A Scottish Highland bull eating bog myrtle at a dune pond near Castricum, NL

Great white egret taking off from a pond near Castricum, NL

Two mallard ducklings posing for a portrait on an abandoned coots nest in a pond near Castricum, NL

Scottish Highland cattle neatly lined up in a pond near Castricum, NL

A herd of Scottish Highland cattle seeking relief from the early summer heat in a pond near Castricum, NL

Grazing horses in a field with a waterhole near Castricum, NL

You have to see it to believe it - A horse grazing on rushes in a shallow pond is watching a family of mallard ducklings with their mother followed by another family of coot chicks with their mother swim by near Castricum, NL

Steaming forest canal in early morning light near Castricum, NL

Barnacle goose swimming in forest reflections in a pond near Castricum, NL

Great white egret taking flight in a pond with rushes near Castricum, NL

Great white egret hunting at daybreak in a shallow pond near Castricum, NL

Eared grebe baby hoping to catch a mayfly in a pond near Castricum, NL

Eared grebe father feeding the young carried on the mother's back in a pond near Castricum, NL

Portrait of two mallard ducklings and their mother swimming in a pond near Castricum, NL

Mallard ducklings swimming in formation with their mother in a pond near Castricum, NL

Mallard family with ducklings gathering in the reeds growing in a pond near Castricum, NL

A couple of magical mandarin ducks sitting at the edge of a pond near Castricum, NL

Grey heron carrying off a frog into the mist near Castricum, NL

Common coot calmly pursuing its course through boiling fog in a pond near Castricum, NL

A dun horse making ripples while wading through a pond with lush green reeds near Castricum, NL