norway

E222Eifel beech forests Germany

E225Eifel volcanic maars Germany

E1379El Torcal karst Spain

E1170Elk in south Bohemia Czechia

E1107Elk in the Biebrza marshes Poland

E142Emperor dragonfly France

E792Enrosadira — the alpenglow Italy

E992Eucalyptus and the fire question Portugal

E949Eucalyptus plantations Spain

E1085Eurasian elk, occasionally Germany

E658Eurasian lynx Switzerland

E564Eurasian otter on the coast Norway

E624European beavers on the Cèze France

E594European bee-eaters France

E842European bee-eaters Italy

E921European bee-eaters Spain

E361European bison at Bornholm Denmark

E358European elk in Lille Vildmose Denmark

E027European green lizard France

E1171European hamster Czechia

E121European hare France

E1142European pond terrapin Poland

E130European pond terrapin France

E598European pond terrapin France

E832European pond terrapin Italy

E984European pond terrapin Portugal

E595European roller France

E852European roller Italy

E096European shags France

E931European shags on the stacks Spain

E1104European souslik Czechia

E1251European souslik Slovakia

E1140European wildcat Poland

E196European wildcat Belgium

E897European wildcat Spain

E359Fallow deer at Dyrehaven Denmark

E409Fallow deer in the estate woods Belgium

E524Fallow deer in the parks Sweden

E066Fallow deer in the Phoenix Park Ireland

E455Fallow deer in the Rhine parks Germany

E1044Feldberg alpine flora Germany

E081Feral goats of the Burren Ireland

E846Fin whales off Liguria Italy

E639Fin whales offshore France

E028Fire salamander France

E1200Fire salamander Czechia

E1018Fire salamander after rain Portugal

E203Fire salamander after rain Belgium

E758Fire salamander after rain Austria

E942Fire salamander after rain Spain

E1232Fire salamander in the beech Slovakia

E696Fire salamander in the beech Switzerland

E1141Fire-bellied toad Poland

E401Fire-bellied toads Denmark

E424Firecrests Belgium

E479Firecrests in the conifer Germany

E882Firefly nights Italy

E355Fjord waterfalls in melt Norway

E1349Flamingos at Fuente de Piedra Spain

E212Flanders poppies Belgium

E785Foehn over the Tyrol Austria

E714Foehn wind Switzerland

E078Four-spotted chaser Ireland

E1079Franconian cave systems Germany

E084Fuchsia hedges Ireland

E036Fulmars on the sea cliffs Ireland

E1093Föhn over the Alps Germany

E1386Gannets through the Strait Spain

E1322Garden dormouse Spain

E349Garfish in May Denmark

E887Garrano horses of Gerês Portugal

E771Gentians on the pasture Austria

E996Gerês dark skies Portugal

E717Glacial erratics and moraine Switzerland

E299Glacier buttercup Norway

E706Glacier crowfoot Switzerland

E589Glossy ibis France

E834Glossy ibis Italy

E1353Glossy ibis and spoonbills Spain

E144Glow-worms on the banks France

E237Glow-worms on the vineyard walls Germany

E939Gold-striped salamander Spain

E980Gold-striped salamander Portugal

E798Golden eagles Italy

E908Golden eagles Spain

E720Golden eagles of the Hohe Tauern Austria

E964Golden eagles over Gerês Portugal

E533Golden eagles over the forest Sweden

E275Golden eagles over the plateau Norway

E657Golden eagles over the ridges Switzerland

E1137Golden eagles over the Tatras Poland

E1222Golden eagles over the Tatras Slovakia

E1065Golden eagles over the Watzmann Germany

E357Golden jackal Denmark

E112Golden orioles France

E1298Golden orioles Slovakia

E375Golden orioles Denmark

E1012Golden orioles in the poplars Portugal

E1278Golden orioles in the poplars Czechia

E230Golden orioles in the poplars Germany

E426Golden orioles in the poplars Belgium

E511Golden orioles in the poplars Netherlands

E754Goosanders on the alpine rivers Austria

E484Goosanders on the Rhine Germany

E950Gorse and heather on the heath Spain

E085Gorse in full bloom Ireland

E421Goshawks in the beech Belgium

E1272Goshawks in the spruce Czechia

E535Goshawks in the spruce Sweden

E506Goshawks in the Veluwe pines Netherlands

E469Goshawks over the plantations Germany

E790Gran Paradiso ibex Italy

E129Grass snakes in the marsh France

E1247Grayling and brown trout Slovakia

E552Grayling in the fell rivers Sweden

E448Grayling in the Ourthe Belgium

E762Grayling in the Tyrolean rivers Austria

E283Great and Arctic skuas Norway

E1388Great bustards of Castro Verde Portugal

