The twelve awarded photographs decorate the Euronatur-Calendar 2010 in large format and supreme printing quality. You can order the calendar now exclusively at the EuroNatur-Shop - it will be in stock from September 2009. 

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2nd price: Francesco Renzi

The Crested Tit is a common breeder in coniferous forests throughout Europe, searching the old, rotting wood or in lichens for small insects, spiders and seeds. It also stores food between the lichens for winter.

3rd price: Marc Steichen

In 1947, Muskoxen were reintroduced in Europe in the Norwegian National Park Dovrefjell. On this picture, you see a female with a young animal braving a snowstorm at minus twenty degrees in the Dovre Mountains. The name Muskox derives from the strong, musky odour emitted by males in their urine, to attract the females during mating season.

4th price: Andreas Held

Wild Tulips in a vineyard near Gau-Odernheim in Rhineland-Palatinate, the largest habitat of this protected plant species in Germany. While in earlier times you would frequently see it on natural glades and especially in vineyards, it is rarely found nowadays due to intense cultivation. 

5th price: Juan M. Hernández López

The Egyptian Vulture is one of four vulture species native to Europe and is mainly found in the mountains of southern Europe. Due to the decline in extensive pasture management, the use of pesticides, tightened hygienic regulations and the placing of poisoned baits, the population of this scavenger bird has decreased by more than half to about 3000 pairs.  

6th price: Holger Tange

The lowlands of the Lake Zotzen in the Müritz National Park form part of the large source area of the river Havel. Due to massive interference in the water balance on behalf of the agriculture and forestry since the 18^th century, the marshlands have nearly disappeared, except for a few remainders. Today, renaturation methods are carried out to recover parts of the bogs and fen. 

7th price: Christoph Leskovar

The picture of this European Green Toad was taken about 10 km north of Koblenz, while crossing the cracked ground shortly before nightfall. Being an eastern steppe species, this toad is used to adverse conditions like drought, heat and chill. It is mainly nocturnal and occasionally moves far away from open waters.

8th price: Pawel Bieniewski

This snap-shot of a random encounter between a Formica and a wasp is less likely to show a dear welcome, but rather a reciprocal "checking-out" to see whether the counterpart is an enemy or maybe a potential prey.

9th price: Willi Rolfes

Sundew is a carnivorous plant typically growing in bogs. It is specialized on catching insects. On this picture you can see a gorgeous deerfly that got stuck to the sticky secretions of the plant's tentacles. Sundew got its name because the glistening drops of mucilage at the tip of each tentacle resemble drops of morning dew.

10th price: Willi Rolfes

Cranes belong to the most popular migratory birds. Thanks to manifold protection measures, its population has been stabilized for the past two decades, however it has not yet completely recovered from the dramatic decline between 1970 and 1990.

11th price: Pavel Bace

The Golden Eagle was a common sight in Europe in earlier times. Due to targeted hunting, however, nowadays it can only be found in mountainous regions in many parts of Europe. Its only remaining breeding place in Germany is the Alps. The Golden Eagle mainly feeds on medium-sized mammals such as the marmot.

12th price: Josef Stefan

After abandoning the nest-tree, juvenile Little Owls are still fed by their parents for about five weeks, before they are fully fledged and start hunting mice. Due to intensive agriculture and the consequent loss of suitable tree holes, the Little Owl  has become a rare sight throughout Europe.