Photos from This Week in Wildlife (Guardian)
A red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) holds a nut in its mouth in a garden in Hanover, Germany.
Photograph: Julian Stratenschulte/Corbis
A field vole (Microtus agrestis) in an irrigation canal in Almazán, Castilla y León region, Spain. A rainy spring and a dry and hot summer have resulted in a high population of field voles in the region.
Photograph: Jorge Sanz/Demotix/Corbis
The bright orange landscape of the Namib desert with oryx antelope in the foreground in Soussusvlei, Namibia.
Photograph: Adalberto Mangini/Barcroft Media
A tarsier rests on a tree branch in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Each of its eyeballs is approximately 16mm in diameter and is as large as its entire brain, helping it to wait silently in the trees on the lookout for nutritious prey. Although the group was once more widespread, all the species living today are found in the islands of south-east Asia.
Photograph: Ronny Adolof Buol/Demotix/Corbis
Beaver, bison and eagles are among the species that have made a successful comeback in Europe over the past 50 years, according to a major survey published by a coalition of conservation groups.
Photograph: Stefano Unterthiner/Wild Wonders of Europe
Sparrows raid the bread basket on the terrace of a restaurant in Berlin, Germany.
Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters
