Holger Duty/ BIA / Common Crane (Grus grus) flock flying dangerously close to windmill, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Claudio Contreras / Caribbean flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) adults guarding chick, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula Mexico, June. Bookplate.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica arctica) in flight carrying sandeels and larger fish, Hornoya, Vardo, Norway, July.

Mark Taylor / French Bulldog sitting looking up, close up of muzzle

Holger Duty/ BIA / Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula) male in winter, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Holger Duty/ BIA / Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) drinking in winter, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Holger Duty/ BIA / Coot (Fulica atra) on ice, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Holger Duty/ BIA / Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) calling while flying, Texel, Netherlands

Holger Duty/ BIA / Dunlin (Calidris alpina) foraging, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Melvin Grey / Heuglin's courser (Rhinoptilus cinctus) adult male on sentry duty, female incubating nearby, Baringo area, Rift Valley, Kenya. September.

Melvin Grey / Heuglin's courser (Rhinoptilus cinctus) adult male on sentry duty, female incubating nearby, Baringo area, Rift Valley, Kenya. September.

Holger Duty/ BIA / Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) female, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany