Roger Powell / Small flock of Brent Geese (Branta bernicla) in flight..Texel Island, The Netherlands, Europe

Philippe Clement / Flock of Texel sheep with lambs grazing on sea dyke, Texel Island, Wadden Sea, the Netherlands, May

Philippe Clement / Texel sheep ewes with lambs in meadow, Texel Island, Wadden Sea, the Netherlands, May

Roger Powell / Black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus) courtship on beach, Texel Island, The Netherlands. April.

Roger Powell / Black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus) courtship, female calling to the male. Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Pied avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) copulating in the water. Oosterendl, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Sandwich terns (Sterna sandvicensis) group on rocks, Oosterend, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / European hare (Lepus europaeus) running across pasture. Molwerk, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Sandwich terns (Sterna sandvicensis) flocking during migration, Oosterend, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Sandwich terns (Sterna sandvicensis) taking off in panic reaction, Oosterend, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Pied avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) female soliciting copulation in the water. Oosterendl, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Sandwich terns (Sterna sandvicensis) taking off in a panic reaction, Oosterend, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Four Pied avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) two pairs disputing a potential nest site. Oosterendl, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Pied avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) fighting over a potential nest site on a shingle island. Oosterendl, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Sandwich terns (Sterna sandvicensis) gathering in shallow water. Oosterend, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Pied avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) pair examining a potential nest site. Oosterendl, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Five Pied avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) two pairs disputing a potential nest site. Oosterendl, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Greylag geese (Anser anser) two fighting, watched by another. Nieuweschild, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) making a nest scrape on a shingle island. Oosterendl, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Greylag geese (Anser anser) parents with chick, calling at gulls, Groote Vlak, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Pied avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) examining a potential nest site. Oosterendl, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Greylag geese (Anser anser) escorting and protecting their chicks. Groote Vlak, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Pied avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) fighting over a potential nest site on a shingle island. Oosterendl, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Greylag Geese (Anser anser) fighting, watched by another. Nieuweschild, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Migratory flock of Eurasian curlews (Numenius arquata) resting to leeward of an island. Molwerk, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) pair displaying. Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Small flock of Brent geese (Branta bernicla) in flight. Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Eurasian oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) resting on islet, Molwerk, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus) courtship,Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Pied avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) fighting over a potential nest site on a shingle island. Oosterendl, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Pied avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) fighting over a potential nest site on a shingle island. Oosterendl, Texel Island, The Netherlands, Europe

Roger Powell / Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) flock on island, during migration. Oosterendl, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Pied avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) fighting over a potential nest site on a shingle island. Oosterendl, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Dunlin (Calidris alpina) migratory flock flying in to feed. Molwerk, Texel Island, The Netherlands, Europe

Roger Powell / Pied avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) displaying over a potential nest site on a shingle island. Oosterendl, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Eurasian oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) resting on islet, Molwerk, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) flock resting on island whist on migration. Oosterendl, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Dunlin (Calidris alpina) flock migratory flock, flying in to feed. Molwerk, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) cleaning its beak, perched on thatched roof, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) cleaning its beak, perched on thatched roof, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) in flight, low over beach, Oosterendl, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Roger Powell / Migratory flock of Brent Geese (Branta bernicla) flying in to feed on coastal pasture, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Pal Hermansen / Tulip (Tulipa) field, with furrow containing flower from de-headed plants, Texel island, Holland, May.

Duncan Usher / Ocean and clouds, Texel Island, North Sea, Netherlands

Duncan Usher / Sunset over ocean, Texel Island, North Sea, Netherlands

David Pattyn / Yellow flag iris (Iris pseudacorus) in a lake, Texel Island, Wadden Sea, The Netherlands June

David Pattyn / Sunset over De Slufter Nature Reserve at the edge of the Wadden Sea, Texel Island, The Netherlands, June

David Pattyn / Avocet (Recurvirostra avocetta) group of four foraging in water, Wagejot reserve, Texel Island, Wadden sea, The Netherlands, May

Petra Wegner / Two Cavalier king charles spaniels, blenheim one standing on hind legs against spade as if digging with a tricolour one lying on sand near toys on beach, Texel Island, Netherlands

Petra Wegner / Blenheim Cavalier king charles spaniel standing on hind legs against toy spade as if digging on beach, Texel Island, Netherlands

Petra Wegner / Two Cavalier king charles spaniels sitting on beach by toys, one blenheim the other tricolour, Texel Island, Netherlands

Loic Poidevin / Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) in flight, having dropped a fish to one of its chicks. Texel Island, Holland, July.

Petra Wegner / Road to Lighthouse, De Cocksdorp, Texel Island, Netherlands

Petra Wegner / Road to Lighthouse, De Cocksdorp, Texel Island, Netherlands

Bernard Castelein / Texel island, Netherlands with Yellow flag irises.

Bernard Castelein / White spoonbill fishing {Platalea leucorodia} Texel Island, Netherlands

Duncan Usher / Coast, Texel Island, North Sea, Netherlands

Duncan Usher / Cloud reflections on beach at sunset, Texel Island, North Sea, Netherlands

Duncan Usher / Path between sand dunes, Texel Island, North Sea, Netherlands

Duncan Usher / Beach at low tide, Slufter Nature Reserve, Texel Island, North Sea, Netherlands

Rick Tomlinson / Fleet druing Round Texel race, 1998. It is the world's largest cat race with nearly 600 boats competing to sail fastest around the Dutch island of Texel in the North Sea.

Flip de Nooyer / Stormy sea off of Texel Island, one of the Dutch Wadden Islands, Netherlands

Jose Luis GOMEZ de FRANCISCO / Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) foraging on mud flats, Texel Island, Holland July

Edwin Giesbers / Male Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) five on lake. Texel island, the Netherlands, May.

David Pattyn / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) swimming between ice and pancake ice close to the beach during a cold winter spell, Texel Island, Wadden Sea, The Netherlands, Europe. February.

David Pattyn / Pancake ice accumulating close to the beach, Texel Island, Wadden Sea, The Netherlands, Europe. February, 2021.

David Pattyn / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) leaving icy sea to rest on beach, Texel Island, Wadden Sea, The Netherlands, Europe. February.

David Pattyn / Sanderling (Calidris alba) foraging on the beach, Texel Island, Wadden Sea, The Netherlands, Europe. February.

David Pattyn / Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) severely affected by myxomatosis, on the beach, Texel Island, Wadden sea, The Netherlands, Europe. February.

David Pattyn / Sanderling (Calidris alba) on snow-covered beach, Texel Island, Wadden Sea, The Netherlands, Europe. February.

David Pattyn / Snow-covered sand dunes after winter snowfall, Texel Island, Wadden Sea, The Netherlands, Europe. February, 2021.

David Pattyn / Texel lighthouse and snow-covered sand dunes, Texel Island, Wadden Sea, The Netherlands, Europe. February, 2021.

David Pattyn / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) resting between snow and ice on the beach in winter, Texel Island, Wadden Sea, The Netherlands, Europe. February.