E1314Great bustards of Extremadura Spain

E1250Great bustards on the plain Slovakia

E1281Great crested grebes Czechia

E753Great crested grebes Austria

E1056Great crested grebes displaying Germany

E253Great crested grebes displaying Netherlands

E388Great crested grebes displaying Denmark

E820Great crested grebes on Como Italy

E690Great crested grebes on Léman Switzerland

E441Great crested grebes on the canals Belgium

E1304Great crested grebes on the Danube Slovakia

E402Great crested newts Denmark

E447Great crested newts Belgium

E1167Great grey and long-eared owls Poland

E309Great grey owl Sweden

E572Great grey owl Norway

E429Great grey shrike Belgium

E1125Great snipe at the lek Poland

E1336Great spotted cuckoo Spain

E1408Great spotted cuckoo Portugal

E374Great spotted woodpecker Denmark

E174Great white egret Netherlands

E390Great white egrets Denmark

E482Great white egrets Germany

E1398Greater flamingos at Castro Marim Portugal

E123Greater horseshoe bats France

E415Greater horseshoe bats Belgium

E236Greater horseshoe bats in the slate mines Germany

E1132Greater spotted eagle Poland

E234Green hawker dragonfly Germany

E1203Green lizard in Moravia Czechia

E757Green lizard in the east Austria

E1052Green lizard of the Kaiserstuhl Germany

E829Green whip snake Italy

E043Greenland white-fronted geese Ireland

E337Grenen: where two seas meet Denmark

E289Grey and harbour seals Norway

E100Grey herons France

E483Grey herons Germany

E1283Grey herons and great white egrets Czechia

E251Grey herons in the towns Netherlands

E434Grey herons in the towns Belgium

E752Grey herons on the lakes Austria

E136Grey mullet in the harbours France

E015Grey seals Ireland

E1156Grey seals on the Baltic Poland

E363Grey seals returning Denmark

E1009Grey wagtails Portugal

E688Grey wagtails on the torrents Switzerland

E1118Grey-headed woodpecker Poland

E473Grey-headed woodpecker Germany

E442Greylag and Egyptian geese Belgium

E1282Greylag geese on the ponds Czechia

E1324Griffon vultures Spain

E905Griffon vultures Spain

E1007Griffon vultures at the roost Portugal

E722Griffon vultures in Rauris Austria

E888Griffon vultures of the Douro Portugal

E582Griffon vultures over the Cévennes France

E652Grossglockner marmots Austria

E037Guillemot and razorbill cities Ireland

E093Guillemots and razorbills France

E386Guillemots on Bornholm Denmark

E276Gyrfalcon Norway

E778Haflinger horses Austria

E579Halibut and cod from the boat Norway

E164Hallerbos bluebells Belgium

E070Harbour porpoise Ireland

E125Harbour porpoise France

E565Harbour porpoise Norway

E350Harbour porpoise in the belts Denmark

E187Harbour porpoise in the Delta Netherlands

E288Harbour porpoise in the sounds Norway

E318Harbour porpoise off Kullaberg Sweden

E071Harbour seals Ireland

E362Harbour seals at Anholt Denmark

E550Harbour seals on the west coast Sweden

E257Hardangervidda wild reindeer Norway

E163Hautes Fagnes cotton grass Belgium

E538Hawk owl Sweden

E571Hawk owls on the dead spruce Norway

E198Hazel dormouse Belgium

E1032Hazel grouse Germany

E1159Hazel grouse Poland

E1226Hazel grouse Slovakia

E308Hazel grouse Sweden

E680Hazel grouse Switzerland

E729Hazel grouse Austria

E993Heather and gorse on the granite Portugal

E064Hedgehogs Ireland

E1198Hedgehogs Czechia

E395Hedgehogs Denmark

E414Hedgehogs Belgium

E462Hedgehogs Germany

E499Hedgehogs Netherlands

E530Hedgehogs Sweden

E1264Hedgehogs and dormice Slovakia

E562Hedgehogs in the south Norway

E1097Hedgehogs in the villages Germany

E052Hen harrier over the forestry Ireland

E862Hermann’s tortoise in the Maremma Italy

E583Hermann’s tortoise in the Maures France

E1146Hermit beetle Poland

E1048Hinterwälder cattle Germany

E181Hoge Veluwe red deer Netherlands

E635Holm and cork oak France

E1271Honey buzzards Czechia

E1291Honey buzzards Slovakia

E420Honey buzzards Belgium

E468Honey buzzards Germany

E113Hoopoes France

E922Hoopoes Spain

E972Hoopoes and bee-eaters Portugal

E1255Hoopoes and rollers Slovakia

E1161Hoopoes and wrynecks Poland

E1054Hoopoes in the vineyards Germany

E614Hoopoes on the tracks France

E851Hoopoes on the tracks Italy

E475Hoopoes on the warm slopes Germany

E1094Hop gardens of the Hallertau Germany

