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A swan puffs up its wings in the early spring sun at the inner city harbour, Berlin, Germany
Photograph: Markus Schreiber/AP
(Source: Guardian)
A duck coming in to be fed at a pond in Stockton Heath, Cheshire.
Picture: Darren Moston
Swan feeding frenzy at Blackwell Lake in Somerset
Picture: Ian Wade
Swans and geese feed on the snow-covered banks of the River Trent
Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images
(Source: Guardian)
A pair of harlequin ducks at Laxa river near Myvatn
Pure Iceland photo gallery by Theo Bosboom
An orphaned cygnet swims in a trainer pool at the Swan Sanctuary in Shepperton, south-west London. The national waterfowl sanctuary lies on the site of an old gravel pit and consists of a hospital wing complete with operating theatre, a heated intensive care section and a recovery area with an exercise pond
Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters
(Source: Guardian)
A 3,000-strong flock of snow geese take off from the Middle Creek reservoir near Kleinfeltersville, Pennsylvania. The geese stop there to feed on marsh grass before continuing their migration north to their breeding grounds in the Canadian Arctic
Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA
(Source: Guardian)
