Introduction iv How to use this book ix January 1 Into the trees Bialowieza Forest, Poland, for European bison, Eurasian beaver, black and three-toed woodpeckers, northern long-tailed tit 2 Hundreds and thousands Extremadura, Spain, for common crane, great bustard, Iberian imperial eagle, red deer, otter 3 Big mouth strikes again Kake Kerkini, Greece, for Dalmatian pelican, greater spotted eagle, lesser white-fronted goose, sombre tit, rock nuthatch 4 Mid-Atlantic Europe Azores, Portugal, for Azores bullfi nch, Atlantic canary, vagrant American birds, sperm whale, short-beaked common dolphin February 5 Wild goose chase Black Sea, Bulgaria, for red-breasted goose, white-fronted goose, Yelkouan shearwater, pygmy cormorant, golden jackal 6 The lynx effect Sierra de Andujar, Spain, for Iberian lynx, mouflon, Schreiber's bat, European free-tailed bat, stripeless tree frog 7 Blind love and headless chickens Canary Islands, Spain, for houbara bustard, cream-coloured courser, monarch, blind squat lobster, east Canary gecko 8 Snow? Go! Latvia for Ural owl, pygmy owl, white-backed woodpecker, three-toed woodpecker, raccoon dog March 9 Parrots of the Arctic Lapland, Finland, for Siberian jay, Siberian tit, pine grosbeak, red squirrel, aurora borealis 10 Lynxed in Estonia for Eurasian lynx, Eurasian elk, hazel grouse, pygmy owl, three-toed woodpecker 11 Northern delights Varangerfjord, Norway, for Steller's eider, king eider, gyrfalcon, Brunnich's guillemot, hawk owl 12 Giant transformers, phantom farters Alentejo, Portugal, for great bustard, little bustard, black-bellied sandgrouse, Montagu's harrier, calandra lark 13 Costa del Chameleon Malaga, Spain, for Spanish ibex, Mediterranean chameleon, mirror orchid, black wheatear, conehead mantis April 14 Going underground Sardinia, Italy, for Supramonte cave salamander, imperial cave salamander, European leaf-toed gecko, lesser horseshoe bat, sawfly orchid 15 King of the gods - and orchids Crete, Greece, for bory's orchid, Cretan orchid, snake's-head iris, dragon arum, Balkan terrapin 16 Hide and seek Corsica, France, for Corsican nuthatch, Corsican finch, Marmora's warbler, Corsican fire salamander, Corsican crocus 17 Berlin's dark grail Berlin, Germany, for goshawk, great bustard, mandarin, wild boar, northern raccoon May 18 Delta force Danube delta, Romania, for white pelican, ferruginous duck, Pallas's gull, dice snake, steppe runner 19 Estonian nightlife Estonia for Siberian flying squirrel, brown bear, raccoon dog, pine marten, capercaillie 20 Lesser is lovelier Extremadura, Spain, for lesser kestrel, white-rumped swift, European roller, Spanish terrapin, Schreiber's green lizard 21 Melting pot the Burren, Ireland, for dense-flowered orchid, mountain avens, spring gentian, large-flowered butterwort, transparent burnet 22 City-break falcons Matera, Italy, for lesser kestrel, lanner falcon, Egyptian vulture June 23 Nimble as a mountain goat Gran Paradiso, Italy, for Alpine ibex, Alpine chamois, Alpine marmot, owly sulphur, nine-spotted 24 Perfect blues Iceland for blue whale, humpback whale, harlequin duck, barrow's goldeneye, red-necked phalarope 25 Tisza, in bloom Hungary for long-tailed mayfly, southern festoon, red-footed falcon, European pond terrapin, common tree frog 26 Lakeland La Brenne, France, for lilypad whiteface, yellow-spotted emerald, brenne marsh-orchid, whiskered tern, viperine snake July 27 Ultimate meat-eaters Finland for wolverine, grey wolf, brown bear 28 Top of the world Pyrenees, Spain, for lammergeier, Alpine marmot, Pyrenean rock lizard, Pyrenean brook newt, Pyrenean saxifrage 29 Angel of the north Svalbard, Norway, for Arctic fox, bearded seal, walrus, ivory gull, little auk 30 Butterfl y nirvana Picos de Europa, Spain, for Apollo, dusky large blue, split-eyed owl-fly, wallcreeper, snow vole 31 Strong as an ox Norway for musk ox, Eurasian elk, reindeer, Norway lemming, bluethroat August 32 Moby-Dick under the midnight sun Norway for sperm whale, long-finned pilot whale, harbour seal, white-tailed eagle, Atlantic puffin 33 Zino moonwalk Madeira, Portugal, for Zino's petrel, Madeiran firecrest, bryde's whale, Madeiran pipistrelle, Madeiran wall lizard 34 UEbercute Vienna, Austria, for black-bellied hamster, European souslik, particoloured bat, moustached darter, banded darter 35 Bounteous Biscay Bay of Biscay, France/Spain, for Cuvier's beaked whale, fi n whale, basking shark, ocean sunfish, Macaronesian shearwater 36 The bear necessities Somiedo, Spain, for Cantabrian brown bear, wildcat, Iberian grey wolf, Pyrenean chamois, Spanish ibex September 37 Rock and a hard place Spain and Gibraltar for barbary macaque, striped dolphin, honey buzzard, northern bald ibis, two-tailed pasha 38 Et tu, Abruzzo? Abruzzo, Italy, for Abruzzo chamois, Apennine grey wolf, Marsican brown bear, white-backed woodpecker, rock partridge 39 The Great South Road Falsterbo, Sweden, for visible migration of numerous raptors and landbirds 40 The cave with the dragon babies Slovenia and Italy for olm, nose-horned viper, brown bear, European cave spider, autumn lady's-tresses October 41 Go west Algarve, Portugal, for Balearic shearwater, Cory's shearwater, Wilson's storm-petrel, booted eagle, crimson speckled 42 Bloomin' marvellous Crete, Greece, for autumn buttercup, sea daffodil, Greek cyclamen, Cretan wild goat, ocellated skink 43 The water in Mallorca Mallorca, Spain, for Eleonora's falcon, Balearic warbler, marbled duck, violet dropwing, Ibiza wall lizard 44 Keep calm and carrion Spain for griff on vulture, glossy ibis, purple swamphen, Audouin's gull, slender-billed gull November 45 Blue-sky finching Canary Islands, Spain, for short-finned pilot whale, Tenerife blue chaffinch, white-tailed laurel pigeon, Atlantic canary, Teide viper's-bugloss 46 The greyhound of the sea Ireland for fin whale, humpback whale, short-beaked common dolphin, common bottlenose dolphin, Atlantic grey seal 47 Formosa: the Algarve in autumn Algarve, Portugal, for European fiddler crab, Audouin's gull, Iberian water frog, Mediterranean chameleon, Moorish gecko 48 Parliament of owls Serbia for long-eared owl, short-eared owl, great grey shrike, hawfinch December 49 Swimming free, in black and white Norway for orca, humpback whale, aurora borealis 50 Rewilding from A(nser) to B(ranta) Netherlands for lesser white-fronted goose, tundra bean goose, barnacle goose, smew, white-tailed eagle 51 Murmurazione? Rome, Italy, for European starling roost, blue rock thrush, red squirrel, European free-tailed bat 52 La vie en rose Camargue, France, for greater flamingo, greater spotted eagle, eagle owl, wallcreeper, coypu Further information Index of sites Index of advertisers Index of wildlife targets
