Alan Murphy/ BIA / Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) feeding on crab carcass, Texas

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) feeding on crab carcass, Texas

Nick Upton / Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) roosting on volcanic rock behind a beach at high tide, Costa de Papagayo, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, February.

Nick Upton / Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) foraging on a sandy beach, Costa de Papagayo, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, February.

Nick Upton / Two Ruddy turnstones (Arenaria interpres) foraging on a sandy beach close to beach toweels and tourists, Costa de Papagayo, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, February.

Pedro Narra / Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) Vieira Poillo , Bijagos Archipellago. Guinea Bissau

David Tipling / Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) in winter plumage Sheringham Norfolk, England, UK. January

Johannes Melchers/ BIA / Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres), Finnmark, Norway

Roger Powell / Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) flapping wings after bathing in a shoreline pool. Langbuness, Varanger fjord, Finnmark, Norway

Roger Powell / Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) bathing in a shoreline pool. Langbuness, Varanger fjord, Finnmark, Norway

Melvin Grey / Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) female in breeding plumage Fort De Soto Park, Florida, USA, April.

Nick Upton / Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) foraging on cliff edge with a Sandhopper (Talitrus saltator) it has caught in its beak, Cornwall, UK, October.