Rod Williams / Female black spur-winged goose (Plectopterus gambensis niger), Barn Elms WWT, captive. Occurs in wetlands of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Sandesh Kadur / Spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis) in flight. Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Richard Du Toit / Spur winged geese (Plectropterus gambensis) flock flying past electricity pylons, silhouetted at dawn, Marievale Bird Sanctuary, Gauteng Province, South Africa, August.

Bruno D'Amicis / Spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis) swimming, group of four in Blue Nile river. Bahir Dar, Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia.

Bruno D'Amicis / Spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis) on Blue Nile bank. Bahir Dar, Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia.

Lou Coetzer / Five Spur-winged geese (Plectropterus gambensis ) in formation flight, Chobe River, Botswana, April.

Lou Coetzer / Spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis) landing, Chobe River, Botswana, June.

Lou Coetzer / Spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis) running aggressively, Chobe River, Botswana, May.

Lou Coetzer / Spur winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis) taking off from water, Chobe River, Botswana.

Loic Poidevin / Spurwing goose (Plectropterus gambensis)) in flight over water, Uganda.

Neil Aldridge / Red lechwe (Kobus leche) herd with juveniles grazing in evening light. One animal walks into frame and then stands in the centre looking around. Spur-winged geese (Plectropterus gambensis) are amongst...

Loic Poidevin / Spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis) in flight. Uganda. July.