Adult macaroni penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus) plunging into the sea leaving their breeding colony at Elsehul on South Georgia, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

A Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna), on Brownsea Island, a nature reserve in Poole Harbour, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Brunnich's guillemot (Uria lomvia) breeding and nesting site at Cape Fanshawe in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, Arctic, Europe

Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) hauled out and molting on Hannah Point, Livingston Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Young polar bear (Ursus maritimus), feeding on a fresh bearded seal kill near Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Migrating Pink-Footed geese over-wintering at Holkham, North Norfolk coast, East Anglia, Eastern England

Birdwatchers inside bird hide watch migrating geese over-wintering near Holkham, Norfolk, East Anglia, United Kingdom

Migrating Pink-Footed geese over-wintering on marshland at Holkham, North Norfolk coast, East Anglia, Eastern England

Migrating Pink-Footed geese over-wintering on marshland at Holkham, North Norfolk coast, East Anglia, Eastern England

Migrating Pink-Footed geese over-wintering at Holkham, North Norfolk coast, East Anglia, Eastern England

Migrating Pink-Footed geese over-wintering at Holkham, North Norfolk coast, East Anglia, Eastern England

Migrating Pink-Footed geese over-wintering on marshland at Holkham, North Norfolk coast, East Anglia, Eastern England

Migrating Pink-Footed geese over-wintering at Holkham, North Norfolk coast, East Anglia, Eastern England

Migrating Pink-Footed geese over-wintering near Holkham, North Norfolk coast, East Anglia, Eastern England

Migrating Pink-Footed geese over-wintering at Holkham, North Norfolk coast, East Anglia, Eastern England

Migrating Pink-Footed geese over-wintering on marshland at Holkham, North Norfolk coast, East Anglia, Eastern England

Brent geese flying over their Norfolk wintering grounds, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Snow Geese flying to their roosting place at full moon, wintering in Bosque del Apache, New Mexico, USA

Snow Geese wintering in Bosque del Apache, Anser caerulescens atlanticus, Chen caerulescens, New Mexico, USA

tourists on platform in Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge, Snow Geese wintering, New Mexico, USA

About 4 Mio. bramblings overwinter in a little narrow valley in winter 2008/2009, the first time ever for so many of the finches to overwinter there, Eastern Styria, Austria, Europe

About 4 Mio. bramblings overwinter in a little narrow valley in winter 2008/2009, the first time ever for so many of the finches to overwinter there, Eastern Styria, Austria, Europe

About 4 Mio. bramblings overwinter in a little narrow valley in winter 2008/2009, the first time ever for so many of the finches to overwinter there, Eastern Styria, Austria, Europe

About 4 Mio. bramblings overwinter in a little narrow valley in winter 2008/2009, the first time ever for so many of the finches to overwinter there, Eastern Styria, Austria, Europe

Animals, Birds, Terns, Caspian tern Sterna caspia Adult In Flight In Eclipse Plumage Against Deep Blue Sky In Wintering Grounds December The Gambia West Africa.

Animals, Birds, Terns, Caspian tern Sterna caspia In Eclipse Plumage Standing At Waters Edge In Wintering Grounds December The Gambia West Africa.

Common Crane (Grus grus) during its wintering in spain winter, Gallocanta lagoon, Tornos, Zaragoza, Spain

Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) pre-nuptial wintering male digging out an arenicolous worm on the foreshore at low tide, Finistere, Brittany, France

Team of Antarctic expeditionaries watching the landscape through the windows of the Airbus A320 carrying them from Hobart;Tasmania) to Mario Zucchelli;Italian coastal Antarctic base), as they approach the latter. These are the first summer campers. In red are those who will then take a Basler to the French coastal summer station of Cap Prud'Homme or Robert Guillard. They'll spend a few days opening it up and warming it up, before moving on to the Dumont d'Urville base;6km from Cap Prud'Homme), marking the end of wintering there. In blue: the expeditionaries bound for Concordia.

Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) overwintering on a pebble beach in search of food on the seashore, Normandy, France

Waxwing (Bombycilla Garrulus) eating a berrie, England

Waxwing (Bombycilla Garrulus) perched in a rowan tree, England

White storks in a meadow in winter, France

Arjuzanx Nature Reserve located on the territory of 4 Landes communes (Arjuzanx, Morcenx, Rion des Landes and Villenave), Landes, France. The site is the largest French wintering site for Common Cranes.

Variable Smudge (Ypsolopha ustella) Imago at the end of wintering, wooded areas of oaks, Côtes d'Armor, Brittany, France

Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) landing on water, Sanmenxia, Henan ptovince, China

Common crane (Grus grus) going through the rainbow storm, Valdenazar, Yebes, Guadalajara, Spain

Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) landing on water, Sanmenxia, Henan ptovince, China

Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) overwintering on a beach in search of food, Normandy, France

Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) in flight, Sanmenxia, Henan ptovince, China

Portrait of Whooper Swan at rest, Hokkaido Japan

Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) on water, Sanmenxia, Henan ptovince, China

Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) on water at sunrise, Sanmenxia, Henan ptovince, China