David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on its back, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands, June

David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adults courting and greeting each other to confirm their bond. Even with the young chicks already out they often show courtship behavior to each other, Valkenh...

David Pattyn / Mute swan (cygnus olor) family, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands, June

Walter Soestbergen/ BIA / Spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes) fluffing, Gelderland, Netherlands

Ashley Cooper / Wind turbine with stacks of coal fired power station in Amsterdam, Netherlands. May 2013

David Fleetham / Spinyhead blenny (Acanthemblemaria spinosa) in hard coral, Netherlands Antilles, Bonaire, Caribbean.

David Fleetham / Spinyhead blenny (Acanthemblemaria spinosa) in hard coral, Netherlands Antilles, Bonaire, Caribbean.

Heike Odermatt / New growth in recently burnt heathland, Netherlands

Theo Bosboom / Small red damselfly (Ceriagrion tenellum) close up portrait, warming up in the early morning. De Hatertse Vennen Nature Reserve, near Nijmegen, the Netherlands, July.

Theo Bosboom / Edible frog (Pelophylax k. esculentus) catching a common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) with its tongue with pair mating on stem above, Hondenven, Tubbergen, The Netherlands, July.

Theo Bosboom / Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) close up of recently emerged damselfly, including the green liquids that are used to pump up the wings. Hondenven, Tubbergen, the Netherlands. July.

Theo Bosboom / Dew covered damselfly (probably Emerald damselfly , Lestes sponsa), Hatertse vennen, near Nijmegen, the Netherlands, September.