Mrs Romney Turner

Bathing in gold and diamonds.
(more) This Coot looked so cute drifting around on the pond in the beautiful golden reflections of the reeds in winter sunshine. When he decided to have a wash he disturbed all the reflections but looked lovely throwing all the droplets everywhere. Gold and diamonds now.

Equipment:
Canon EOS 1D MK IV plus Canon f2.8 300mm L IS lens plus Canon 1.4 converter

Mark Hollinsworth

Duck Duck - Quack Quack
(more) Duck reflected on the water.

Equipment:
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ20

Tracy Holtom

Ice landing
(more) Swans are just not made for ice. After this he just went straight through.

Equipment:
Cannon EOS 50D

Taken in: UNITED KINGDOM

Philippa Evans

View of Severn Estuary
(more) Taken from the Zeiss hide on a chilly January day. Lapwings can be seen in flight.

Equipment:
Canon SX40HS

June Shaw

What a relief
(more) Otter relieving himself to cover the female

Equipment:
Cannon 7D camera fitted with 100-400mm canon lens

Henry Wyn-Jones

What on earth are you doing?
(more) Parakeets having fun in the sunshine, exploring the wetland centre building.

Equipment:
Canon EOS 300D with Sigma 70-300mm lens

Kevin Wooby

Airborne Elegance !
(more) Cygnet (Mute ?)coming in to land at Welney WWT.

Equipment:
Nikon D7000 + Sigma 150-500mm Lens.

Kevin Lovibond

In a flap
(more) Greylag having a flap

Equipment:
Canon EOS 450D, Sigma 150-500mm

Sophie Carr

Juvenile Cormorant Splashing Around
(more) This young cormorant was playfully splashing around in the water at the London Wetland Centre

Equipment:
Canon 60D Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 IS USM @ 200mm

Gillian Lloyd

Hiding Places
(more) Dove hiding amongst the reeds and grass on waters' edge

Equipment:
Nikon D3; 70-200mm lens

Michele Holliday

Ice weather for ducks!
(more) This duck doesn't look at all happy about the frosty conditions.

Equipment:
Panasonic Lumix FZ38

CAROLINE BROOKES-LEYLAND

REDSHANK FEEDING
(more) 1 REDSHANK IN AMONGST THOUSANDS OF WATER FOWL

June Shaw

Balancing Act
(more) Grey squirrel balancing across the tree

Equipment:
Canon 7D camera fitted with Sigma 170-500mm lens f5.6

Tony Jones

WINTER REEDS VIEW AT ARUNDEL
(more) This photo was taken in jan 2012 at Arundel WWT.The reeds were strongly backlit and this lighting made the picture for me.

Equipment:
Sony a100, 50-200mm zoom lens

Graham Hush

As the sun set
(more) This sunset just kept better and better

Equipment:
Nikon D90, 18-105mm VR

Mary Hite

Pheasant at the Woodland Hide
(more) I was looking out for bluetits and great tits and to my surprise this pheasant flew on to a branch in front of me!

Equipment:
Ollmpus E 520

Dalia Kvedaraite

Lunch time
(more) The picture was taken in front of a Dulverton hide.

Catherine Bullen

It's not only swans here you know...
(more) Mallard taken at Welney WWT

Tony Jones

Ice textures at Arundel - ARUNDEL WINNER, Wetland Landscapes category
(more) Frozen water surrounding reeds at Arundel WWT in winter.

Equipment:
Sony a700,55-200mm lens.

Mark Williams

Jewelled Swan
(more) Late afternoon sun bathes the birds in warm light and this swan dipps its head below the waters surface. As it raises it again the light turns the water droplets to shining diamonds.

Equipment:
Nikon D200 Nikon 200-400 VRII f4 Nikon 1.4x Teleconvertor

Stan Maddams

Cormorant
(more) cormorant resting at Radipole Lake Weymouth

Taken in: UNITED KINGDOM

Kitty Tessler

Winter Sunset
(more) The sun sets over WWT London SW13 casting a warm glow on a cold winter's afternoon.

Equipment:
Nikon D300s with 18 - 70mm lens

CAROLINE BROOKES-LEYLAND

BILL TO BILL
(more) A PAIR OF DUCKS BILLING AND COOING

Nathan Croucher

Mute swan
(more) The swan was looking at me so I decided to point my camera at it head and zoom in.

