Espen Bergersen / Male King eiders (Somateria spectabilis) three taking-off from water. Batsfjord, Norway, March.

Marie Read / Canada goose (Branta canadensis) adult swimming leading five goslings, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Graham Eaton / Male Mallard {Anas platyrhynchos} swimming on water, split level view, Wales, UK, 2006

Matthew Maran / Mute swans (Cygnus olor) Highgate Ponds, Hampstead Heath, London, UK, February.

Roy Mangersnes / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) resting, Estonia, February

Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Mute swan {Cygnus olor} on water with reflection, Shapwick Heath (Somerset Wildlife Trust) Nature Reserve, Somerset Levels, Somerset, UK. March

Andy Rouse / Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) male on lake, UK, April.

Peter Cairns / Greylag Goose (Anser anser) in pouring rain, Cairngorms NP, Higlands, Scotland, UK, May

Ben Cranke / King Eider (Somateria spectabillis) male swimming in Batsfjord Norway, February.

Ben Hall / Mute swan (Cygnus olor) stretching its wings backlit at dawn, Poynton, Cheshire, UK, December. Highly honoured in the Bird Category of the Windland Awards of Natures Best Photography Competition 2016...

Graham Eaton / Gadwall (Anas strepera) drying its wings, London Wetland Centre, UK, August

Sergey Gorshkov / Snow geese (Chen caerulescens caerulescens) flying in habitat, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, May.