Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) juvenile, standing on a fallen branch, Rotter-meren, The Netherlands (Holland), Europe

Blue-footed booby feet (Sula nebouxii), Punta Pitt, San Cristobal (Chatham) Island, Galapagos, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis), Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Egyptian geese (Alopochen aegyptiaca), Savuti Marsh area, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

King penguin's feet, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia, South Atlantic

Blue-footed Booby juvenile bird on Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Blue-footed Booby bird feeds juvenile on Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Goose, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Free-range birds may be at risk if Avian Flu (Bird Flu Virus) spreads

Fattened Toulouse Geese, France. Free-range birds may be at risk if Avian Flu (Bird Flu Virus) spreads

Geese farm, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Free-range birds may be at risk if Avian Flu (Bird Flu Virus) spreads

Geese farm, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Free-range birds may be at risk if Avian Flu (Bird Flu Virus) spreads

Geese farm, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Free-range birds may be at risk if Avian Flu (Bird Flu Virus) spreads

Close-up of a cormorant, Menorca (Minorca), Balearic islands, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Cormorant, Everglades, Florida, United States of America

Starling by San Francisco bay, California, United States of America

Greater Black-Backed Gull by San Francisco bay, California, United States of America

Greater Black-Backed Gull by San Francisco bay, California, United States of America

Greater Black-Backed Gull by San Francisco bay, California, United States of America

A Light Mantled Albatross, or Light Mantled Sooty Albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata, on South Georgia, on nesting cliffs at Grytviken.

A Chinstrap Penguin, Pygoscelis antarctica, at Hannah Point on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctic. Behind the penguin is lots of greenery, plants that are expanding as the Antarctic Peninsular warms as a result of climate change,

A Gentoo Penguin on Prion Island, South Georgia.

American Mink (Mustela vison) peering over rock with wet fur, paw on rock. American Mink is a formidable predator in water environments, unfortunately it is in the wrong country. This one was hunting amongst rocks on the banks of Loch Awe. Argyll, Scotland

Eider duck (Somateria mollissima), male. Male appearing to call someone. Actual behaviour is scratching and cleaning mouth with claw on webbed foot, while drifting with winter raft , Scotland, United Kingdom

Eider male and female (Somateria mollissima) flying into land in a raft. Eiders raft together in winter, the males all squabiling together, preening, diving and flapping. Eiders come from all over to raft together , Scotland

The feet of a Whistling duck at Martin Mere bird reserve near Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A frog flattened by a car

Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) close-up of feet in the Falkland Islands, south Atlantic Ocean.

Brown booby (Sula leucogaster), detail of feet, St. Peter and St. Paul's rocks, Brazil, South America

Brown booby's feet (Sula leucogaster), St. Peter and St. Paul's rocks, Brazil, South America

Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) close-up of feet on ice in Antarctica.

Penguin herd

Penguin herd

Duck's feet

Beautiful nature photograph of common eider (Somateria mollissima) bird in water, Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Norway

Hawaii, United States Of America, Red-Footed Booby (Sula Sula) Pitches Forward In Flight With Tail Feathers And Feet Flared For Braking