Equipment:
Fijufilm s2000HD

Sophie Bramall

Whooper Swan
(more) I caught this swan as it was flying close to the top of the hide

Equipment:
Canon 7D, Canon lens 70-200 L series, 1.4 converter

Eric Cleavely

Bullrushes and Reeds.
(more) Foeground of Bullrushes amd Reeds and a blue sky beyond.

Equipment:
Samsung CX10

mr p dykes

Cattle Egret on Marsh on beach
(more) Cuba being a popular tourist destination,still has plenty of wetlands,and so the birds and people are free to interact !!!

Equipment:
olympus compact

Taken in: CUBA

Brian Tollitt

Pintails
(more) The males pin-tails are only half grown

Equipment:
canon

Ian Cook

Feeding time
(more) Swan feeding

Equipment:
Nikon D7000, 400mm lens

Sam Rowley

Heron
(more) Grey heron

Equipment:
Nikon D200, Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6

Ian Taylor

Follow my leader
(more) Blue-winged geese in the snow

Equipment:
Canon 7D + 100-400mm lens

Duncan Cleverley

Posing Dunnock
(more) Gorgeous little Dunnock that sang and posed for about 3 minutes in the Bewick Swan enclosure.

Equipment:
Nikon D90 and 210 lense

Matthew Edwards

Whooper on the wind!
(more) This Whooper flies with the wind while looking for a meal.

Equipment:
Nikon D3100

wayne thornley

dinner time
(more) shot with nikon 60mm macro

Equipment:
nikon d3100

Paul Collins

Lesser Redpolls
(more) Lesser redpolls eating above me

June Shaw

Blue Crane
(more) The gorgeous blue crane poses for the camera

Equipment:
Canon 7D camera fitted with 100-400mm lens

CAROLINE BROOKES-LEYLAND

SUNSET LAKES
(more) SUNDOWN OVER THE MERE

Dr Michael Leary

Blackbacked Gull in Deep Blue Sky
(more) This gull flew low over WWF Hide, it look spectacular, framed by the deep blue sky.

Equipment:
Pentax K5 55-300mm lens

Nick Kirkham

Reflective Swan
(more) I took this in winter while a swan was elegantly gliding by

Equipment:
Canon 5d Mark1, 70-200 lens

Elaine Crew

This Way to the Headley Hide
(more) Taken at WWT Barnes with a Canon 450D.

Sam Rowley

Robin silhouette - LONDON WINNER, Young Photographer category
(more) European robin silhouette taken at sunset.

Equipment:
Nikon D300, Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3

CAROLINE BROOKES-LEYLAND

THROWING THE FEED
(more) THIS IS ONE OF THE MARTIN MERE PEOPLE FEEDING THE SWANS AT 3 OCLOCK EVERYDAY

Nicole Allard

rail on water
(more) this picture is of a water rail on the edge of a lake with reflection and the light in the background

Equipment:
Fuji-film Film pix s1500

Taken in: UNITED KINGDOM

Tracy Holtom

Water Crystal
(more) Very crisp crystal morning.

Equipment:
Cannon EOS 50D

Taken in: UNITED KINGDOM

Amanda Lowden

Eye eye!
(more) beautiful colours with the sun shining on his feathers

Equipment:
Nikon D40

John Kellaway

Mute Swan
(more) Mute Swan resting

Johann Oli Hilmarsson

River Laxa Ramsar site in winter
(more) Barrow's Goldeneyes on River Laxa, Myvatn-Laxa Ramsar site, NE-Iceland.

Equipment:
Canon EOS 1D, Mark IV, Canon 500 mm f4, ISO 400, f20, 1/250 sec, beanbag.

Taken in: ICELAND

Malcolm Stone

Walking on Ice
(more) February's cold snap causes confusion for the birds.

Equipment:
Nikon D5000 with Sigma 10-20mm lens

CAROLINE BROOKES-LEYLAND

SPLASHDOWN
(more) mallard landing fast on the MERE

Roger Derbyshire

Feed me
(more) Taken near gate

Victor Rankcom

Hard at work
(more) Clearing pond banks

Danielle Connor

Duck
(more) London WWT

Equipment:
Canon EOS 550D + Canon 100-400mm

Kevin Waterfield

Night Owl
(more) Barn owl, taken just after leaving Welney visitor centre, taken at 1/8th second

Equipment:
Canon 7D 100-400LS

Eric Cleavely

Reeds and Bullrushes.
(more) Reeds and Bullrushes with blue sky.