E1416Horseshoe whip snake Portugal

E1190Huchen in the Morava Czechia

E1246Huchen in the Váh Slovakia

E1076Huchen — the Danube salmon Germany

E761Huchen — the Danube salmon Austria

E009Humpback + fin whales off West Cork Ireland

E068Humpback and fin whales Ireland

E981Iberian emerald lizard Portugal

E1020Iberian frog Portugal

E912Iberian green woodpecker Spain

E970Iberian green woodpecker Portugal

E902Iberian hare Spain

E963Iberian hare Portugal

E891Iberian ibex in the Picos Spain

E956Iberian ibex, returned Portugal

E1309Iberian lynx Spain

E1387Iberian lynx of the Guadiana Portugal

E1337Iberian magpie Spain

E969Iberian magpie Portugal

E940Iberian midwife toad Spain

E985Iberian midwife toad Portugal

E1365Iberian painted frog Spain

E1417Iberian painted frog Portugal

E935Iberian rock lizard Spain

E955Iberian wolves of Peneda-Gerês Portugal

E885Iberian wolves of the Culebra Spain

E938Iberian worm lizard Spain

E786Ibex kids on the ledges Switzerland

E1242Ice cave at Dobsiná Slovakia

E781Ice caves at Werfen Austria

E010Irish hare Ireland

E023Iroise dolphins France

E022Iroise grey seals France

E864Italian crested newt Italy

E870Italian festoon Italy

E858Italian sparrow Italy

E828Italian wall lizard Italy

E294Jostedalsbreen glacier tongues Norway

E341Jutland red deer Denmark

E1050Kaiserstuhl bee-eaters Germany

E1053Kaiserstuhl orchids Germany

E209Kalmthout heath in flower Belgium

E1402Kentish plover Portugal

E840Kentish plover on the lido Italy

E383Kentish plover on the shell banks Denmark

E011Kerry dark skies Ireland

E005Kerry natterjack toads Ireland

E012Killarney oakwoods + strawberry tree Ireland

E001Killarney red deer Ireland

E1216Kingfishers and dippers Czechia

E1075Kingfishers on the Altmühl Germany

E250Kingfishers on the canals Netherlands

E1164Kingfishers on the Narew Poland

E432Kingfishers on the Ourthe Belgium

E038Kittiwakes calling their own name Ireland

E274Kittiwakes on the town buildings Norway

E247Konik and Heck cattle Netherlands

E1108Konik horses Poland

E779Krimml falls in melt Austria

E1181Krkonoše endemic flora Czechia

E1072Königssee and the echo Germany

E616Ladder snake France

E708Lady’s slipper orchid Switzerland

E774Lady’s slipper orchid Austria

E699Lake whitefish — féra Switzerland

E438Lapwing over the Ijzer meadows Belgium

E170Lapwing tumbling display Netherlands

E776Larches in October Austria

E711Larches turning gold Switzerland

E816Larches turning gold Italy

E1206Large blue butterflies Czechia

E1148Large copper butterfly Poland

E1362Lataste’s viper Spain

E633Lavender in flower France

E269Lemmings in a peak year Norway

E067Lesser horseshoe bats Ireland

E1390Lesser kestrels Portugal

E1328Lesser kestrels in the towns Spain

E1290Lesser spotted eagle Slovakia

E044Light-bellied brent geese Ireland

E325Lingonberries on the forest floor Sweden

E837Little bittern Italy

E1332Little bustard Spain

E1389Little bustards Portugal

E046Little egrets Ireland

E435Little egrets on the polders Belgium

E372Little owls Denmark

E1274Little owls on the barns Czechia

E248Little owls on the pollards Netherlands

E430Little owls on the pollards Belgium

E1001Little owls on the walls Portugal

E108Little owls on the walls France

E854Little owls on the walls Italy

E1059Little ringed plover on the gravel Germany

E385Little terns Denmark

E1401Little terns on the sand Portugal

E1413Loggerhead turtles Portugal

E640Loggerhead turtles France

E847Loggerhead turtles Italy

E025Loire beavers France

E034Loire kingfishers France

E030Loire otters France

E029Loire sandbank terns France

E154Loire vineyards turning France

E054Long-eared owls Ireland

E431Long-eared owls roosting Belgium

E507Long-eared owls roosting Netherlands

E577Long-tailed ducks in winter Norway

E265Lynx Norway

E812Lynx in the eastern Alps Italy

E1106Lynx in the eastern forests Poland

E464Lynx in the Eifel Germany

E734Lynx in the Kalkalpen Austria

E1218Lynx in the Slovak forests Slovakia

E1169Lynx of the Šumava Czechia

E1089Lynx tracks in snow Germany

E073Mackerel from the pier Ireland

E1061Mainau island planting Germany

E485Mandarin ducks Germany

E039Manx shearwaters at dusk Ireland

E094Manx shearwaters off Brittany France

E140Map butterfly France

