Peter Hering/ BIA / Scissor-tailed Kite (Chelictinia riocourii) flying, Senegal

Peter Hering/ BIA / Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering/ BIA / Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) stretching, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering/ BIA / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) pair taking flight, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering/ BIA / Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild), Cape Verde Archipelago, Portugal

Peter Hering / Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica), Iceland

Peter Hering / Icterine Warbler (Hippolais icterina), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) gosling stretching, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) calling, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) wading, Germany

Peter Hering / Twite (Acanthis flavirostris), Germany

Peter Hering / White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) male carrying insect prey, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) female, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) pair fighting, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Siberian Tit (Poecile cinctus), Finnmark, Norway

Peter Hering / Siberian Jay (Perisoreus infaustus), Finnmark, Norway

Peter Hering / Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) male, Varanger, Norway

Peter Hering / Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator), Varanger, Norway

Peter Hering / Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) pair mating, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra) male, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Redwing (Turdus iliacus), Iceland

Peter Hering / Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Blue-headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering / Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) male, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering/ BIA / Nene (Branta sandvicensis) parent with goslings, native to Hawaii

Peter Hering/ BIA / Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) mother with chick, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Peter Hering/ BIA / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) ducklings, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany