Bernard Castelein / Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) female with chicks walking up beach from water, Helgoland, Germany, May

Gabriel Rojo / Coscoroba swan with cygnets swimming on water {Coscoroba coscoroba} Patagonia, Argentina

TJ Rich / Day-old Canada gosling chick in nest {Branta canadensis} Wiltshire, UK

Steve Knell / Mute swan pair with chicks on water {Cygnus olor} UK

TJ Rich / Very young Mute swan cygnet {Cygnus olor} Dorset, England, UK, Europe

David Tipling / Falkland / Flightless steamer duck (Tachyeres brachypterus) female with ducklings in snow, Sea Lion Island, Falklands, November

John Cancalosi / Newly hatched Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) goslings in nest, New York, USA

John Cancalosi / Canada goose (Branta canadensis) on nest with hewly hatched chicks, New York, USA

John Cancalosi / Canada goose (Branta canadensis) on nest with newly hatched goslings, New York, USA

John Cancalosi / Canada goose (Branta canadensis) newly hatched goslings in nest, New York, USA

John Cancalosi / Canada goose (Branta canadensis) on nest with newly hatched gosling, New York, USA

John Cancalosi / Canada goose (Branta canadensis) next to nest with newly hatched chicks, New York, USA