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

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

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

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

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

Adult Patagonian crested ducks (Lophonetta specularioides specularioides) feeding at low tide on Carcass Island, Falkland Islands

Adult Patagonian crested duck (Lophonetta specularioides specularioides) feeding at low tide on Carcass Island, Falkland Islands

Adult Patagonian crested duck (Lophonetta specularioides specularioides) feeding at low tide on Carcass Island, Falkland Islands

Adult male common eider ducks (Somateria mollissima) in breeding plumage in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope) in breeding plumage on Lake Myvatn, Iceland

Adult Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope) in breeding plumage on Lake Myvatn, Iceland

Adult harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) in full breeding plumage in the calm waters of Lake Myvatn, Iceland

Female Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) swimming, Sterne Park, Littleton, Colorado, 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

Adult female upland goose (Chloephaga picta) with goslings on Carcass Island in the Falkland Islands

Falkland Steamerduck (Tachyeres brachypterus) pair on New Island in the Falkland Islands

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)

Mandarin Duck male on the water, Midlands UK

Mandarin Duck male on the water, Midlands UK

Portrait of Mandarin Duck male on the water, Midlands UK

Mandarin Duck male on the water, Midlands UK

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

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

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

Coypu and mallard duck, Myocastor coypus, Germany, Europe

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.

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

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

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

Torrent Duck male on rock, Torres del Paine Chile

Torrent Duck male on rock, Torres del Paine Chile

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

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

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

Northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata), Italy, May 2018

Male Long-tailed Duck taking off, Barents sea Norway

Mallard Duck on the bank, Camargue France