John Shaw / Common eider duck (Somateria mollissima) female defending her nest from arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus). Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen. June.

Pal Hermansen / Eider ducks (Somateria molissima) flock taking off from sea, Trondelag, Norway, January.

Sven Zacek / Eider ducks (Somateria mollissima) males reflected in a small pond, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway. June.

Markus Varesvuo / King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) male taking off from water, Norway, April. Magic Moments book plate.

Markus Varesvuo / Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri) ducks, males and females, in flight. Norway, March

Laurent Geslin / Eider duck {Somateria mollissima} on water flapping its wings, UK.

Wild Wonders of Europe / O. Haarberg / Common eider (Somateria mollissima) pair, Jkulsrln glacial lagoon, Iceland, June 2008

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Female Eider (Somateria mollissima) swimming on sea, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Eider (Somateria mollissima) male in flight in evening light. Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK, March.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Eider (Somateria mollissima) male in flight in evening light, Aberdeenshire , Scotland, UK

Erlend Haarberg / Eider ducks (Somateria mollissima) taking off from water, Norway, January

Ben Hall / Eider (Somateria mollissima) male swimming, Northumberland, UK