Anup Shah / African lion cubs (Panthera leo) drinking from a puddle, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. September

Fabrice Cahez / Forest in autumn with mist and puddles. Vosges mountain, France, October.

Nick Upton / Aerial view of Bewick's swans (Cygnus columbianus) feeding in flooded, partly frozen ploughed field, fenland near Lakenheath, Suffolk, UK, January.

Nick Upton / Aerial view of Bewick's swans (Cygnus columbianus) feeding in flooded, partly frozen ploughed field, fenland near Lakenheath, Suffolk, UK, January.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) collecting mud, Moldova, July 2009

Pete Oxford / Fony Baobab (Adansonia rubrostipa) tree being used for water storage, local people cut a hole, into the trunk and pour in water collected from puddles after rain

Mike Read / Ice patterns on puddles, Linwood, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, UK, January

Mike Read / Ice patterns on puddles, Linwood, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, UK, January

Heike Odermatt / Water puddles at the bottom of eroded rock, Valle Verzasca, Ticino, Switzerland