Kim Taylor / Slow motion clip of a male Common blackbird (Turdus merula) bathing in a birdbath, Surrey, England, UK, October.

Frederique Olivier / Group of Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) swimming in a tide crack, lots jump out, Adelie Land, Antarctica, January.

Yashpal Rathore / Asiatic elephant (Elephas maximus) male bathing at sunset. Jim Corbett National Park, India. 2014

Wim van den Heever / Egytian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) rear view bathing, sings spread, Zimanga Private Game Reserves, South Africa

David Pattyn / European flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) bathing Camargue, France, May.

Bence Mate / Little egret (Egretta garzetta) shaking water off wings at sunset, Lake Csaj, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May. Winner of the Portfolio category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards competition 2015.

Roland Seitre / Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) flock drinking and bathing in water, Wannoo, Billabong Roadhouse, Western Australia.

Tui De Roy / Snares Crested penguin (Eudyptes robustus) bathing in freshwater pool, Snares Island, New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands. Endemic and vulnerable species.

Anup Shah / African elephants (Loxodonta africana) dust bathing. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Denis-Huot,Denis-Huot / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) males in a muddy pond, aerial view, Rwindi national park, Democratic Republic of Congo. Vulnerable species.

David Tipling / Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) bathing, Norfolk, England, UK, March.

Tui De Roy / Alcedo giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vandenburghi), group bathing. Alcedo Volcano, Isabella Island, Galapagos. 2017.