Bernard Castelein / Darter ( Anhinga melanogaster) drying wings, Keoladeo NP, Bharatpur, India

Tui De Roy / Flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi), two on rock. Bird drying wings in foreground with other sitting on nest in background. Cape Douglas, Fernandina Island, Galapagos.

Tui De Roy / Flightless cormorant (Phalacrocorax harrisi), Punta Espinosa, Fernandina Island, Galapagos

Bence Mate / Three Pygmy cormorants (Microcarbo pygmeus) drying themselves, one by shaking off water, Hortobagy National Park, Hungary

Cyril Ruoso / Woman with baby looking at Sisal (Agave sisalana) fibres drying for rope making, Berenty Reserve, Madagascar.

Bence Mate / Pygmy cormorants (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus) drying their feathers, Hortobay, hungary, August.

Jabruson / African forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) footprint in drying mud, Romani Bai, Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Mike Potts / Fish drying on racks, Varangerfjord, Norway, March 2013.

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Female Goosander (Mergus merganser) drying feathers, Gwynedd, Wales, UK, January.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / European river otter (Lutra lutra) cub lying on back and drying itself on seaweed, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, October.

Mark Carwardine / Shark fins drying in the sun, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) drying after a swim in the pool. Its feathers are still coated in oil and once the bird is strong enough it will be washed. Southern African Foundation for the Conservatio...