Zoltan Nagy / White storks (Ciconia ciconia), Little egret (egreta garzetta) and Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) gathered at shallow lake on abandoned fish farm in the Danube floodplains, near Cetate, Romania. Aug...

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) feeding in shallow water, Oman, February

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) Oman, February

Juan Carlos Munoz / Mixed flock of White storks (Ciconia ciconia), Common spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia) and Cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) settling to roost in a tree, Doñana National Park, Andalusia, Spain, May.

ZSSD / African Spoonbill (Platalea alba) portrait, Africa

ZSSD / Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) portrait, breeds in Europe, winters in China and northern Africa

Flip de Nooyer / Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) trio wading through wetland, Europe

Flip de Nooyer / Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) flock in wetlands, Europe

David Tipling / Spoonbills (Platalea Leucorodia) pair collecting nesting material along the shore, Holkham, north Norfolk, England, UK. April.

Robin Chittenden / Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) running through shallow water with beak open, Cley, Norfolk, UK. April.

Robin Chittenden / Two Eurasian spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia) standing in shallow water, Cley, Norfolk, UK. April.

Ernie Janes / Three Spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia) feeding in shallow water, Cley Marshes Nature Reserve, Norfolk, UK. August.

Manuel Gracia / Black storks (Ciconia nigra), White storks (Ciconia ciconia), European spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia), Little egrets (Egretta garzetta) and Grey herons (Ardea cinerea) look for fish trapped in dryin...

Roger Powell / Eurasian spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia) standing in a fishpond and preening, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.

Roger Powell / Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) flock in flight, K'Far Ruppin kibbutz, Jordan Valley, Israel, March.

Olga Kamenskaya / American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula), an introduced species native to the Mississippi River Basin, USA, swimming over lake bed, private lake, Moscow region, Russia.

Olga Kamenskaya / American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula), an introduced species native to the Mississippi River Basin, USA, swimming over lake bed, private lake, Moscow region, Russia.

Olga Kamenskaya / American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula), an introduced species native to the Mississippi River Basin, USA, swimming over lake bed, private lake, Moscow region, Russia.

Staffan Widstrand / Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), portrait, Pusztaszer reserve, Hungary. May.

Bence Mate / Black stork (Ciconia nigra), Great white egret (Ardea alba), Black crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), Grey heron (Ardea cinerea), European spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) and Greylag geese (...

Vishal Jadhav / Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) preening feathers in the rain, Maharashtra, India, July.

Ugo Mellone / Spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia) standing at water's edge, Khenifiss National Park. Southern Morocco, Africa.

David Pattyn / Group of Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) in shallow pond on misty morning at sunrise, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, September.

David Pattyn / Three Spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia) on bank of shallow pond, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, August.

David Pattyn / Three Spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia) feeding in shallow pond, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, August.

David Pattyn / Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) calling in shallow pond on misty morning, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, August.

David Pattyn / Mixed group of Grey heron (Ardea cinerea), Great white egret (Ardea alba) and Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) on misty morning in shallow pond, Valkenhorst Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, August.

Loic Poidevin / Eurasian spoobill (Platalea leucorodia) wading, Vendee, France, July.

Hermann Brehm / Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) wading amonjst Fringed water-lily, (Nymphoides peltata) Hungary, June.

Hermann Brehm / Spoonbill ( Platalea leucorodia), with yellow flowers of Fringed Water-lily, Hungary

Hermann Brehm / Spoonbill ( Platalea leucorodia) wading with yellow Water-lily flowers, Hungary

Hermann Brehm / Spoonbill ( Platalea leucorodia) wading, with yellow Water-lily flowers, Hungary

Hermann Brehm / Spoonbill ( Platalea leucorodia) wading, with yellow Water-lily flowers, Hungary

Oscar Dewhurst / Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) feeding in marshland. Donana National Park, Spain. March.

Oscar Dewhurst / Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) feeding in marshland. Donana National Park, Spain. March.

Staffan Widstrand / Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) feeding, Pusztaszer protected landscape, Kiskunsagi, Hungary, May.

Staffan Widstrand / Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), feeding, Pusztaszer protected landscape, Kiskunsagi, Hungary, May

Staffan Widstrand / Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) portrait, Pusztaszer protected landscape, Kiskunsagi, Hungary, May

Jussi Murtosaari / Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) group in flight, Finland, July.

Loic Poidevin / Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) profile, Breton Marsh, Vendee, France, August.