Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) pair, Rio Grande Zoo, Albuquerque Biological Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America, North America

Adult female common eider ducks (Somateria mollissima) swimming with ducklings of Edgeoya in Svalbard, Norway, Arctic, Europe

Adult surf scoters (Melanitta perspicillata) in flight in Glacier Bay National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Southeast Alaska, Pacific Ocean, United States of America, North America

Black browed albatross snuggling in nest, Falkland Islands, South America

Mallard drake (Anas platyrhynchos), stretching wings, Martin Mere Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Reserve, Burscough, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) drake swimming, Sterne Park, Littleton, Colorado, United States of America, North America

Female Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) swimming, Sterne Park, Littleton, Colorado, United States of America, North America

Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) drake swimming, Sterne Park, Littleton, Colorado, United States of America, North America

Male Redhead (Aythya americana) swimming, Veterans Park, Boulder City, Nevada, United States of America, North America

A South Georgia Pintail, Anas georgica georgica, a small species of duck that is endemic too and only found on South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

Carolina Duck (Aix Sponsa)

Portrait of Mandarin Duck male on the water, Midlands UK

King eider duck (Somateria spectabilis) adult male in breeding plumage on winter ice floes during a snow shower in Varanger, Norway

Mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) among flowers, Salamanca, Castille and Leon, Spain

Mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) swims in the water. Hungary

Mandarin Duck male on the water, Midlands UK

Ducks, swans, geese and seagulls on a frozen lake in the Bois de Vincennes in winter. Bois de Vincennes. Paris (75012). France.

Falkland flightless Steamer duck (Tachyeres brachypterus), female, Sea Lion, Falkland, January 2018

Mandarin Duck male on the water, Midlands UK

Male Tufted Duck flapping wings on the water in winter, GB

Coypu and mallard duck, Myocastor coypus, Germany, Europe

Torrent Duck male on rock, Torres del Paine Chile

Mandarin Duck male on the water, Midlands UK

White headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala) male fighting in spring, Ciudad Real, Daimiel, Spain

Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata), Italy, May 2018

France. Hunting. The European commission has adopted in january 2021 a ban on using lead 100m around any wetland in Europe. So far in France, the ban is only 30m. In the future, the lead will be totally banned as 6000 tons of lead is put into nature by hunters every year causing death of thousands of birds (here a mallard) eating lead balls.

Mallard duck female and young on the water -The Dombes France

France. Hunting. The European commission has adopted in january 2021 a ban on using lead 100m around any wetland in Europe. So far in France, the ban is only 30m. In the future, the lead will be totally banned as 6000 tons of lead is put into nature by hunters every year causing death of thousands of birds (here a mallard) eating lead balls.

Two Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) swim upstream in the Peak District National Park, UK.

Torrent Duck male on rock, Torres del Paine Chile

Male Long-tailed Duck taking off, Barents sea Norway

Mallard Duck on the bank, Camargue France