Equipment:
Samsung GX10

Matthew Edwards

A Secret view of Whoopers
(more) A Glance of Whooper Swans through the reeds.

Equipment:
Nikon D3100

George J. Reclos

Statues
(more) Two flamingos pose against the dark background.

Equipment:
Nikon D700, Tamron 180mm f/3.5

Elizabeth Friday

Robin Flies away
(more) Robin at Arundel Wetlands

Equipment:
Canon EOS450D

Tony Martin Long

Swan - Close-up
(more) Close-up picture of a Swan

Equipment:
D700 500mm lens

kevin jackson

Duck with Noodles
(more) taken at one of the small ponds during late afternoon. The light was fantastic and offered lovely reflections of the surrounding grasses

Equipment:
Nikon D3100 with Tamron 300mm lens

Lesley Macbeth

Trumpeter Swan Taking a Bath
(more) This Trumpeter Swan decided to take a bath just as I was walking past. I was so lucky to see the bathing process but also to hear the wonderful water and wing sounds.

Equipment:
Canon 5D Mark 2 with 100mm - 400mm lens attached steadied on monopod.

Karen Dixon

A Thousand Points of Light
(more) A frosty reed bed in the morning light

Equipment:
Nikon D3000 55-300 lens

Catalin Chimerel

Hunting
(more) Grey heron hunting at Fowlmere bird reserve.

Equipment:
sony a580, sigma 400mm telemacro

Taken in: UNITED KINGDOM

Debbie Picknell

Call on a fall
(more) This Call Duck posed on a ledge to the gentle sound of the cascading water.

Takeshi Kino

I can manage. Thank you for your concern!
(more) After heavy snow fall during night, some freezing mist were floating in the reserve.

Equipment:
PENTAX K-7 + Borg manual lens.

JULIA MARTIN

Teazles!!
(more) These were backlit by the winter sun

Equipment:
canon EOS 7D

Marina Parha

Dancing on Water
(more) A pochard drying off following cleaning routine

Equipment:
Nikon D300 + Nikkor 70-200 VRII

Kevin Lovibond

Strike!
(more) Grey Heron striking for a fish at the lagoon

Equipment:
Canon EOS 450D, Sigma 150-500mm

David Barrett

Winter Colours
(more) Taken late in the afternoon, I was struck by the beauttiful colours of trees and reeds in this peaceful corner of the Wetlands.

Equipment:
Nikon D200, Sigma 10-20mm lens.

Christopher Waddell

Plitvice Walkway
(more) Wooden walkway in the Plitvice National Park.

Equipment:
Canon 550D Sigma 18-200mm Manfrotto Tripod

Taken in: CROATIA

Angie Chilcott

Do I like being held?
(more) Teal being checked as part of ringing process

Equipment:
Canon PowerShot G6

Brian Tollitt

Family day out
(more) This family were having fun making their way back to their fishing village across the reservoir

Equipment:
Canon

Taken in: INDIA

Ralph Neale

Lapwing over the washes
(more) Lapwing flying over the Welney washes

Equipment:
Canon 5D, 400mm

Roger Derbyshire

Little Grebe Big Fish
(more) Taken from Peter Scott hide

CAROLINE BROOKES-LEYLAND

LONE REDSHANK
(more) SINGLE REDSHANK AMONGST ALL THE SWANS

Stan Maddams

Winter Trees
(more) shot at Barnes wetlands

Judith G O'Neill

No room at the table
(more) Feeding time for the swans and other birds

Sarah Hanley

Godwit in flight
(more) To show the fragile beauty of a bird that is on the Red list as a near threatened species. It has seen an increase in the UK in recent years, which suggests that not all is lost, if we can only succeed in protecting key wetlands.

Equipment:
D7000 and 200-400mm lens.

Taken in: UNITED KINGDOM

CAROLINE BROOKES-LEYLAND

FEEDING TIME
(more) ALL DIFFERENT SPIECIES TOGETHER

Daniel Jarvis

mute swan portrait
(more) i spent a good 30 to 45 mins photographing a pair of mute swans feeding by the edge of a stream. they got close to the bank i was standing on so managed to get a frame filling portrait

Equipment:
nikon D300S with sigma 150-500mm os lens

Wayne Davies

Heron in flight
(more) Heron coming into land at the British steel hide.

