Ernie Janes / Four Ducklings in shed, UK

Andrew Walmsley / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos) ducklings following mother, Kaikoura, New Zealand, November

Jane Burton / Duckling swimming on water surface, captive, UK

Chris Gomersall / Mallard duck female on water with ducklings {Anas platyrhynchos} UK

John Chan / Mallard ducklings (Anas platyrhynchos) resting, huddling together, Southern California, USA.

Marie Read / Common mergansers (Mergus merganser) family, female swimming with seventeen ducklings, some of which are riding on her back, Lansing, New York, USA, June.

Nick Upton / Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) pair with their brood of young ducklings resting on the margins of lake, Gloucestershire, UK, June.

Suzi Eszterhas / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) mother and three-week-old ducklings, Spring Lake Regional Park, Santa Rosa, California

Suzi Eszterhas / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) mother and one-week-old ducklings, Spring Lake Regional Park, Santa Rosa, California

John Waters / Slow motion clip of a Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) duckling chasing and catching Mayfly (Ephemeroptera) emerging from River Kennet, Hungerford, Berkshire, England, UK, June.

John Waters / Slow motion clip of a Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) duckling chasing and catching Mayfly (Ephemeroptera) emerging from the River Kennet, with a Mute swan (Cygnus olor) in the background, Hungerford, Be...

Konrad Wothe / Eider duck (Somateria mollissima) attacking Great black-backed gull (Larus marinus) defending her ducklings, North Sea, Germany, June.