Perky lady with her suitors - female mallard closely followed by two drake mallards in a pond near Castricum, NL

Dauntless cormorant surfacing in a pond near Castricum, NL

Grey heron landing amid a flock of mallards and causing a turmoil in a pond near Castricum, NL

Two mute swans flying away from a pond in winter morning glow near Castricum, NL

Mute swan couple preening and stretching wings in a winter pond near Castricum, NL

Mute swan couple and a lonely Scottish Highland cow at a winter pond near Castricum, NL

Whooper swan family, having migrated from Russia, hibernating in a pond near Castricum, NL

Mute swan couple taking off from a winter pond near Castricum, NL

A sunlit forest lane in autumn near Castricum, NL

Flock of canada geese taking off from a winter pond near Castricum, NL

Mute swan running on water to gain speed for takeoff in a pond near Castricum, NL

Juvenile mute swan landing on the smooth water of a misty pond near Castricum, NL

Grey heron flying by over a tranquil pond near Castricum, NL

Black-headed gull gently touching down on the water of a pond near Castricum, NL

Juvenile white wagtails squabbling in flight low to the ground on the beach of a pond near Castricum, NL

Juvenile white wagtail stalking a mayfly on the beach of a pond near Castricum, NL

Two juvenile white wagtails landing on the beach of a pond near Castricum, NL

Pyramid of tiny pool frogs sitting on top of each other on a floating log in a densely overgrown pond near Castricum, NL

White wagtail juvenile flying off from a perch in a pond near Castricum, NL

Grey heron rising from the water of a pond near Castricum, NL