Alan Williams / Common teal (Anas crecca) flock in flight, Martin Mere WWT reserve, Lancashire, UK, October

Alan Williams / Common teal (Anas crecca) male walking on ice, Martin Mere WWT, Lancashire, UK, February

Andrew Parkinson / Female Common teal (Anas crecca) on the fringes of a shallow coastal lagoon, Norfolk, UK, January

Andrew Parkinson / Male Common teal (Anas crecca) on a shallow coastal lagoon, Norfolk, UK, January

Andrew Parkinson / Male Common teal (Anas crecca) portrait, Norfolk, UK, January

Steve Knell / Common teal (Anas crecca) male stood in shallow water, Norfolk, January

Steve Knell / Common teal (Anas crecca) female stood in shallow water, Norfolk, England, January

Steve Knell / Common teal (Anas crecca) male stood in shallow water, Norfolk, January

Gary K. Smith / Common teal (Anas crecca) male, wing strecting on river bank, North Norfolk, UK, October

Gary K. Smith / Common teal (Anas crecca) male on coastal lagoon, North Norfolk, UK, October

Gary K. Smith / Common teal (Anas crecca) male, preening in coastal lagoon, North Norfolk, UK, October

Gary K. Smith / Common teal (Anas crecca) male, in coastal lagoon, North Norfolk, UK, October

Gary K. Smith / Common teal (Anas crecca) male, diving for food on coastal lagoon, North Norfolk, UK, October

Gary K. Smith / Common teal {Anas crecca} male birds in flight over freshwater scrape, Norfolk, UK, December

Donald M. Jones / Common Teal (Anas crecca) female on lake, western Montana

Scott Leslie / Common Teal (Anas crecca) juvenile group, Belleisle Marsh, Nova Scotia, Canada

Andrew Parkinson / Common teal {Anas crecca} flock in flight over water, Yorkshire, UK

Jorma Luhta / Common teal {Anas crecca} male on water, Finland

Gary K. Smith / Common Teal (Anas crecca) male feeding at coastal pool on the saltings, Norfolk, England, UK, February

David Kjaer / Common teal (Anas crecca) males in flight over water, Gloucestershire, UK

David Kjaer / Mixed flock of Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) and Dunlin (Calidris alpina) in flight over marsh with Teal (Anas crecca) and Wigeon (Anas penelope), Gloucestershire, UK

David Kjaer / Flock of Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) roosting together with a few Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) and Teal (Anas crecca) Gloucestershire, UK

Paul Hobson / Common teal {Anas crecca} male on water, Gloucestershire, UK

Graham Eaton / Teal (Anas crecca) UK

Steve Knell / Common teal duck {Anas crecca} male flapping wings on water, UK 2006

Rolf Nussbaumer / Male Common Teal (Anas crecca) Unterlunkhofen, Switzerland. December 1998

Rolf Nussbaumer / Male CommonTeal (Anas crecca), Unterlunkhofen, Switzerland. December 1998

Rolf Nussbaumer / Female CommonTeal (Anas crecca) Unterlunkhofen, Switzerland. December 1998

David Kjaer / Male (Drake) Common Teal (Anas crecca) Gloucestershire UK

David Kjaer / Male (drake) Common Teal (Anas crecca) calling, Gloucestershire UK

David Kjaer / Male (drake) Common Teal (Anas crecca) Gloucestershire UK

David Kjaer / Male (drake) Common teal (Anas crecca) in water, Gloucestershire UK

David Kjaer / Male (drake) Common Teal (Anas crecca) dabbling, Gloucestershire UK

David Kjaer / Male (left) and female Common Teal (Anas crecca) with other sleeping ducks behind, Gloucestershire UK

Mike Potts / Common Teal {Anas crecca} drake in saltwater creek, Lavan Sands, Gwynedd, North Wales, UK.

George McCarthy / Common teal {Anas crecca} male, Norfolk, UK

Niall Benvie / Female Common teal duck (Anas crecca) resting on the shore of a tidal lagoon, winter, Montrose, Scotland

Niall Benvie / Male Common teal duck (Anas crecca) resting on the shore of a tidal lagoon, winter, Montrose, Scotland

Chris Gomersall / Common teal duck (Anas crecca) drake dabbling, Norfolk, UK

Chris Gomersall / Common teal duck (Anas crecca) drake swimming, Norfolk, UK

Gary Smith / Male CommonTeal {Anas crecca} profile, north Norfolk, UK.

WILLIAM OSBORN / Common teal {Anas crecca} male at edge of pond. England, U

DAVID TIPLING / Common teal grazing {Anas crecca} male Hornborga, Sweden

Chris Gomersall / Common teal male {Anas crecca} Norfolk, UK

WILLIAM OSBORN / Common teal at pond margin (Anas crecca) UK

Luke Massey / 2020VISION / Male Common teal (Anas crecca crecca), Dorset, England, UK, October

Robin Chittenden / Female Teal (Anas crecca) Salthouse, Norfolk, England, December

Robin Chittenden / Teal (Anas crecca) drake, Salthouse, Norfolk, England, November

Mike Read / Common teal (Anas crecca) female swimming in shallow water, Catcott Lows, Somerset, England, February

Mike Read / Common teal (Anas crecca) male, Radipole Lake RSPB Reserve, Weymouth, Dorset, March

Peter Lewis / Common teal (Anas crecca) stretching its wings, Titchfield Haven Nature Reserve, Hampshire, England.

Peter Lewis / Male Common teal (Anas crecca), Titchfield Haven Nature Reserve, Hampshire, England.

Peter Lewis / Common teal (Anas crecca) stretching wings, Titchfield Haven, Hampshire.

Peter Lewis / Common teal (Anas crecca) feeding among reeds in Hampshire, England, UK.

Paul Hobson / Common teal {Anas crecca} Norfolk England

Mike Read / Common teal {Anas crecca} Avon Hampshire UK