Ernie Janes / Redshank (Tringa totanus)wading through water with a dead plant in the background, Norfolk, England, UK, November 2013.

Nigel Cattlin / Redshank (Persicaria maculosa) growing as arable weed. England, UK. September.

Nigel Cattlin / Redshank (Persicaria maculosa) growing as arable weed. England, UK. September.

Nigel Cattlin / Redshank (Persicaria maculosa), an annual arable weed. Berkshire, England, UK. August.

David Woodfall / Redshank (Tringa totanus ) in machair amongst daisies. Outer Hebrides. Scotland, UK.

David Woodfall / Redshank (Tringa totanus ) in machair amongst daisies. North Uist, Scotland, UK, June.

Rod Williams / Hoverfly (Platycheirus granditarsus) female feeding on Redshank flowers, Sutcliffe Park Nature Reserve, Eltham, London, England, UK, August.

Melvin Grey / Spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus) adult perched on tree over nesting area, Munio, Finland.

Nick Upton / Redshank / Spotted ladysthumb (Persicaria maculosa) flowering on riverbank, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Redshank / Spotted ladysthumb (Persicaria maculosa) flowering on riverbank, Wiltshire, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Spotted ladysthumb (Persicaria maculata) flowering in damp grassland, Cornwall, UK, September.

Peter Cairns / Redshank (Tringa totanus) perched on wire fence in field of Lupins, Iceland, June