E233Map butterfly Germany

E1351Marbled duck and crested coot Spain

E1019Marbled newt Portugal

E132Marbled newt France

E450Marbled white on the calcareous grassland Belgium

E767Marbled whites on the meadows Austria

E139Marbled whites on the verges France

E872Maremma sheepdogs Italy

E871Maremmana cattle and the butteri Italy

E795Marmots on the Sella Italy

E075Marsh fritillary Ireland

E367Marsh harriers on the fjords Denmark

E178Marsh harriers over the reed Netherlands

E707Martagon lily Switzerland

E1313Mediterranean chameleon Portugal

E843Mediterranean gulls Italy

E570Merlins over the heath Norway

E226Middle Rhine falcons on the castles Germany

E1276Middle spotted woodpecker Czechia

E1296Middle spotted woodpecker Slovakia

E200Middle spotted woodpecker Belgium

E472Middle spotted woodpecker Germany

E914Middle spotted woodpecker Spain

E356Midsummer bonfires Sweden

E326Midsummer meadow flowers Sweden

E131Midwife toad calling France

E446Midwife toads calling Belgium

E287Minke and humpback whales Norway

E1367Monarch butterflies Spain

E018Mont-Saint-Michel grande marée France

E107Montagu’s harrier France

E369Montagu’s harrier Denmark

E596Montagu’s harrier over the cereal France

E1292Montagu’s harriers Slovakia

E1393Montagu’s harriers Portugal

E505Montagu’s harriers on the arable Netherlands

E1329Montagu’s harriers over the cereal Spain

E1133Montagu’s harriers over the fen Poland

E825Monte Baldo flora Italy

E1361Montpellier and horseshoe whip snakes Spain

E615Montpellier snake France

E032Monts d’Arrée heather France

E334Moor frogs turning blue Sweden

E400Moor frogs turning blue Denmark

E1360Moorish gecko Spain

E1415Moorish gecko Portugal

E262Moose at the forest edge Norway

E331Mosquitoes in the north Sweden

E627Mouflon on the causse France

E183Mouflon on the drift sand Netherlands

E1194Mouflon on the sandstone Czechia

E083Mountain avens at sea level Ireland

E300Mountain avens on the fell Norway

E302Mountain birch turning Norway

E561Mountain hares Norway

E739Mountain hares Austria

E268Mountain hares in ermine Norway

E528Mountain hares in ermine Sweden

E662Mountain hares in ermine Switzerland

E928Mussel rafts of the Rías Baixas Spain

E1077Nase and barbel on the gravel Germany

E186Natterjack toads in the dune slacks Netherlands

E229Nightingales along the river Germany

E111Nightingales in every thicket France

E510Nightingales in the dune scrub Netherlands

E427Nightingales in the Kempen Belgium

E1277Nightingales in the scrub Czechia

E376Nightingales in the scrub Denmark

E1011Nightingales in the valley scrub Portugal

E1297Nightingales on the plain Slovakia

E480Nightingales on the Rhine islands Germany

E159Norman apple harvest France

E147Normandy dairy cattle France

E211North Sea harbour porpoise Belgium

E266Norwegian beavers Norway

E744Nutcrackers in the stone pine Austria

E1412Ocean sunfish Portugal

E641Ocean sunfish France

E1358Ocellated lizard Spain

E1414Ocellated lizard Portugal

E584Ocellated lizard France

E936Ocellated lizard Spain

E982Ocellated lizard Portugal

E1241Ochtiná aragonite cave Slovakia

E643Octopus in the calanques France

E927Octopus in the rías Spain

E826Olive groves on the lake shore Italy

E648Olive harvest France

E881Olive harvest Italy

E188Oosterschelde mussel and oyster beds Netherlands

E160Oostvaardersplassen konik herds Netherlands

E1377Orange groves in flower Spain

E286Orca in the fjords Norway

E1312Orca in the Strait Spain

E104Ospreys on passage France

E365Ospreys on passage Denmark

E314Ospreys on the lakes Sweden

E1238Otters and beavers Slovakia

E1193Otters in south Bohemia Czechia

E625Otters in the Cévennes rivers France

E191Otters in the Weerribben Netherlands

E894Otters on the Asturian rivers Spain

E1112Otters on the Biebrza Poland

E736Otters on the Danube tributaries Austria

E1321Otters on the Guadalquivir Spain

E1410Otters on the Guadiana Portugal

E061Otters on the loughs Ireland

E959Otters on the Minho Portugal

E267Otters on the skerries Norway

E157Oyster beds at Cancale France

E047Oystercatchers Ireland

E076Painted lady arrival Ireland

E1073Partnach and Breitachklamm gorges Germany

E780Pasterze glacier Austria

E1152Peat bogs of the north-east Poland

E1207Peat bogs of the Šumava Czechia

