Loic Poidevin,Loic Poidevin / Dalmatian pelicans (Pelecanus crispus) squabbling over fish, Lake Kerkini, Greece, February

Bence Mate / Dalmatian pelicans (Pelecanus crispus) underwater view of group feeding, Lake Kirkini, Greece. Highly commended in the GDT competition 2013. Commended in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards c...

Juan Carlos Munoz / Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) and Brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) on small island, Isla Contoy National Park, Quintana Roo, Yuccatan Penninsula, Mexico

David Tipling / Dalmatian Pelicans (Pelicanus crispus) being fed by fisherman at Lake Kerkini, Northern Greece, February

Bence Mate / Close up portrait of Eastern white pelican head (Pelecanus onocrotalus) Danube Delta, Romania. Finalist in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Competition 2016.

Bence Mate / Eastern white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) Danube Delta, Romania

Bence Mate / Forked lightning across horizon, with mixed flock of birds, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, July 2006

Bence Mate / Lightning across lake, with mixed flock of birds, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary, July 2006

Bence Mate / Dalmatian pelicans (Pelecanus crispus) mobbed by gulls, Danube Delta, Romania

Bence Mate / Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) chick begging for food from adult, Danube Delta, Romania.

Bence Mate / Close up of Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) eye and bill, Danube Delta, Romania

Bence Mate / Tip of bill and feathers of Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) Danube Delta, Romania