Marie Read / Common loon (Gavia immer) adult swimming with a chick resting on its back, Presque Isle County, Michigan, USA, June.
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Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) cub, Yuandudu, aged 8 months, with her mother, Huan Huan, Beauval ZooPark, France, April, 2022. Captive.
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David Tipling / Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) doe with fawns in stubble field after harvest, mid summer, North Norfolk, UK. July.
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Jack Dykinga / Female Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) with two chicks in farm fields, near Marana, Arizona, USA.
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Klein & Hubert / African lioness (Panthera leo) with her cub in savanna, Kenya, Africa.
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Eric Baccega / Close up shot of Female Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Huan Huan, holding her female cub, Beauval ZooPark, France, September 2021.
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Eric Baccega / Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) female, Huan Huan, holding cub aged one month, Beauval ZooPark, France. 9 September 2021.
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Richard Hopkins / Female European otter (Lutra lutra) looking directly at camera as her male cub suckles before she turns away from him; he pesters her to feed him again. Shetland, UK, September.
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Nick Upton / White stork (Ciconia ciconia) with three chicks in nest at top of an Oak tree, gaping in hot sunshine with one exercising its wings, Knepp Estate, Sussex, UK, June.
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Ben Cranke / Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) and her newborn pup, bonding with calling and nuzzling. Salisbury plain, South Georgia Island
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young chicks in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands.
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young chick on the back preening in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May. GDT European Wildlife Ph...
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult grebe shaking chick off its back to go fishing for itself. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult grebe shaking young off its back to go fishing for itself. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young chick next to it in backlight early in the morning. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with chicks on its back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on the back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with chicks on its back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with chicks on its back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with chicks on its back in the first morning light. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on its back while the other parent is feeding the chicks with a fish Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on its back while the other parent is feeding the chicks with a fish Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on the back while the other parent is feeding the chicks with a fish Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on its back while the other parent is feeding the chicks with a fish Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on the back while the other parent is feeding the chicks with a fish Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) young playing with a feather next to one of the parents. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird trying to rest with one of its young that keeps begging for food. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. June
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with one of its young that keeps begging for food. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. June
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird feeding a feather to one of its young. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. June
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on its back, portrait in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. June
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chick on its back and one next to it in the water; portrait in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlan...
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parents busy feeding their young with fish, in this case a small Tench (Tinca tinca) Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. June
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parents busy feeding their young with fish, in this case a small Tench (Tinca tinca) Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. June
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on its back, portrait in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with young on its back and one chick on the water, portrait in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. M...
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird feeding fish to to its chicks with the other parent bird, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on its back, portrait in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on the back while the other parent is feeding the chicks with a fish Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on the back while the other parent is feeding the chicks with a fish Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on the back busy with jockeying for the best position on the back Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on the back while the other parent is feeding the chicks with a fish Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) parent bird with chicks on the back while the other parent is feeding the chicks with a fish Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on nthe back busy with jockeiing for the best position on the back Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on its back competing for the best position. Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on the back in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with young on the back in the first morning light Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) adult with three young on the back hoping to get fed Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands. May
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Marie Read / Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) brooding small chick in nest on beach, Long Island, New York, USA, August.