Andres M. Dominguez / Greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus), Dehesa de Abajo, Sevilla, Spain, August.

Michel Poinsignon / Great white egret (Egretta alba) preening feathers, Pusztaszer, Hungary, April

Michel Poinsignon / Great white egret (Egretta alba) detail of plumage and legs from the front, Pusztaszer, Hungary, April

Markus Varesvuo / Black-throated diver (Gavia arctica) on water, Finland, May.

Denis-Huot / Three Lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) silhouetted in front of geyser, Lake Bogoria National Reserve, Kenya.

Markus Varesvuo / Common Crane (Grus grus) displaying in snow, Kuusamo Finland, April (Some background added.)

Franco Banfi / Great Blue shark (Prionace glauca) viewed from above, Pico Island, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean

Brent Stephenson / New Zealand Albatross (Diomedea antipodensis) in flight, showing upperwing, wingtip touching the sea surface. Off Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand, October.

Kristel Richard / A purebred Lusitano colt (with his mane and tail cut to mark his first year) trotting in the arena at the Companhia das Lezírias Stud Farm, Samora Correia, Santarém, Portugal, July 2011

Andrew Parkinson / Mute swan portrait on water (Cygnus olor) Derbyshire, UK, April.

Ernie Janes / Two male Mute swans (Cygnus olor) displaying on water in territorial dispute, UK

Peter Cairns / Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) with its beak in water. Fife, Scotland, November.