Pete Oxford / Chilean flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) in Lago Azul with Torres del Paine, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile.

George Sanker / American Buffalo or Bison (Bison bison) group with calves, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, May

Rolf Nussbaumer / RF- Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor) drinking from wetland lake. Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, Coastal Bend, Texas Coast, USA. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Lynn M Stone / Portrait of male Boxer, light brindle coloured with natural ears, standing by lake shore, Illinois, USA

Thomas Lazar / Ice hanging from arch in sea cave carved in soft sandstone cliffs, frozen lake, Squaw Bay, Lake Superior, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin, USA, February 2009

Kirkendall-Spring / Autumn in a hardwood forest in Chapel Basin, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan, USA

Kirkendall-Spring / Munising Falls in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan, USA

Jeff Foott / Padres Butte, Lake Powell, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Utah

Steve Gettle / Maple (Acer sp) tree in autumn, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan

Jim Brandenburg / Forest on lake shore, Judd Lake, Superior National Forest, Minnesota

Tim Fitzharris / Castle Rock overlooking Lake Superior, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan

Jim Brandenburg / Red Pine (Pinus resinosa) at edge of lake in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness with 1200 miles of canoe routes, part of Superior National Park, Minnesota

Jim Brandenburg / Ice along the shore of Burntside Lake at sunset, Superior National Forest, Minnesota

Jim Brandenburg / Breeze blown grass of lakeside sedge meadow, Moose Lake, Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota

Nick Upton / Greylag goose (Anser anser) adult with gosling grazing lake margin grassland, Gloucestershire, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Greylag goose (Anser anser) gosling, grazing grass on a lake margin, Gloucestershire, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Male Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) perched on the back of its mate, before mating, at the edge lake, Gloucestershire, UK, May.

Nick Upton / Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) foraging on lake shore grassland, Gloucestershire, UK, May.

Ashley Cooper / Discarded litter left by visitors, Ambleside, Lake District National Park, Cumbria, UK. June.

Ashley Cooper / Discarded litter on the shores of Lake Windermere, Ambleside, Lake District National Park, UK. May, 2020.

Doug Gimesy / Aerial view of section of Lake Lonsdale, taken from the west side, looking east, Stawell, Victoria, Australia. May 2021.

Ugo Mellone / Hooded grebe (Podiceps gallardoi) colony in Strobel plateau beside researchers campsite on lake shore, Santa Cruz, Patagonia, Argentina. December 2017.

Ugo Mellone / Hooded grebe (Podiceps gallardoi) nest with egg, blown ashore by strong winds, Buenos Aires plateau, Patagonia National Park, Santa Cruz, Argentina.

Ugo Mellone / Hooded grebe (Podiceps gallardoi) nest with egg, blown ashore by strong winds, Buenos Aires plateau, Patagonia National Park, Santa Cruz, Argentina.

Ugo Mellone / Landscape of lake shore in shadow with mountains in distance, Patagonia National Park, Santa Cruz, Argentina. January 2018.

Ugo Mellone / Ugo Mellone photographing hooded grebes on lake, Buenos Aires plateau, Patagonia National Park, Santa Cruz, Argentina.

Ugo Mellone / Two researchers from Aves Argentina NGO collecting eggs abandoned by Hooded grebes (Podiceps gallardoi) for captive breeding, Hooded grebe colony in background, Strobel plateau, Santa Cruz, Patagonia,...

Ugo Mellone / Researcher from NGO Aves Argentina monitoring hooded grebes (Podiceps gallardoi) from his campsite in Buenos Aires plateau. Patagonia National Park, Santa Cruz, Argentina.

Ugo Mellone / Researcher from Aves Argentina monitoring Hooded grebe (Podiceps gallardoi) colony on lake from campsite on lake shore, Buenos Aires plateau, Patagonia National Park, Santa Cruz, Argentina. January 20...

Ugo Mellone / Researcher from Aves Argentina NGO monitoring Hooded grebes (Podiceps gallardoi) on lake, Patagonia National Park, Santa Cruz, Argentina. December 2017.

George Sanker / Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) running along shore of Yellowstone Lake at sunrise, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.

George Sanker / Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) running along shore of Yellowstone Lake at sunrise, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.

George Sanker / Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) running along shore of Yellowstone Lake at sunrise, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.

George Sanker / Wood duck (Aix sponsa) male in breeding plumage standing on dead log overhanging lake, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. Early spring.

Oliver Wright / Man watching the Aurora borealis on a lakeshore, east of Abisko, Sweden. October.

Olga Kamenskaya / Flowers, (Ferulopsis hystrix) Pimenov, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. June.

Olga Kamenskaya / Flowers growing on Cape Khoboy, Olkhon Island, Baikal Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. June.

Olga Kamenskaya / Locoweed (Oxytropis lanata) and Alison flowers (Alyssum lenense) Olkhon island, Lake Baikal Siberia, Russia. June.

Olga Kamenskaya / Flowers (Ferulopsis hystrix) on lakeshore, Pimenov , Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. June.

Olga Kamenskaya / Landfill on Olkhon Island, Baikal Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. June.

Olga Kamenskaya / Lakeshore, reflected in water, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. June 2016.

Olga Kamenskaya / Khakusy , health resort with hot springs, located in the north of Buryatia Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. July.

Olga Kamenskaya / Trees growing on the shore of Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. July 2015.

Olga Kamenskaya / Flowering shrub (Ephedra monosperma) Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. July.

Olga Kamenskaya / Small house with wind turbine, on the shore of Lake Baikal, East Olkhon. Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. July 2015.

Erlend Haarberg / Aerial view of frozen lake in the Muddus National Park, Laponia World Heritage Site, Swedish Lapland, Sweden, October.

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio anubis) young male being groomed on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Gombe National Park, Tanzania.

Anup Shah / Olive baboon (Papio anubis) young male being groomed on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Gombe National Park, Tanzania.