Konrad Wothe / Goosander (Mergus merganser) chick hunting mayfly, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Markus Varesvuo / Female Goosander (Mergus merganser) on water, Porvoo, Finland, April

Markus Varesvuo / Female Goosander (Mergus mergus) on water with male in behind, Kuusamo, Finland, May

Laurent Geslin / Goosander (Mergus merganser) female on Lake Geneva, near Geneva, Switzerland

Laurent Geslin / Goosander (Mergus merganser) female on Lake Geneva, near Geneva, Switzerland

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

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Male Goosander (Mergus merganser) flying over water, Gwynedd, Wales, UK, February.

David Tipling / Female Goosander on water, January,UK

Terry Whittaker / Goosander (Mergus merganser) female swimming with chicks following, Reddish Vale Country park, Greater Manchester, UK. May 2014

Marie Read / Common mergansers (Mergus merganser) family, female swimming with seventeen ducklings, some of which are riding on her back, Lansing, New York, USA, June.

Nick Upton / Goosander (Mergus merganser) pair swimming on a lake in falling snow, Wiltshire, UK, March.

Nick Upton / Goosander (Mergus merganser) drake swimming on a lake in falling snow, Wiltshire, UK, March