Animals And Plants Of The Fichtelgebirge

Photos by Heinz Spath, Marktleuthen (Bavaria, Germany)


Newly Lynx are living again in the Fichtelgebirge as they did in past. Here you can see a female lynx and a young one.
Lynx, Female
Young Lynx

Kingfisher at the river Eger
Black Stork
Black Stork
At the banks of the river "Eger" there are living Kingfishers (Alcedo atthis). Contrary to the white stork the Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) builds his nest on trees in lonesome woods.

Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)

Young Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)

Adult Young With prey Bank Vole
(Clethrionomys glareolus)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) with Bank Vole (Clethrionomys glareolus)

Young Long-Eared Owls (Asio otus)
Young Eagle Owls
Young Eagle Owls
Young Long-Eared Owls (Asio otus) ... ...and young Eagle Owls (Bubo bubo)

Boreal Owl / Tengmalm's Owl (Aegolius funereus)

A Boreal Owl / Tengmalm's Owl (Aegolius funereus) looks out of its hole.
Tengmalm's Owl (Aegolius funereus) with Garden Dormouse (Eliomys quercinus)
Boreal Owl / Tengmalm's Owl (Aegolius funereus)

Prey:

 Garden Dormouse (Eliomys quercinus)

Dunnock (Prunella modularis) 
Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus) with Dunnock (Prunella modularis)

Tengmalm's Owls
Young Tengmalm's Owls
Hazelhen / Hazel Grouse (Tetrastes bonasia)
Young Tengmalm's Owls ... ...and a Hazelhen / Hazel Grouse (Tetrastes bonasia).

Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)

Little Ringed Plover at the river Eger...
(Charadrius dubius)
...and a Hawfinch
(Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)

Siskin (Carduelis spinus)

The Siskin (Carduelis spinus)
eats seed of spruces, too.
Robin, Redbreast (Erithacus rubecula)
Robin, Redbreast (Erithacus rubecula)
Crested Tit (Parus cristatus)

Robin, Redbreast
(Erithacus rubecula)
Crested Tit
(Parus cristatus)

Beech-Forest
Beech-Forest
on the Buchberg
(Beech-Mountain)
near
Marktleuthen
Buchberg (beech-mountain)

At the "Neudorfer Fels"
Toadstoos, Fly Agarics (Amanita muscaria)

Toadstoos, Fly Agarics (Amanita muscaria)

Nature Photography
North-East Bavaria
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