Couple of mute swans looking up from feeding in a pond near Castricum, NL

Flock of greylag geese splashing water while running to take off from a pond in winter morning light near Castricum, NL

Flock of greylag geese taking flight in the glow of winter morning light from a pond near Castricum, NL

Flock of greylag geese on the wing flying past a forest near Castricum, NL

Flock of greylag geese flying off near Castricum, NL.

Treading on thin ice - an Egyptian Goose treading on the thin ice of a barely frozen pond near Castricum, NL

Two stark oak trees in winter morning light near Castricum, NL

Intimate portrait of horses at a pond near Castricum, NL

Horse drinking from a golden pond near Castricum, NL

Dark brown and bay horse grazing in an autumn forest near Castricum, NL

Dark horse investigating an interesting smell by performing the flehmen response at a pond near Castricum, NL

Huddle of Scottish Highland cattle in an overgrown pond near Castricum, NL

Bulling [in heat, estrus] Scottish Highland cow being mounted by a steer [castrated male bovine] in an overgrown dune pond near Castricum, NL

All kinds of stuff going on in a tranquil pond - Scottish Highland cattle (two of them locking horns) and a grey heron doing a fly-by in an overgrown pond near Castricum, NL

Scottish Highland cattle hanging out in an overgrown pond near Castricum, NL

Dune pond with Scottish Highland cattle on a sunny autumn morning near Castricum, NL

Horse scratching itself under an oak tree near Castricum, NL

Intimate moment between two horses in the dunes near Castricum, NL

Two horses walking in the glow of late summer morning light near Castricum, NL

Horse grazing on rushes in a forest ditch near Castricum, NL