Europe's wild wonders

A female Great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) on hogweed in snow, Oulu, Finland, February 2009. Photograph: Wild Wonders of Europe/Sven Začek/Nature Picture LibraryWild Wonders of Europe Photograph: Wild Wonders of Europe/Sven Zacek/guardian.co.uk Two Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) face to face, Dovre-Sunndalsfjella national park, Norway, February 2009. Photograph: Wild Wonders of Europe/Vincent Munier/Nature Picture Library Photograph: Wild Wonders of Europe/Vincent Munier/guardian.co.uk Horsehair parachute mushrooms (Marasmius androsacaceus) Belarus, June 2009. Photograph: Wild Wonders of Europe/Máté/PNature Picture Library Photograph: Wild Wonders of Europe/Máté/guardian.co.uk A peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) chick at La Sagrada Família cathedral, Barcelona, Spain, April 2009. Photograph: Wild Wonders of Europe/Laurent Geslin/Nature Picture Library Photograph: Wild Wonders of Europe/Laurent Geslin/guardian.co.uk Lava erupting from Stromboli volcano, Aeolian islands, Italy, May 2009. Photograph: Wild Wonders of Europe/Olivier Grunewald/Nature Picture Library Photograph: Wild Wonders of Europe/Olivier Grunewald/guardian.co.uk Looking down on a chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra) walking through deep snow, Gran Paradiso national park, Italy, November 2008. Photograph: Wild Wonders of Europe/E Haarberg/Nature Picture Library Photograph: Wild Wonders of Europe/E Haarberg/guardian.co.uk A snail crawls across some garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) leaves, Hallerbos, Belgium, April 2009. Photograph: Wild Wonders of Europe/Maurizio Biancarelli/Nature Picture Library Photograph: Wild Wonders of Europe/Maurizio Biancarelli/guardian.co.uk Pieces of ice caught in a whirlpool in the Kitkajoki river, Kuusamo, Oulanka national park, Finland. Photograph: Wild Wonders of Europe/Sven Zacek/Nature Picture Library Photograph: Wild Wonders of Europe/Sven Zacek/guardian.co.uk