E841Penduline tit Italy

E1268Penduline tits on the oxbows Poland

E979Percebes on the Atlantic rock Portugal

E889Percebes on the Costa da Morte Spain

E323Perch on the rocks Sweden

E418Peregrines on the cathedrals Belgium

E503Peregrines on the power stations Netherlands

E1174Peregrines on the sandstone Czechia

E051Peregrines on the sea cliffs Ireland

E644Peregrines over the calanques France

E649Perseid meteors over the causse France

E242Perseid meteors over the fens Belgium

E092Perseids over Kerry Ireland

E951Picos alpine flora Spain

E954Picos dark skies Spain

E517Pied avocet chicks on the flats Netherlands

E824Pike and perch in the reeds Italy

E135Pike and zander in the Loire France

E074Pike in the midland lakes Ireland

E322Pike in the reed edges Sweden

E405Pike in the Zealand lakes Denmark

E1356Pilot and sperm whales Spain

E1333Pin-tailed and black-bellied sandgrouse Spain

E898Pine and beech martens Spain

E542Pine grosbeak Sweden

E017Pine marten Ireland

E1114Pine marten Poland

E962Pine marten Portugal

E320Pine martens Sweden

E393Pine martens Denmark

E197Pine martens in the beechwoods Belgium

E122Pine martens in the forests France

E497Pine martens returning Netherlands

E501Pond bats in the Weerribben Netherlands

E875Poppies in the wheat Italy

E878Porcini after the rain Italy

E642Posidonia meadows France

E1103Pravčická brána Czechia

E1370Praying mantis Spain

E145Praying mantis France

E866Praying mantis Italy

E1186Praying mantis in Moravia Czechia

E619Praying mantis in the grass France

E1021Praying mantis on the Douro Portugal

E1051Praying mantis on the Kaiserstuhl Germany

E1244Primeval beech of the Poloniny Slovakia

E626Przewalski’s horses at Le Villaret France

E146Pré-salé lambs on the salt marsh France

E277Ptarmigan on the fell Norway

E007Puffins on the Skelligs Ireland

E206Purple emperor in the Ardennes Belgium

E493Purple emperor in the oakwoods Germany

E098Purple herons in the Brière France

E515Purple herons in the marsh Netherlands

E835Purple herons in the reed Italy

E298Purple saxifrage on bare rock Norway

E1352Purple swamphen Spain

E1400Purple swamphen Portugal

E1122Pygmy and Tengmalm’s owls Poland

E1294Pygmy and Tengmalm’s owls Slovakia

E833Pygmy cormorant Italy

E1034Pygmy owl Germany

E311Pygmy owl Sweden

E683Pygmy owl Switzerland

E893Pyrenean desman Spain

E1185Pálava steppe flora Czechia

E031Pêche à pied at low spring France

E1113Raccoon dog Poland

E1045Raised bog and sundew Germany

E1385Raptor migration at Tarifa Spain

E784Ravens over the Grossglockner Austria

E718Ravens over the passes Switzerland

E1270Red and black kites Czechia

E911Red and black kites Spain

E1195Red and roe deer Czechia

E523Red deer in Skåne Sweden

E809Red deer in the Aosta valley Italy

E899Red deer in the Cantabrian woods Spain

E628Red deer in the Cévennes France

E660Red deer in the Engadine Switzerland

E118Red deer in the Loire forests France

E1041Red deer of the Black Forest Germany

E1235Red deer of the Carpathians Slovakia

E1319Red deer of the dehesa Spain

E1109Red deer of the primeval forest Poland

E730Red deer of the Tauern Austria

E558Red deer on the west coast Norway

E063Red fox Ireland

E458Red foxes Germany

E526Red foxes Sweden

E410Red foxes in the suburbs Belgium

E245Red foxes on the dunes Netherlands

E559Red foxes on the fell Norway

E059Red grouse on the bog Ireland

E106Red kites France

E366Red kites over Jutland Denmark

E857Red kites over the Apennines Italy

E466Red kites over the Eifel Germany

E201Red kites over the Famenne Belgium

E1082Red kites over the Franconian farmland Germany

E1006Red kites over the Minho Portugal

E060Red squirrels Ireland

E1015Red squirrels Portugal

E1098Red squirrels Germany

E1158Red squirrels Poland

E1197Red squirrels Czechia

E1263Red squirrels Slovakia

E391Red squirrels Denmark

E412Red squirrels Belgium

E498Red squirrels Netherlands

E529Red squirrels Sweden

E740Red squirrels Austria

E903Red squirrels Spain

E663Red squirrels in the larch Switzerland

E270Red squirrels in the pine Norway

E228Red squirrels in the Rhine woods Germany

E1188Red-backed shrikes Czechia

E1299Red-backed shrikes Slovakia

E476Red-backed shrikes Germany

E669Red-billed choughs Switzerland