Equipment:
Nikon D300, Lens: Sigma 150 - 500

Ian Cook

Flamingos
(more) Pink Flamingos in the snow

Equipment:
Fuji S2 Pro, 400mm lens

steven flaherty

Feed Time
(more) I regularly follow the migration of the Bewick Swans on the reserve and I also try to and like to capture them in there environment and within the landscape. This particular bird was going back to the rushy in time the the nightly feed.

Equipment:
Canon 1d MKIV 300m IS lens + 1.4 converter Gitzo Tripod and Wimberley Head 1/250 sec AV Mode f5.6 ISO 400 - 1/3 exp comp

Yong Lee-Chan

A Breathtaking Sunrise
(more) It was 5.45 in the morning; the sky in Srah Srang, Cambodia is blended with magnificence colors. It was a breathtaking sunrise.

Equipment:
iPhone 4

Taken in: CAMBODIA

Elaine Crew

Gazing Gull
(more) Taken at Slimbridge with a Canon 450D.

Martin Pulling

Three Graylags, Eeny, Meeny and Miny...That's it, there's no Mo
(more) Graylags coming in for the feeding frenzy at Slimbridge.

Equipment:
Canon

Rachel Piper

Reflections
(more) Pond reflection of a seating area at the London Centre.

Equipment:
Canon 7D

steven flaherty

Widgeon Wallow
(more) I photographed these widgeon returning to the wash after they took to flight to evade the reserves predators that were around at the time. It is such a sight of them all returning at the same time. I am surprised they can find a spot to land there were so many.

Equipment:
Canon 1D MKIV 600mm F4 IS Gitzo tripod & Wimberley Head 1/2000 sec AV MODE F 5.6 ISO 800 - 1/3 Exp Comp

Paul Pruzina

Whistler Ducks - CASTLE ESPIE WINNER, Young Photographer category
(more) Whistler Ducks at Castle Espie

Equipment:
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3

lynne strickland

Courtship
(more) These Ross's Geese were very elegant in their spotted plumage against the snow. They madge me think of going to the ballet.

Equipment:
18x opitcal zoom Lumix Panasonic DMC-F228 10 Mega Pixels

June Shaw

Happy
(more) This male crane had escaped from his female partner and before he was captured he looked very happy to be free

Equipment:
Canon 7D camera fitted with Canon 70-300mm lens

Debbie Picknell

My Girl
(more) Two drakes scuffle over a female mallard as she squawks her disapproval when her favorite male struggles in the fight.

Judi Mahon

Lookout
(more) Stoat taken from Hawthorn hide. Showed himself

Equipment:
Nikon D5100

Marie Weigand

End of the Day
(more) As I was leaving, the reception area was lit up by the most amazing winter light and reflections.

Equipment:
Canon 5D + 17-40mm EF lens

Roger Derbyshire

Back lit reeds
(more) Taken on the path in the Wildside

steven flaherty

Feed Me
(more) I found the swans very inquisitive when I put my wide angle lens. I am not sure if they could see there reflection in the glass. I think he wanted feeding. By using this lens, It allowed me to include in the image the swans environment and surroundings helping to give the image some meaning.

Equipment:
Canon 1d MK IV 17 - 40m f4 L Lens 1/500 sec AV Mode f5.6 ISO 320 at 17mm SIngle Shot Mode

David Cantrille

Wilson's Plover with crab
(more) Lagoons and rivers with clean fresh water are essential for these wading birds as they rely on food such as crusaceans

Equipment:
Canon EOS MK4, Canon 500 F4L IS, Gitzo carbon fibre tripod

Taken in: UNITED STATES

mIKE TAYLOR

MOORHEN KILLED BY A FISHERMAN
(more) Fishing is still Britains most popular sport. Although changes have been made to make the process more environmentally compliant, the careless discarding of hooks and line still kills and injures wildlife across the land.

Equipment:
Nikon D300 50mm lens

Taken in: UNITED KINGDOM

Mat Bingham

Feeding Time
(more) These swans were all gathering together for feeding in the late afternoon.

