Bernard Castelein / Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) female with chicks walking up beach from water, Helgoland, Germany, May

Gabriel Rojo / Coscoroba swan with cygnets swimming on water {Coscoroba coscoroba} Patagonia, Argentina

TJ Rich / Day-old Canada gosling chick in nest {Branta canadensis} Wiltshire, UK

Steve Knell / Mute swan pair with chicks on water {Cygnus olor} UK

TJ Rich / Very young Mute swan cygnet {Cygnus olor} Dorset, England, UK, Europe

David Tipling / Falkland / Flightless steamer duck (Tachyeres brachypterus) female with ducklings in snow, Sea Lion Island, Falklands, November

John Cancalosi / Newly hatched Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) goslings in nest, New York, USA

John Cancalosi / Canada goose (Branta canadensis) on nest with hewly hatched chicks, New York, USA

John Cancalosi / Canada goose (Branta canadensis) on nest with newly hatched goslings, New York, USA

John Cancalosi / Canada goose (Branta canadensis) newly hatched goslings in nest, New York, USA

John Cancalosi / Canada goose (Branta canadensis) on nest with newly hatched gosling, New York, USA

John Cancalosi / Canada goose (Branta canadensis) next to nest with newly hatched chicks, New York, USA

Mark Taylor / Young Sandy Lop rabbit and Mallard duckling sitting next to each other

Mark Taylor / Guinea pig with two Mallard ducklings, one sitting on its back

Mark Taylor / Guinea pig and three Mallard ducklings

Mark Taylor / Ginger kitten lying on its back with a Mallard duckling walking over it

Mark Taylor / Ginger kitten and Mallard duckling, beak to nose

Mark Taylor / Young Lionhead-Lop rabbit and Mallard duckling

Bernard Castelein / Eider duck (Somateria mollissima) female with chicks, Helgoland, Germany

Shattil & Rozinski / Canada geese {Branta canadensis} with goslings beside Prairie information sign, Rocky Mt Arsenal NWR, Colorado, USA

John Cancalosi / Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) carrying chick on its back, UK

John Cancalosi / Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) carrying chick on its back, UK

David Tipling / Red-throated Diver {Gavia stellata} defending chicks

TJ Rich / Chinese gosling, UK

RHONDA KLEVANSKY / Ashy headed goose and chicks {Chloephaga poliocephaphala} Torres del Paine NP, Chile

Richard Du Toit / Red knobbed coot {Fulica cristata} feeding chicks, Johannesburg, South Africa

Shattil & Rozinski / Canada goose {Branta canadensis} pair with goslings on city cycle path, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / Canada goose gosling {Branta canadensis} Colorado, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / Canada goose gosling {Branta canadensis} Colorado, USA

John Cancalosi / Canada Goose {Branta canadensis} on nest with chick, NY, USA

Bernard Castelein / Shelduck duckling {Tadorna tadorna} Belgium, Europe

DAVID TIPLING / Red-throated diver chick on water in rain {Gavia stellata}, Finland.

DAVID TIPLING / Red-throated diver chick begging adult for food {Gavia stellata}, Finland.

DAVID TIPLING / Red-throated diver {Gavia stellata} with young, Finland.

DAVID TIPLING / Red-throated diver chick begging adult for food {Gavia stellata}, Finland.

DAVID TIPLING / Red-throated diver {Gavia stellata} bringing fish to young, Finland.

TOM MANGELSEN / Great Northern Diver with chicks (Gavia immer) Maine USA

John Cancalosi / Great crested grebe with chick on back at nest {Podiceps cristatus} Spain

John Cancalosi / Mute swan carrying cygnet on back (Cygnus olor) England

John Cancalosi / Canada goose on nest with gosling {Branta canadensis} New York, USA

DAVID TIPLING / Moorhen feeding chick, UK, Europe.

TJ Rich / Day-old Canada gosling chick + egg in nest {Branta canadensis UK

TJ Rich / Day-old Canada gosling chick + egg in nest {Branta canadensis} Wiltshire, UK

TJ Rich / Day-old Canada gosling chick in nest {Branta canadensis} Wiltshire, UK

DAVID TIPLING / Moorhen feeding chick, UK, Europe.

TJ Rich / Very young Mute swan cygnet at nest {Cygnus olor} Dorset, England, UK, Europe