E917Red-billed choughs Spain

E968Red-billed choughs Portugal

E1120Red-breasted flycatcher Poland

E1055Red-crested pochards on the Bodensee Germany

E1249Red-footed falcons Slovakia

E1343Red-necked nightjar Spain

E1407Red-necked nightjar Portugal

E576Red-throated divers on the lochans Norway

E543Redwings and fieldfares breeding Sweden

E271Reindeer herds of the Sami Norway

E301Reindeer lichen underfoot Norway

E525Reindeer of the Sámi Sweden

E354Reindeer on the road Norway

E219Rhine barbel and chub Germany

E217Rhine cormorants Germany

E162Rhine Gorge peregrines Germany

E221Rhine slopes in autumn Germany

E747Ring ouzels Austria

E1038Ring ouzels above the treeline Germany

E281Ring ouzels above the treeline Norway

E675Ring ouzels above the treeline Switzerland

E1180Ring ouzels and water pipits Czechia

E549Ringed seals in the Bothnian Bay Sweden

E919Rock bunting Spain

E681Rock partridge Switzerland

E1068Rock ptarmigan Germany

E677Rock ptarmigan Switzerland

E728Rock ptarmigan Austria

E802Rock ptarmigan Italy

E090Rockpool life at low spring Ireland

E192Rockpooling on the Delta works Netherlands

E731Roe deer Austria

E810Roe deer Italy

E117Roe deer at the field edge France

E1042Roe deer at the forest edge Germany

E454Roe deer at the forest edge Germany

E184Roe deer at the wood edge Netherlands

E661Roe deer at the wood edge Switzerland

E900Roe deer at the wood edge Spain

E522Roe deer everywhere Sweden

E408Roe deer in the Famenne Belgium

E957Roe deer in the Gerês oakwoods Portugal

E557Roe deer in the south Norway

E342Roe deer on the field edge Denmark

E1147Rosalia longhorn beetle Poland

E1259Rosalia longhorn beetle Slovakia

E702Rosalia longhorn beetle Switzerland

E768Rosalia longhorn beetle Austria

E819Rosalia longhorn beetle Italy

E944Rosalia longhorn beetle Spain

E042Roseate terns on Rockabill Ireland

E536Rough-legged buzzards Sweden

E569Rough-legged buzzards on the fell Norway

E344Rubjerg Knude migrating dune Denmark

E169Ruff in spring plumage Netherlands

E1126Ruff lekking on the marsh Poland

E381Ruff lekking on the marsh Denmark

E273Runde gannets Norway

E272Runde puffins Norway

E1382Río Tinto Spain

E1395Sagres raptor migration Portugal

E1221Saker falcon Slovakia

E551Salmon in the northern rivers Sweden

E1424Salt pans of Castro Marim Portugal

E255Samphire on the tidal flats Netherlands

E1256Sand and green lizards Slovakia

E1145Sand lizards Poland

E185Sand lizards in the dunes Netherlands

E519Sand lizards in the dunes Netherlands

E397Sand lizards on the dune heath Denmark

E333Sand lizards on the heath Sweden

E486Sand lizards on the terraces Germany

E239Sand martins in the river banks Germany

E1209Sandstone rock towers Czechia

E844Sandwich and little terns Italy

E095Sandwich terns France

E384Sandwich terns Denmark

E440Sandwich terns off the coast Belgium

E975Sardines off the coast Portugal

E1426Sardines on the charcoal Portugal

E609Sardinian warbler France

E513Savi’s and grasshopper warblers Netherlands

E766Scarce and clouded apollos Austria

E1149Scarce fritillary Poland

E554Scarce heath and cranberry fritillary Sweden

E138Scarce swallowtail France

E232Scarce swallowtail Germany

E623Scarce swallowtail France

E868Scarce swallowtail Italy

E934Schreiber’s green lizard Spain

E1002Scops owl calling Portugal

E1346Scops owl calling Spain

E607Scops owl calling France

E853Scops owl calling Italy

E153Sea aster on the salt marsh France

E254Sea aster on the salt marsh Netherlands

E134Sea bass off the headlands France

E189Sea buckthorn on the dunes Netherlands

E568Sea eagles at the nest Norway

E149Sea holly on the dunes France

E976Sea lamprey in the Minho Portugal

E599Sea lavender on the salt flats France

E348Sea trout from the coast Denmark

E291Sea trout on the fjord shore Norway

E072Sea trout on the Kerry rivers Ireland

E926Sea trout on the northern rivers Spain

E849Seahorses in the lagoon Italy

E600Seahorses in the Étang de Thau France

E210Semois valley mists Belgium

E937Seoane’s viper Spain

E983Seoane’s viper Portugal

E019Sept-Îles gannets France

E020Sept-Îles puffins France

E987Serra da Estrela dogs Portugal

E003Shannon dolphins Ireland

E1418Sharp-ribbed newt Portugal

E941Sharp-ribbed newt Spain