Equipment:
Canon 30D, 300mm F4, 1.4 tc

Harishkumar Shah

My Territory
(more) A single bird photo taken at London wetland centre.

Equipment:
Canon 5D MK2 camera with Canon 300mm f4 L IS USM lens.

Nigel Picknell

Wood Duck(aix sponsa)
(more) This male perching duck bobbed his glossy green head back and forth in a jerky manner as he crossed the water. He looked rather dashing.

Terry Aspittle

What's for Afters
(more) Swan Feed at Welney

Equipment:
Nikon D200 18-200 Lens

Gwyneth Jones

keeping my head down
(more) small duck hiding in the rushes trying not to be seen

Equipment:
Nikon D50

Sue Thompson

Across a crowded room
(more) Whooper swans feeding

Equipment:
Canon EOS450D

Takeshi Kino

Far from the crowded area
(more) Several lapwings and black-tailed godwit were resting at the quite corner of the reserve.

Equipment:
Pentax K-7 + Borg manual lens.

Joy Gardiner

proud mum
(more) very few penguin twins survive so these are quite unusual, the picture was taken on Danco Island

Equipment:
Ricoh, caplio R$ compact

Taken in: ANTARCTICA

Graham Hush

Eiders
(more) Eider (Somateria mollissima)

June Shaw

Incoming Geese - CAERLAVEROCK WINNER, Wetland Landscapes category
(more) Barnacle geese flying back into Caerlaverock land towards Teal Pond

Equipment:
Canon 7D camera fitted with Canon 70-300mm lens ISO 100

Courtney Cornfield

Fowl Mood
(more) Older child reining in younger brother from the excitement of wildlife performing a feathery dance.

Equipment:
Canon Eos rebel xs DSLR

Sam Rowley

Flight
(more) Tufted duck drake flying

Equipment:
Nikon D300, Sigma 150-500mm f/5-6.3

Mick Watson

Death of a Damselfly
(more) Spider eats a Damselfly alive

Equipment:
Canon 7D Canon 180 Macro

Ian Taylor

Eye to Eye
(more) A ring-necked parakeet keeps a watchful eye as it has its lunch

Equipment:
Canon 500D + 100-400mm lens

Steve Nicholls

Salton Sea sunset and pelican - WINNER, World Wetlands category
(more) The Salton Sea lies in the middle of California's intensively farmed Imperial Valley. So much water is removed from inflows that this inland sea is shrinking. It is important for millions of migrant birds, but this lone brown pelican at sunset symbolises an impoverished future unless water extractio

Equipment:
Nikon D200 Nikon 18-200mm lens

Taken in: UNITED STATES

Angie Chilcott

Brave tern
(more) Tern coming in for piece of wholemeal bread

Equipment:
Canon PowerShot G6

Mrs J Challinor

Swans in Flight
(more) Swans just taking off round feeding time at Martin Mere

Helen McKean

Russet winter vegetation leads to a bridge at Barnes.
(more) Russet winter vegetation leads to a bridge at Barnes.

Equipment:
Pentax K-x with 55-300mm lens.

richard allen

turnstone
(more) Turnstones are found all over the world and can be seen scampering along the edge of the water turning over stones, weed and often our rubbish searching for food. This image illustrates the beauty of nature compared with consumer debris.

Equipment:
Canon 7d

Taken in: UNITED KINGDOM

CAROLINE BROOKES-LEYLAND

FROZEN FEATHER
(more) FEATHER FROZEN IN AN ICY MARTIN MERE

Karenanne Millburn

Dip!
(more) swan

Equipment:
Fujifilm FinePix S1000

Elaine Crew

Canada Goose
(more) Taken at WWT Arundel with a Canon 450D.

Alan Payne

tide out
(more) image of old boats in black and white with mist give a feel of dereliction and desolation but still has a cold stark beauty

Equipment:
canon powershot

Taken in: UNITED KINGDOM

Joan Thirlaway

Teal
(more) Teal on the Back Pond at Caerlaverock

Equipment:
Nikon DSLR

David Cantrille

Black-bellied Plover with large worm
(more) Vital the tidal flows are consistant for this wading bird which relies for its feeding habits

Equipment:
Canon EOS MK4, Canon 500 F4L IS lens with Gitzo tripod

Taken in: UNITED STATES

CMiller

'A Leap of Faith ... You have much to learn, Grasshopper!' (entered on the 29th of Feb.2012!) - P13
(more) As well as recognising the role of smaller, maybe less iconic, creatures, this photograph illustrates the often difficult balancing act and attendant complex skills involved in maintaining healthy wetland ecoystems.

