Oscar Dewhurst / Eurasian coot (Fulica atra) males fighting over territory. London, England, UK. December.;

John Waters / Close-up of a Coot (Fulica atra) walking on ice, Greylake RSPB Reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK, February.

David Pattyn / Adult Coot (Fulica atra) diving for food. The Netherlands. March 2013.

David Pattyn / Coot (Fulica Atra) female feeding its chick in between vegetation. The Netherlands. June 2014

David Pattyn / Coot (Fulica Atra) female feeding its chick. The Netherlands. June 2014

David Pattyn / Coot (Fulica Atra) female feeding its chick. The Netherlands. June 2014

David Pattyn / Coot (Fulica Atra) young chick. The Netherlands. June 2014

David Pattyn / Coot (Fulica atra) adult close-up. Backlit at dawn. The Netherlands. April 2014

Andrew Parkinson / Coot (Fulica atra) portrait, revealing the size of its enormous feet as it crosses a frozen lake. Derbyshire, UK, January (non-ex) Highly commended in the Portfolio category of the BWPA Competition 20...

Graham Eaton / Coot (Fulica atra) dancing on ice, Wirral, England, UK, January.

Andrew Walmsley / Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) on water, Christchurch, New Zealand, February

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Oscar Dewhurst / Eurasian coot (Fulica atra) adults and juveniles on artificial nesting housing. London, England, UK. July.

Staffan Widstrand / Eurasian coot (Fulica atra) Kyrkbosjon, Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden

Fabrice Cahez / Flock of Coots (Fulica atra) in winter, Lac du Der, France, January.

Nick Upton / Coot (Fulica atra) swimming on a lake low winter sunshine, Wiltshire, UK, December.

Nick Upton / Coot (Fulica atra) standing on the grassy margins of a lake, Wiltshire, UK, December.

Nick Upton / Canada goose (Branta canadensis) and Coot (Fulica atra) foraging on the grassy margins of a lake, Wiltshire, UK, December.

David Pattyn / Coot (Fulica atra) on a misty morning attacking an opponent in a territorial fight Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May.

David Pattyn / Coot (Fulica atra) two fighting in a territorial dispute during the breeding season on a misty morning Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May.

Pal Hermansen / Coot (Fulica atra) taking off from water. Oslo, Norway. April.

Staffan Widstrand / Common / Eurasian coot (Fulica atra) Pusztaszer protected landscape, Kiskunsagi, Hungary, May

Neil Challis / Coot (Fulica atra) feeding on reed, Buckinghamshire, UK, July.

Neil Challis / Coot (Fulica atra) swimming then diving to retrieve fresh reed growth, Buckinghamshire, UK, July.

David Pattyn / Coot (Fulica atra) two fighting in a territorial dispute during the breeding season. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands, May.

David Pattyn / Coot (Fulica atra) two fighting in a territorial dispute during the breeding season, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands, May.

David Pattyn / Coot (Fulica atra) two fighting in a territorial dispute during the breeding season, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands, May.

David Pattyn / Coot (Fulica atra) two fighting in a territorial dispute during the breeding season, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands, May.

David Pattyn / Coot (Fulica atra) two fighting in a territorial dispute during the breeding season Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands, May

David Pattyn / Coot (Fulica atra) two fighting in a territorial dispute during the breeding season Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands, May

Mick Jenner / Slow motion clip of a pair of Moorhens (Gallinula chloropus) fighting a Coot (Fulica atra), competing over territory, West Sussex, England, UK, March.

Oscar Dewhurst / Eurasian coot (Fulica atra) recently-hatched chicks and unhatched egg in nest. London, UK, May.

Oscar Dewhurst / Eurasian coot (Fulica atra) males fighting over territory. London, England, UK. December.

David Tipling / Coot (Fulica atra) at nest with newly hatched chick, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, UK, March

Brian Bevan / Coot (Fulica atra) walking on ice, Cambridgeshire, England, UK, February.

Nick Upton / Great white egret (Egretta alba) hunting for fish in a marshland pool near a group of Coots (Fulica atra) and dense red beds, RSPB Ham Wall reserve, Somerset, UK, October.

Roger Powell / Common Coots (Fulica atra) fighting over territory, one driving another away. Potterick Carr Nature Reserve, Doncaster, Yorkshire, UK, March.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Eurasian coot (Fulica atra) walking on ice. Denmark, March.

Terry Whittaker / Coot (Fulica atra) nesting in old inflatable boat on canal. Amsterdam. Netherlands, April.

David Pattyn / Coot (Fulica atra) adult feeding its young, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, the Netherlands, June

David Pattyn / Coot (Fulica atra) adult feeding its young, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, the Netherlands, June

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Eurasion Coot (Fulica atra) with ingested plastic fishing line pollution in an urban park, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, January.

Nick Upton / Coot (Fulica atra) grazing ground vegetation near a lake margin in falling snow, Gloucestershire, UK, February.

Nick Upton / Coot (Fulica atra) grazing grass on a snow covered lake margin, Gloucestershire, UK, February.

Mark Carwardine / Coot (Fulica atra) Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, UK, January.

Pedro Narra / Coot (Fulica atra) swimming, Sado Estuary. Portugal. April

Pedro Narra / Coot (Fulica atra) on stream, Sado Estuary. Portugal. April

Pedro Narra / Coot (Fulica atra) Sado Estuary. Portugal. March