E1252Sheep on the salaš Slovakia

E1005Short-toed snake eagle Portugal

E603Short-toed snake eagle France

E856Short-toed snake eagle Italy

E910Short-toed snake eagle Spain

E422Short-toed treecreepers Belgium

E1372Sierra Nevada endemics Spain

E1315Sierra Nevada ibex Spain

E1383Sierra Nevada snow Spain

E065Sika deer in Wicklow Ireland

E079Six-spot burnet moth Ireland

E336Skagen raptor migration Denmark

E002Skellig gannets Ireland

E058Skylarks over the machair Ireland

E547Slavonian grebes displaying Sweden

E593Slender-billed gulls France

E1243Slovak Paradise gorges Slovakia

E445Slow-worms in the garden edges Belgium

E399Smooth snake Denmark

E520Smooth snakes on the heath Netherlands

E280Snow buntings on the tops Norway

E295Snow on the high passes Norway

E671Snowfinch Switzerland

E746Snowfinch Austria

E806Snowfinch Italy

E258Sort Sol — the black sun Denmark

E1024Spanish festoon Portugal

E1369Spanish festoon Spain

E621Spanish festoon France

E1373Spanish fir — the pinsapo Spain

E1310Spanish imperial eagle Spain

E943Spanish moon moth Spain

E1363Spanish pond turtle Spain

E1342Spectacled and Dartford warblers Spain

E863Spectacled salamander Italy

E1359Spiny-footed lizard Spain

E514Spoonbills at Texel Netherlands

E436Spoonbills at the Zwin Belgium

E1399Spoonbills in the Ria Formosa Portugal

E166Spoonbills on the delta Netherlands

E097Spoonbills on the Loire estuary France

E1128Spotted crake and little crake Poland

E1040Spotted nutcracker Germany

E670Spotted nutcracker Switzerland

E801Spotted nutcracker Italy

E518Spotted redshank in eclipse Netherlands

E704Spring and trumpet gentians Switzerland

E590Squacco heron France

E836Squacco heron Italy

E143Stag beetles France

E452Stag beetles in the oakwoods Belgium

E867Stag beetles in the oakwoods Italy

E091Starling murmurations Ireland

E158Starling murmurations France

E240Starling murmurations over the reed Netherlands

E1334Stone curlew Spain

E710Stone pine woodland Switzerland

E056Stonechats on the gorse Ireland

E352Storks at Ribe Denmark

E1253Storks on the poles Slovakia

E1215Storks on the village chimneys Czechia

E040Storm petrels of the Skelligs Ireland

E932Storm petrels off the Ciés Spain

E638Striped and bottlenose dolphins France

E845Striped and bottlenose dolphins Italy

E610Subalpine warbler France

E874Sunflower fields Italy

E1308Swallowtail and scarce swallowtail Slovakia

E1288Swallowtail butterflies Czechia

E137Swallowtail butterflies France

E406Swallowtail butterflies Denmark

E231Swallowtails on the terraces Germany

E319Swedish beavers Sweden

E305Swedish moose Sweden

E787Swiss National Park red deer rut Switzerland

E1381Tabernas badlands Spain

E1153Tatra alpine flora Poland

E1245Tatra alpine flora Slovakia

E1101Tatra chamois Slovakia

E1134Tatra marmots Poland

E1219Tatra marmots Slovakia

E1273Tawny and long-eared owls Czechia

E1293Tawny and long-eared owls Slovakia

E471Tawny owls in the beech Germany

E109Tawny owls in the beechwoods France

E371Tawny owls in the beechwoods Denmark

E249Tawny owls in the estate woods Belgium

E1000Tawny owls in the souto Portugal

E1115Ten woodpecker species Poland

E725Tengmalm’s and pygmy owls Austria

E1035Tengmalm’s owl Germany

E537Tengmalm’s owl Sweden

E682Tengmalm’s owl Switzerland

E601Thau oyster tables France

E655The Aletsch glacier Switzerland

E1029The bark beetle forest Germany

E1078The Danube Gorge at Weltenburg Germany

E791The Dolomite fossil reef Italy

E1183The Macocha abyss Czechia

E817The Marmolada glacier Italy

E261The midnight sun and the aurora Norway

E1378The olive sea of Jaén Spain

E1100The primeval forest Poland

E1060The Rhine Falls Germany

E1088The treetop walk Germany

E035The vendange France

E647The vendange in the Rhône France

E880The vendemmia Italy

E989The vindima Portugal

E1340Thekla and calandra larks Spain

E1036Three-toed woodpecker Germany

E1117Three-toed woodpecker Poland

E1179Three-toed woodpecker Czechia

E1228Three-toed woodpecker Slovakia

E312Three-toed woodpecker Sweden

E685Three-toed woodpecker Switzerland

E749Three-toed woodpecker Austria

E489Tree frogs calling Germany

E521Tree frogs in the Achterhoek Netherlands

E190Tulip fields in bloom Netherlands

E1023Two-tailed pasha Portugal

