Florian Möllers / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) adult portrait, captive, Vogelpark Marlow, Germany, May.

Sandra Bartocha / Corn Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) in flower amongst flowering Rapeseed (Brassica napus) crop, Muritz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, June

Sandra Bartocha / Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis) Stadtkreis Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, May

Sandra Bartocha / Woodland in spring, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, April

Sandra Bartocha / Dead Grass (Poaceae sp) stems arched over in winter snow, Neuendorf, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, December

Sandra Bartocha / Dark clouds, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, June

Sandra Bartocha / Common Hepatica (Anenome hepatica) flowers, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germay, April

Sandra Bartocha / Waves of Baltic Sea washing over and polishing coloured pebbles, Markgrafenheide, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, January

Sandra Bartocha / Vehicle tracks through a field of green barley, Jennyhof, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, May

Sandra Bartocha / Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla pratensis) silhouetted Landkreis Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, April

Sandra Bartocha / Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla pratensis) in Landkreis Demmin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, April

Sandra Bartocha / Japanese flowering cherry (Prunus serrulata) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, April

Sandra Bartocha / Sporangia of a moss, in Stadtkreis Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, March

Sandra Bartocha / Common Hepatica (Anenome hepatica) Stadtkreis Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, March

Sandra Bartocha / Common Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) in Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, March

Kerstin Hinze / Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) on frozen Baltic Sea, Zinnowitz beach, Usedom Island, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Holger Duty/ BIA / Common Crane (Grus grus) flock flying dangerously close to windmill, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Ralf Kistowski/ BIA / Common Crane (Grus grus) group flying at sunset, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Pal Hermansen / Coast with wooden groynes extending into sea, aerial view. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. May 2017.

Sandra Bartocha / Baltic Sea coast and coastal forest of European Beech (Fagus sylvatica), Ruegen, Germany, January.

Sandra Bartocha / European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest, with fallen tree at dusk Ruegen, Germany, January.

Sandra Bartocha / European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest in winter, Jasmund National Park, Ancient Beech forest UNESCO World Natural Heritage, Ruegen, Germany,

Sandra Bartocha / European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest in winter, Jasmund National Park, Ancient Beech forest UNESCO World Natural Heritage, Ruegen, Germany, December.

Sandra Bartocha / European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest in winter, Jasmund National Park, Ancient Beech forest UNESCO World Natural Heritage, Ruegen, Germany, December.

Sandra Bartocha / European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest in winter, Jasmund National Park, Ancient Beech forest UNESCO World Natural Heritage, Ruegen, Germany, December.

Sandra Bartocha / European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest, Jasmund National Park, Ancient Beech forest UNESCO World Natural Heritage, Ruegen, Germany,

Sandra Bartocha / European beech (Fagus sylvatica), Baltic Sea, Maerchenwald, Wittow, Ruegen, Germany

Sandra Bartocha / Small pasqueflower / pasque flower (Pulsatilla pratensis) backlit on beach at sunrise, Prora, Ruegen, Germany, May.

Sandra Bartocha / Small pasqueflower / Pasque flower (Pulsatilla pratensis) at the beach, Prora, Ruegen, Germany, May.

Sandra Bartocha / European beech (Fagus sylvatica) tree trunks with Cowslip (Primula veris) flowering, Maerchenwald, Wittow, Ruegen, Germany

Sandra Bartocha / European beech trees (Fagus sylvatica), Maerchenwald, Wittow, Ruegen, Germany

Sandra Bartocha / European beech trees (Fagus sylvatica), growing along coast of Baltic Sea, Maerchenwald, Wittow, Ruegen, Germany

Sandra Bartocha / European beechtrees (Fagus sylvatica), Maerchenwald, Wittow, Ruegen, Germany

Sandra Bartocha / European beech (Fagus sylvatica), Baltic Sea, Maerchenwald, Wittow, Ruegen, Germany

Sandra Bartocha / European beech (Fagus sylvatica), Baltic Sea, Maerchenwald, Wittow, Ruegen, Germany

Sandra Bartocha / Limestone coast along the Baltic Sea with European Beech (Fagus sylvatica)forest , Jasmund National Park, Ancient Beech forest UNESCO World Natural Heritage, Ruegen, Germany, May 2019.

Sandra Bartocha / Baltic Sea at twilight, Ruegen, Germany, May.

Sandra Bartocha / Oil seed rape (Brassica napus) field, Ruegen, Germany, May.

Sandra Bartocha / Limestone coast along the Baltic Sea with European Beech (Fagus sylvatica), Jasmund National Park, Ancient Beech forest UNESCO World Natural Heritage, Ruegen, Germany, May 2019.

Sandra Bartocha / Limestone coast along the Baltic Sea with European Beech (Fagus sylvatica), Jasmund National Park, Ancient Beech forest UNESCO World Natural Heritage, Ruegen, Germany, May 2019.

Sandra Bartocha / Small pasqueflower / Pasque flower (Pulsatilla pratensis) on the beach, Prora, Ruegen, Germany, May.

Sandra Bartocha / Small pasqueflower / Pasque flower (Pulsatilla pratensis) on the beach, Prora, Ruegen, Germany, May.

Sandra Bartocha / Limestone coast along the Baltic Sea with European Beech (Fagus sylvatica), Jasmund National Park, Ancient Beech forest UNESCO World Natural Heritage, Ruegen, Germany, May 2019.

Sandra Bartocha / Limestone coast along the Baltic Sea with European Beech (Fagus sylvatica), Jasmund National Park, Ancient Beech forest UNESCO World Natural Heritage, Ruegen, Germany, May 2019

Sandra Bartocha / European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest in winter, Jasmund National Park, Ancient Beech forest UNESCO World Natural Heritage, Ruegen, Germany, December.

Sandra Bartocha / European Beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest in winter, Jasmund National Park, Ancient Beech forest UNESCO World Natural Heritage, Ruegen, Germany, December.

Sandra Bartocha / European beech (Fagus sylvatica), Jasmund National Park, Ancient Beech forest UNESCO World Natural Heritage, Ruegen, Germany,

Sandra Bartocha / Countryside farmland landscape in Hinterland, Ruegen, Germany, May.