Erlend Haarberg / Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) courtship display, Finnmark, Norway, May

Rolf Nussbaumer / Hudsonian godwit (Limosa haemastica) adult landing on water, Dinero, Lake Corpus Christi, South Texas, USA.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) adult in winter plumage feeding on mudflats, The Wash, Norfolk, England, UK, December

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) adult in winter plumage feeding on mudflats, The Wash, Norfolk, England, UK, December

Markus Varesvuo / Bar tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) Utsjoki Finland, July

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Mixed flock of Dark-bellied brent geese (Branta bernicla bernicla) and Black-tailed godwit (Limnosa limosa) South Swale Nature Reserve, Kent, UK, with Whitstable in background, October 2010

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) taking off from tidal pool, Snettisham RSPB reserve, Norfolk, UK, March. 2020VISION Exhibition. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you know? The black-tailed godwit's bill...

Russell Cooper / Avocets (Recurvirostra avosetta) and Black Tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) on the lagoon at Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour, Dorset, England, UK, October 2009.

Roger Powell / Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) in winter plumage, extracting a Lugworm from a deep hole at low tide, Boulmer, Northumberland, UK

Guy Edwardes / Black-tailed godwits (Limosa limosa) fighting, Lodmoor RSPB reserve, Weymouth, Dorset, England, August

Laurie Campbell / Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) feeding on tidal mudflat, Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK, February

Laurie Campbell / Bar-tailed godwits (Limosa lapponica) silhouette of flock in flight, sunset, Firth of Forth, Scotland, UK, November