Taken in: UNITED STATES

Nigel Picknell

Sleepless In Arundel
(more) Whistling duck sentry tries to stay awake while others sleep tight.

Debbie Picknell

Crest of a wave
(more) When this female Scaly-sided Merganser (mergus squamatus) turned her head to preen she accentuated her crest of bronze with its wispy elongated feathers.

Graham Canny

England Cricket Team Wins Again!
(more) Red-crested Pochard at the LWC.

Equipment:
Canon EOS 7D.

David Howarth

On it's perch
(more) Robin perched on a fench post

Equipment:
Olympus E-500 with Sigma 50-500mm lens

Laura Brain

Eat Your Greens
(more) A Coot in wildside having a bite to eat.

Equipment:
Canon 7D with Sigma 300mm f2.8 & Sigma 2x teleconverter.

Debbie Picknell

Cruise with views
(more) An interesting cruise on the wetland discovery boat safari as the guide points out where the Peregrine Falcon resides in the trees.

Elaine Crew

Little Robin Redbreast
(more) Taken at WWT Barnes with a Canon 450D.

neil thornton

heron
(more) watching a heron watch the world go by

JANE KILGARRIFF

WINTER RUSHES
(more) A very cold but beautiful January day. The density of the blue sky reflected in the frozen water and the rushes swaying in the wind created a wonderful picture.

Equipment:
Nikon D80 18-200 Nikkor lense ISO 200 Exposure 1/320 Apperture F9 Focal length 27mm

Nathaniel Gonzales

Coot in winter
(more) A coot hiding on the reeds

Equipment:
canon 50d

ann stuart

'Lunch Time'
(more) Geese having some seed.

Equipment:
Nikon D5000

Graeme Wall

Mainly Monochrome
(more) Swans, ducks, seagulls, coots and a solitary goose make a study in black and white.

Equipment:
Canon EOS 400D

Sophie Carr

Enjoying London Wetland Centre
(more) My husband admires the view at the London Wetland Centre

Equipment:
Canon 60D Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 IS USM @200mm

Sam Rowley

Wren in the Snow
(more) a wren in the snow

Equipment:
Nikon D200, Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6

Debbie Picknell

Reedbed Hide
(more) This comfortable thatched hide protects you from the elements as you overlook the reedbeds at Arundel.

Nicola Thomas

Snuggled down from the cold
(more) 2 ducks bed down into the bank's foliage to keep back the cold

June Shaw

Mirror Image
(more) Duck having a drink

Equipment:
Canon 7D camera fitted with Canon 100-400mm lens

Ralph Neale

Blizzard of Wigeon
(more) Wigeon in flight

Equipment:
Canon 5D, 400mm

Danielle Connor

Pigeon
(more) London WWT

Equipment:
Canon EOS 550D

Andrew Cook

Winter Dusk
(more) Panorama composed of two merged photos taken from the Avenue Tower looking inland over flood fields with low cloud in the late afternoon.

Equipment:
Sigma DP1 , Lee ND grad filter and basic ball mini tripod

Paul Jarvis

The Gathering
(more) Whooper Swan

Equipment:
50D 400 F5.6

Nathaniel Gonzales

Dwarfed by the Cloud
(more) Airplane landing in Heathrow dwarfed by the magnificent cloud taken in Barnes wetland

Equipment:
canon 50d

Dr Michael Leary

Mute Swan Advancing With Warning Wings Up
(more) A tranquil winter scene was interrupted by this Mute Swan attacking a juvenile.

Equipment:
Pentax K5 55-300mm lens

Nathaniel Gonzales

Grebe and wood duck
(more) winter scene of wildlife in Barnes.

Equipment:
canon 50d

Martin Snelson

Ruff
(more) A portrait of a Ruff

Sam Rowley

Swan Flying
(more) Whooper swan flying

Equipment:
Nikon D200, Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6

Chris Pippard

Chasing Swans 2
(more) These Mute swans were chasing each the length of the main lake, I imagine in a fight over territory.

