Bence Mate / Graylag gosling (Anser anser) resting under parent's wing, Pusztaszer, Hungary.

George Sanker / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) walking on ice, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA, April.

David Tipling / Goosander (Mergus merganser) male Lake Geneva, Switzerland, March.

Andy Trowbridge / Mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) large group feeding, motion blur image, Southern Norway. January.

David Tipling / Painting from the tomb wall of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt. Showing Nebamun inspecting flocks of geese and herds of cattle. From late 18th Dynasty, around 1350 BC.

Dong Lei / Bar headed geese (Anser indicus) group of four in flight above the Lashihai Lake, Lijiang, Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Yunnan Province, China. February.

Jussi Murtosaari / Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) male and female facing in opposite directions, central Finland, April.

Markus Varesvuo / Male King eider (Somateria spectabilis), Batsfjord, Norway, March.

Benjamin Barthelemy / Female Pintail (Anas acuta) with chicks, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA, July.

Danny Green / Harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) male on a large boulder in the fast flowing and turbulent waters of the Laxa River, Iceland, May. Bookplate from Danny Green's 'The Long Journey North'

Danny Green / Steller's Eider (Polysticta stelleri) male swimming, Varangerfjord, Norway, April, Vulnerable species. Bookplate from Danny Green's 'The Long Journey North'

David Tipling / Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens) taking off at dawn Bosque del Apache, New Mexico, USA, winter