Marie Read / Tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata), adult in breeding plumage flying in preparing to land, St. Paul, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, USA, July.
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David Pattyn / Gannet (Morus bassanus) braking to land in the colony, Great Saltee, Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland. June
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Lou Coetzer / African spoonbill (Platalea alba) braking in flight to avoid collision, Chobe River Botswana, August.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Wigeon (Anas penelope) drake sliding on ice after landing on frozen flooded marshland in winter sunshine, Greylake RSPB reserve, Somerset Levels, UK, January.
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Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Wigeon (Anas penelope) drake landing on frozen flooded marshland in winter sunshine, Greylake RSPB reserve, Somerset Levels, UK, January.
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LYNN M. STONE / Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator) in flight, braking with wings and feet before landing, over Mississippi River, Minnesota, USA
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Andrew Parkinson / Canada goose (Branta canadensis) using its wings for balance and braking as it skids along after landing on a frozen lake, Nottinghamshire, UK
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Mike Potts / Southern royal albatross (Diomedea epomophora) braking to land on the ocean, off Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand.
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Nick Upton / Common swift (Apus apus) air braking as it flies close to a nest box it has just begun nesting in, Box, Wiltshire, UK. June.