Equipment:
Nikon D7000, Nikkor 300 f4

Harishkumar Shah

Winter Landscape
(more) Landscape of water reservoir taken from the bird watching tower.

Equipment:
Canon 5D MK2 camera with Canon 300mm f4 L Lens including a polariser and a 0.9ND graduated filter.

CAROLINE BROOKES-LEYLAND

BLACKBIRD BATHING 3
(more) BLACKY BIRD TAKING A NICE BATH

Elaine Crew

Our Door is Always Open...
(more) Taken at dusk with a Canon 450D.

Carol Walker

Sunset Swan Song
(more) Swans flying off in the sun set

Equipment:
Nikon D3100 55/300 Nikon Lense

Richard Billingham

Sir Peter Scott Hide
(more) This was taken at the Sir Peter Scott Hide at Llanelli WWT. I like the abstract nature of the image, how the birds and the trees and the rocks are silhouetted against the water and the sky. The water and sky blend into one.

Equipment:
Hasselblad XPan, Film 35mm Fuji Colour Superior 1600

Lucia Brown

Contemplating Crow
(more) A silouette of a crow

Equipment:
Nikon D90

Amanda Lowden

Penshaw Monument
(more) looking towards Penshaw Monument from Washington WWT

Equipment:
Nikon D40

Sue Thompson

Harnessing the wind
(more) Barnacle geese flying towards wind farm

Equipment:
Canon EOS450D

Roger Derbyshire

Little Egret Preening
(more) Taken from Michael Powell hide

India Owen

the woods
(more) what's really beneath our feet

Taken in: UNITED KINGDOM

Nigel Picknell

Space to think
(more) A restful retreat from the sounds and smells of urban living. I like the way the embankment snakes its way towards the housing in the distance.

CAROLINE BROOKES-LEYLAND

MANDARIN ON MERE
(more) BEAUTIFUL MANDARIN DUCK REFLECTING ON COLD MERE

Brian Gadsby

Greylag Goose in reeds
(more) Greylag Goose walking through reeds.

Equipment:
Sony Alfa 700 camera with 500mm mirror lens

Danielle Connor

Water vole in bird feeder
(more) London WWT

Equipment:
Canon EOS 550D

Max Brown

Little Grebe
(more) A little grebe in its habitat, one of two young ones I followed.

Equipment:
Canon EOS 20D and 400mm 5.6L

Susan Tyrrell

Dunnock
(more) A Dunnock looks for food in the bushes

Equipment:
Canon 500 d 70-300mm is lens 1x4 converter

Mat Bingham

Wing Blur
(more) This duck was flapping his wings and was wonderfully sidelit.

Equipment:
Canon 30D, 300mm F4 IS, 1.4 TC

Barry Spear

Foraging Squirrel
(more) Squirrel searching for food underneath the bird feeders

Equipment:
Nikon D300S Sigma 50-500mm lens taken at F.6

Andrew Berry.

Loitering With Intent.
(more) Lesser black Backed Gull contemplating something nasty.

Equipment:
EOS 7D, EF100-400L.

Beryl Matthews

Discovery
(more) Taken at Arundel

Nicola Thomas

See, I do try to clean behind my ears...
(more) bird cleaning himself

Equipment:
Canon 1100D w/ 75-300mm lens

steven flaherty

Swan Neck
(more) I was waiting for the feeding to start and decided to shoot closeups of the swans waiting for the food. I liked this one as the backdrop was not to cluttered and complimented the image. Using the 300 instead of the 600mm allowed me to incorporate the subjects surroundings

Equipment:
Canon 1d MKIV 300mm + 1.4 converter ISO 800 F4 1/125 sec AV Mode

Matthew Edwards

A Mute Swan comes close!
(more) Each feather on this beautiful Mute Swan is a piece of Art in itself.

Equipment:
Nikon D3100 Tamron 18-270mm

Karenanne Millburn

FIGHT!!.....FIGHT!!.....
(more) swans

Equipment:
Fujifilm FinePix S1000

Marie Weigand

Lazy Afternoon
(more) Birds lounging by the lake side, often head in wing to shelter themselves from the incredible winds.

Equipment:
Canon 5D, 17-40mm EF lens.

