John Waters / Close-up of a Coot (Fulica atra) walking on ice, Greylake RSPB Reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK, February.

David Pattyn / Coot (Fulica Atra) female feeding its chick. The Netherlands. June 2014

David Pattyn / Coot (Fulica Atra) young chick. The Netherlands. June 2014

David Pattyn / Adult Coot (Fulica atra) diving for food. The Netherlands. March 2013.

David Pattyn / Coot (Fulica Atra) female feeding its chick. The Netherlands. June 2014

David Pattyn / Coot (Fulica Atra) female feeding its chick in between vegetation. The Netherlands. June 2014

David Pattyn / Coot (Fulica atra) adult close-up. Backlit at dawn. The Netherlands. April 2014

Andrew Parkinson / Coot (Fulica atra) portrait, revealing the size of its enormous feet as it crosses a frozen lake. Derbyshire, UK, January (non-ex) Highly commended in the Portfolio category of the BWPA Competition 20...

Andrew Walmsley / Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) on water, Christchurch, New Zealand, February

Graham Eaton / Coot (Fulica atra) dancing on ice, Wirral, England, UK, January.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Eurasian coot (Fulica atra) walking on ice. Denmark, March.

Roger Powell / Common Coots (Fulica atra) fighting over territory, one driving another away. Potterick Carr Nature Reserve, Doncaster, Yorkshire, UK, March.