E1368Two-tailed pasha Spain

E620Two-tailed pasha France

E869Two-tailed pasha Italy

E946Two-tailed pasha Spain

E1121Ural owls Poland

E1223Ural owls Slovakia

E310Ural owls Sweden

E723Ural owls Austria

E1176Ural owls in the Šumava Czechia

E1084Ural owls, reintroduced Germany

E1087Urwald — the primeval remnants Germany

E713Valais blacknose sheep Switzerland

E631Ventoux alpine flora France

E220Vineyard grape harvest Germany

E1210Vineyard harvest in Moravia Czechia

E990Vinho verde vines Portugal

E694Viviparous lizard Switzerland

E161Wadden Sea seals Netherlands

E335Wadden Sea seals at Ribe Denmark

E193Wadden waders at high tide Netherlands

E1404Waders of the Ria Formosa Portugal

E127Wall lizards France

E617Wall lizards everywhere France

E213Wall lizards on the vineyard terraces Germany

E667Wallcreeper Switzerland

E1135Wallcreeper in the Tatras Poland

E1229Wallcreeper on the karst Slovakia

E1067Wallcreeper on the limestone Germany

E743Wallcreeper on the limestone Austria

E915Wallcreeper on the Picos walls Spain

E800Wallcreeper on the walls Italy

E152Water lilies in the Brière France

E673Water pipits on the pasture Switzerland

E541Waxwings in a good winter Sweden

E491Wels catfish Germany

E1364Western spadefoot toad Spain

E618Western spadefoot toad France

E128Western whip snake France

E886Whales of the Bay of Biscay Spain

E592Whiskered terns over the marsh France

E1081White storks in Franconia Germany

E973White storks on the chimneys Portugal

E1347White storks on the dehesa Spain

E173White storks on the nest Netherlands

E1129White storks on the poles Poland

E923White storks on the towers Spain

E481White storks on the village roofs Germany

E879White truffles of Alba Italy

E1086White-backed woodpecker Germany

E1116White-backed woodpecker Poland

E1227White-backed woodpecker Slovakia

E750White-backed woodpecker Austria

E913White-backed woodpecker Spain

E566White-beaked dolphins offshore Norway

E1350White-headed duck Spain

E1344White-rumped swift Spain

E1131White-tailed eagles Poland

E260White-tailed eagles Norway

E050White-tailed eagles at Killarney Ireland

E179White-tailed eagles at Oostvaardersplassen Netherlands

E1172White-tailed eagles at Třeboň Czechia

E534White-tailed eagles on the Baltic Sweden

E1074White-tailed eagles on the Danube Germany

E045Whooper swans Ireland

E546Whooper swans breeding Sweden

E378Whooper swans on the fjords Denmark

E315Whooper swans on the lakes Sweden

E1265Whooper swans on the Masurian lakes Poland

E1110Wild boar Poland

E119Wild boar France

E1196Wild boar Czechia

E1237Wild boar Slovakia

E1320Wild boar Spain

E629Wild boar France

E901Wild boar Spain

E958Wild boar Portugal

E850Wild boar in the Chianti Italy

E732Wild boar in the lowlands Austria

E1043Wild boar in the oakwoods Germany

E417Wild boar of the Hertogenwald Belgium

E182Wild boar of the Veluwe Netherlands

E495Wild boar on the Veluwe roads Netherlands

E532Wild boar spreading north Sweden

E224Wild cats of the Eifel Germany

E205Wild daffodils of the Eifel valleys Belgium

E360Wild horses at Langeland Denmark

E994Wild orchids in Gerês Portugal

E634Wild orchids of the garrigue France

E876Wild orchids on the limestone Italy

E151Wild orchids on the tuffeau France

E632Wild thyme and rosemary France

E463Wildcats returning to the Eifel Germany

E540Willow and Siberian tits Sweden

E238Wine-slope orchids Germany

E1166Wisent tracks in snow Poland

E264Wolverine Norway

E735Wolves crossing the border Austria

E811Wolves in the Apennines Italy

E304Wolves in the Bergslagen Sweden

E1105Wolves of Białowieża Poland

E1083Wolves of the Bavarian Forest Germany

E1217Wolves of the Carpathians Slovakia

E659Wolves returning Switzerland

E611Woodchat shrike France

E428Woodlarks on the heath Belgium

E474Wryneck Germany

E215Yellow-bellied toad Germany

E759Yellow-bellied toad Austria

E933Yellow-legged gulls of the Ciés Spain

E490Zander in the Rhine Germany

E553Zander in the southern lakes Sweden

E775Zirbenwald — stone pine forest Austria

E859Zitting cisticola Italy

E1030Zugspitze and its glacier Germany

E208Zwin storks and spoonbills Belgium

E021Étretat cliff seabirds France

E1212Šumava dark skies Czechia

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