Roland Hodges

I'm all puffed up
(more) Robin

Equipment:
Nikon D7000 Lens 55-300

Jennifer Byrne

Close up
(more) Duck detail

Equipment:
canon eos 400d and 300mm macro lense

Sam Rowley

Sunset Reeds
(more) Reeds at sunset

Equipment:
Nikon D300, Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6

George J. Reclos

Portrait
(more) A close up portrait of a red crested pochard.

Equipment:
Nikon D700, Tamron 180mm f/3.5 macro

June Shaw

The Green Pathway
(more) This picture was taken of the frozen winding pathway through Hawthorn woods.

Equipment:
Canon 7D camera fitted with Canon 24-70mm lens.ISO 100 F16 @0.6 sec.

June Shaw

Misty
(more) View of reeds & frozen background.

Equipment:
Canon 7D camera fitted with 100 to 400mm lens @ F14

Dr Michael Leary

Bee Feeding on Marsh Flower
(more) It was a delight to be so close to this busy bee.

Equipment:
Pentax K5 55-300mm lens

Elaine Crew

Reservoir Ducks...
(more) Shot at Barnes WWT using a Canon 450D.

M.Proctor.

Great Spotted Woodpecker
(more) Woodpecker at the Feeding Station.

Equipment:
Canon EOS 400. 100-400 Canon Lens.

Paul Neuman

The optimistic fisherman - WINNER, World Wetlands category
(more) Taken on the Nile in Cairo, fishing in the flotsam, it's got to be optimistic

Equipment:
Canon D400

Taken in: EGYPT

Gill Kimber

In The Reeds
(more) I took this photo yesterday at the Barnes London Wetland Centre. The mallard was foraging amongst the reeds with a couple of others. He looked up briefly and spotted me, but then carried on searching for food. Although the bittern had eluded me yet again, I was delighted to catch this chap's eye!

Equipment:
Canon 550D with Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 55-250mm

Bex Guest

Mute Swan
(more) Mute swan being propelled along by the wind

steven flaherty

Family Outing
(more) I come to slimbridge every winter to watch the migration of this magnificent bird and always like to see the families coming back with there youngsters. It makes the trip worth while

Equipment:
Canon 1d MKIV 300mm f2.8 + 1.4 Converter Handheld 1/2000 Sec f6.3 ISO 200 AV Mode Spot Metering

Joanne Pelham

Marsh Harrier at Sunset
(more) Marsh Harrier flying in the sunset

Equipment:
Panasonic Lumix FZ28

Kevin Lovibond

Bad Hair Day?
(more) Grey heron at the lagoon

Equipment:
Canon EOS 450D, Sigma 150-500mm

Roger Derbyshire

Little Egret taking off
(more) Taken from Michael Powell Hide

Malcolm Marner

was it something i said
(more) lone crane on the river severn a river that could be under threat by an energy hungry world

Equipment:
canon 500d

Taken in: UNITED KINGDOM

steven flaherty

First Ones Home
(more) I always wait in anticipation for the first Bewick Swans to return from their migration and also when they are on the estuary for them to return for the nightly feed. This was one such moment I managed to capture.

Equipment:
Canon 1d MKIV 300mm f2.8 IS Lens + 1.4 Converter 1/640 sec AV Mode f5.6 ISO 400

Max Tindal

Swimming Merganser
(more) Swimming merganser

Equipment:
Nikon D50 Sigma 70-300mm lens

Mike Veitch

Reed Lights - WASHINGTON WINNER, Wetland Landscapes category
(more) Penshaw Monument and reeds

Ann Page

Mandarin Duck
(more) There were a few mandarin ducks chasing one another, just managed to catch this one on its own.

Equipment:
Canon EOS 450D with Tamron 70-300mm

Peter Chilcott

Peaceful reflections
(more) Greylags at ease

Equipment:
Canon Powershot G6

Dr Michael Leary

Female Pheasant close up
(more) It is hard to get close to Pheasants but from the hide this close up was possible.

Equipment:
Pentax K5 55-300mm lens

Gillian Lloyd

Icy Image
(more) Duck with own image reflecting in the ice

Equipment:
Nikon D3; 70-200mm lens

Peter Paredes

Afternoon nap
(more) Shot this while visiting the Barnes Wetland Centre after it snowed in early February. It was lovely to see the wetland centre covered in snow. Saw this little guy taking a quick nap on on frozen pond

Equipment:
Canon 60D with EF-S 55-250mm