Benoit Stichelbaut / Skipper Roland Jourdain winching aboard Monohull Open 60ft "Veolia Environment" during Vendee Globe 2008-2009, October 2008.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Nill / Female Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) feeding fledglings at nest entrance, Bulgaria, May 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Nill / Female Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) feeding fledglings at nest entrance, Bulgaria, May 2008

Bruno D'Amicis / Black-eared wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica) adult male singing, Southern Morocco, NW Africa

Bruno D'Amicis / White-crowned wheatear (Oenanthe leucopyga) perched on shrub, Sahara desert, Morocco, NW Africa

Bruno D'Amicis / White-crowned wheatear (Oenanthe leucopyga) perched on shrub, Sahara desert, Morocco, NW Africa

Bruno D'Amicis / Desert wheatear (Oenanthe deserti) adult male perched on desert Spurge / Euphorbia (Euphorbia officinarum echinus) Sahara desert, Morocco, NW Africa

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Desert wheatear {Oenanthe deserti} on rocks with food in mouth. Ladakh, NE India

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Desert wheatear {Oenanthe deserti} with butterfly prey in mouth. Ladakh, NE India

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Hodgson's White wagtail (Motacilla alba alboides) on rock with prey in mouth. Ladakh, NE India

Kerstin Hinze / Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) male perched on rock, Bulgaria May 2008

Kerstin Hinze / Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe} female, perched on mud bank, Bulgaria May 2008

Kerstin Hinze / Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) female feeding its chick, Bulgaria May 2008

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Hooded wheatear {Oenanthe monacha} male perched on wire, Jebel Hafeet, UAE

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Hooded wheatear {Oenanthe monacha} male perched on wire, Jebel Hafeet, UAE

Andy Sands / Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) female perched on rock, Upper Teesdale, Co Durham, England. UK

Andy Sands / Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) male with food, Upper Teesdale, Co Durham, England. UK

Andy Sands / Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) male perched on rock, Upper Teesdale, Co Durham, England. UK

Andy Sands / Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) male carrying food, Upper Teesdale, Co Durham, England. UK

Andy Sands / Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) male perched on rock, Upper Teesdale, Co Durham, England. UK

Andy Sands / Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) male perched on rock, Upper Teesdale, Co Durham, England. UK

Dietmar Nill / Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) adult feeding its chicks at a nest in the cliffs, Bulgaria

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Hume's wheatear {Oenanthe alboniger} perched on post singing, Jebel Hafeet, United Arab Emirates, UAE.

David Kjaer / Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) female perched on grassy hummock, North Uist, Scotland

David Kjaer / Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) pair on lichen covered rock, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

David Kjaer / Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) male standing on lichen covered rock, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

David Kjaer / Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) female perched on moss and lichen covered rock, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

David Kjaer / Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) male on lichen covered rock, North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Chris Gomersall / Northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe), adult male in spring plumage on farm midden heap. Hertfordshire, England. April.

Chris Gomersall / Northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe), adult male in spring plumage on farm midden heap. Hertfordshire, England. April.

Chris Gomersall / Northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe), adult male in spring plumage on farm midden heap. Hertfordshire, England. April.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / South Arabian wheatear {Oenanthe lugentoides}, female, Mahweet, Yemen

Niall Benvie / Female wheatear {Oenanthe oenanthe} with wind turbine in distance, May, Smøla, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Red breasted wheatear {Oenanthe bottae}, Kawkaban, Yemen

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / South Arabian wheatear (Oenanthe lugentoides) male, Dhofar mountains, Oman

Kerstin Hinze / Female Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) feeding chicks, Bulgaria

Rolf Nussbaumer / Male Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica) Samos, Greek Island, Greece. May 2000

David Kjaer / Male (Northern) Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) perched on rock, Deeside, Scotland UK

David Kjaer / Male (Northern) Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) Deeside UK

David Cottridge / White crowned black wheatear (Oenanthe leucopyga) standing on rock, Israel

David Cottridge / Black eared wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica) male standing on rock, Lesvos, Greece

Nigel Bean / Portrait of Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) female on lichen covered rock, Shetland Isles, Scotland

David Cottridge / South Arabian wheatear (Oenanthe lugentoides) female standing on rock, Yemen

David Cottridge / Black eared wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica) male on rock with caterpillar prey, Lesvos, Greece

Nigel Bean / Variable wheatear {Oenanthe picata} Black-crowned race, Islamabad, Pakistan

Nigel Bean / Wheater {Oenanthe oenanthe} female with food, Shetland, Scotland, UK

Nigel Bean / Wheater {Oenanthe oenanthe} female, Shetland, Scotland, UK

Nigel Bean / Wheatear {Oenanthe oenanthe} female, Shetland Is, Scotland, UK

George McCarthy / Wheatear {Oenanthe oenanthe} female, Lesvos, Greece

George McCarthy / Black Eared Wheatear {Oenanthe hispanica} female with insect prey, Lesvos, Greece

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Desert Wheatear {Oenanthe deserti} perching on rock, Marmul, Oman.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Pied Wheatear {Oenanthe pleschenka} Mahawt Islands, Oman.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Variable / Eastern wheatear (Oenanthe picata) male standing on rock, Qarn Nazwa, United Arab Emirates

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / South Arabian / Mourning wheatear (Oenanthe lugentoides) perched, Al Hallaniyah, Oman

Paul Hobson / Capped Wheatear {Oenanthe pileata} adult on ground, Masai Mara, Kenya.

David Kjaer / Female Wheatear at nest hole (Oenanthe oenanthe) Sutherland, Scotland, UK

David Kjaer / Male Wheatear at nest hole. (Oenanthe oenanthe) Sutherland, Scotland, UK

Mike Wilkes / Wheatear female (Oenanthe oenanthe) Wales, UK

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Isabelline wheatear portrait {Oenanthe isabellina} Sohar, Oman, Middle East, April

David Cottridge / Isabelline wheatear {Oenanthe isabellina} winter, Isles of Scilly, rare vagrant to UK

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Hume's wheatear {Oenanthe alboniger} perched on rock with insect prey, Sunub, Oman

Dietmar Nill / Northern wheatears {Oenanthe oenanthe} chicks in cliff side nest, Bulgaria.

Dietmar Nill / Northern wheatear {Oenanthe oenanthe} feeding chicks in nest, Bulgaria.

David Kjaer / Wheatear {Oenanthe oenanthe} perching on fence post. UK.

David Kjaer / Black wheatear female with food {Oenanthe leucura} Lesbos Greece

David Kjaer / Black wheatear male singing {Oenanthe leucura} Lesbos Greece

Terry Andrewartha / Wheatear {Oenanthe oenanthe} UK

Terry Andrewartha / Wheatear {Oenanthe oenanthe} UK

Terry Andrewartha / Wheatear {Oenanthe oenanthe} UK

John Cancalosi / Wheatear {Oenanthe oenanthe} Sweden

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Desert wheatear chick begging food from adult {Oenanthe deserti}. Ladakh, NE India

Gertrud & Helmut Denzau / Desert wheatear {Oenanthe deserti} perched on rock. Ladakh, NE India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Red tailed wheatear {Oenanthe xanthoprymna} Qurayyat, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Isabelline wheatear {Oenanthe isabellina} Qurayyat, Oman

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Pied wheatear {Oenanthe pleschanka} male, Sohar, Oman

Steve Knell / Wheatear, newly fledged {Oenanthe oenanthe} Shetland Is, Scotland, UK

JIM CLARE / Mountain chat (Oenanthe monticola) on Giant Lobelia, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

Nigel Bean / Wheatear perched with food. Shetland, Scotland, UK

Mike Wilkes / Wheatear male with food in beak. Dyfed, Wales, UK

Jose B. Ruiz / Black wheatear flying to nest with food for chicks {Oenanthe leucura} Spain

David Kjaer / Wheatear male at nest burrow entrance {Oenanthe oenanthe} Deeside, Scotland, UK

David Kjaer / Wheatear female at entrance to nest burrow {Oenanthe oenanthe} Deeside, Scotland, UK

David Kjaer / Wheatear female {Oenanthe oenanthe} Deeside, Scotland, UK

Mike Wilkes / Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) female perched on rock with insect prey, Dyfed, Wales, UK

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Juvenile Northern Wheatear {Oenanthe oenanthe} Kolyma, Siberia, Russia summer