Pete Oxford / Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) flying, Little Saint Simon's Island, Georgia

Markus Varesvuo / Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) Liminka, Finland, May

Markus Varesvuo / Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) male with breeding plumage singing, Norway June

Markus Varesvuo / Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica), adult with winter plumage perched on a hedgerow. Norway, Scandinavia. June.

Markus Varesvuo / Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica), adult with summer plumage in flight. Norway, Scandinavia. June.

Markus Varesvuo / Bar-tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica) on seaweed covered rocks, Norway, June

Markus Varesvuo / Black tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) walking in water. Loviisa, Finland. June

Markus Varesvuo / Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) feeding in water. Loviisa, Finland. June

Robin Chittenden / Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) in flight over waves, Norfolk, England, UK, January

Robin Chittenden / Black-tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa islandica) fighting, Norfolk, England, UK, February

Mike Wilkes / Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) walking along beach, Tanji Beach, Gambia, West Africa.

David Tipling / Black-tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) flying at high tide roost at Snettisham, Norfolk, England, UK, September.

David Tipling / Black-tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) leaving high tide roost at Snettisham, Norfolk, England, UK, September.

Brent Stephenson / Male Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) moulting into non-breeding plumage, still with a touch of its breeding plumage. Manawatu Estuary, Manawatu, New Zealand, September.

Brent Stephenson / Flock of Bar-tailed godwits (Limosa lapponica) in non-breeding plumage, flying against a blue sky. Miranda, Auckland, New Zealand, November.

Brent Stephenson / Flock of adult Red knots (Calidris canutus) in non-breeding plumage, with individuals on the right moulting into breeding plumage. Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) also moulting into breeding plum...

Brent Stephenson / Four black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) in flight over a pond, showing upper and underwing pattern. Tresco, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. August.

Winfried Wisniewski / Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) calling, Nijkerk, Netherlands

Winfried Wisniewski / Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) in breeding plumage, Texel, Netherlands

Winfried Wisniewski / Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) pair fighting, Nijkerk, Netherlands

Winfried Wisniewski / Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) pair courting, Nijkerk, Netherlands

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Black tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) calling, Denmark, May

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Black tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) walking, Oman, September

Nick Upton / Black-tailed godwits (Limosa limosa) foraging in a freshwater lake, Gloucestershire, UK, September.

Nick Upton / Dense flocks of Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus), Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria ) and Black-tailed godwits (Limosa limosa) flying over a group of Common teal (Anas crecca) foraging on flooded pasture...

David Tipling / Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) taking off, Norfolk, December.

Ernie Janes / Black tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) in flight low over water, Norfolk, October.

Ernie Janes / *** Black tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) on bank of coastal pool, winter plumage, August.

Robert Royse / Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica) male, Manitoba, Canada

Greg Oakley / Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) calling, Queensland, Australia

Greg Oakley / Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica), Queensland, Australia

Filippo Nucifora / Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) wading, Austria

Duncan Usher / Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) foraging for worms in flooded meadow, Texel, Holland

Duncan Usher / Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) feeding on worm in flooded meadow, Texel, Holland

Loic Poidevin / Male Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) in flight, Marais breton, Brittany / Bretagne, France, May.

Loic Poidevin / Male Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) in flight, Marais breton, Brittany / Bretagne, France, May.

Loic Poidevin / Male Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) vocalising, Marais breton, Brittany / Bretagne, France, May.

Loic Poidevin / Male Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) preening, Marais breton, Brittany / Bretagne, France, March

Loic Poidevin / Male Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) eating a worm, Marais breton, Brittany / Bretagne, France, March

Loic Poidevin / Male Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) perched on a log, vocalising, Marais breton, Brittany / Bretagne, France, March

Loic Poidevin / Pair of Black-tailed godwits (Limosa limosa), Marais breton, Brittany / Bretagne, France, March

Loic Poidevin / Male Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) foraging, Marais breton, Brittany / Bretagne, France, March

Roger Powell / Female Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) in flight. Varanger interior, Finmark, Norway, June.

Roger Powell / Female Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) in flight. Varanger interior, Finmark, Norway, June.

Ingo Waschkies / Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) calling, Varanger, Norway

Robert Royse / Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica), Manitoba, Canada

Robert Royse / Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa), Montana

Robert Royse / Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa), Montana

Robert Royse / Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) flying, Montana

Glenn Bartley / Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica), Manitoba, Canada

Glenn Bartley / Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica), Manitoba, Canada

Matthew Studebaker / Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica), Manitoba, Canada

Karl Seddon / Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica), Australia

Ralph Martin / Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) and Red Knot (Calidris canutus) mixed flock, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Alan Murphy / Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica), Texas

Alan Murphy / Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa), Texas

Glenn Bartley / Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica), Manitoba, Canada

Glenn Bartley / Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa), Washington

Jan Wegener / Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa), Florida

Nick Upton / Black-tailed godwit flock (Limosa limosa) in flight over marshy pastureland, Gloucestershire, UK, April.

Nick Upton / Black-tailed godwit flock (Limosa limosa) turning in flight low over marshy pastureland, Gloucestershire, UK, April.

LYNN M. STONE / Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) hunting at low tide for marine prey, Tampa Bay, Pinellas County, Florida, USA

LYNN M. STONE / Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) with marine invertebrate prey, in shallow tidal water, Pinellas County, Florida, USA

Loic Poidevin / Black -Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) flying, Breton Marsh, West France, April

Loic Poidevin / Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) flock flying, Breton Marsh, France, April

Ernie Janes / Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) feeding on coastal mudflats, Norfolk, winter

Laurent Geslin / Black tailed godwit {Limosa limosa} France

Jussi Murtosaari / Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) in flight calling, Finland June

Jussi Murtosaari / Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) adult male in flight, Finland, May

Bence Mate / Portrait of Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) with wings outstretched, Pusztaszer, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary

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

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

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) in summer plumage, feeding in shallow water, Lancashire, England, UK, April.

Paul Hobson / Black tailed Godwit, (Limosa limosa) in breeding plumage, standing on grassy ground, Iceland, June

Paul Hobson / Black tailed Godwit, (Limosa limosa) in breeding plumage, calling profile, Iceland, June

Paul Hobson / Black tailed Godwits (Limosa limosa) in breeding plumage, Iceland, June

Paul Hobson / Black tailed Godwit, (Limosa limosa) in breeding plumage, Iceland, June

Paul Hobson / Black tailed Godwit, (Limosa limosa) in breeding plumage, Iceland, June

Paul Hobson / Black tailed Godwit, (Limosa limosa) in breeding plumage, in field full of buttercups, Holland, May

Paul Hobson / Black tailed Godwit, (Limosa limosa) in breeding plumage, in field full of buttercups, Holland, May

Paul Hobson / Black tailed Godwit, (Limosa limosa) in breeding plumage, in field full of buttercups, Holland, May

Paul Hobson / Black tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) in breeding plumage, calling, on post, Holland, May

Paul Hobson / Black tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) in breeding plumage, on post, Holland, May

Paul Hobson / Bar tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) foraging in water along coastline, Yorkshire, UK, February

Paul Hobson / Bar tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) foraging in water along coastline, Yorkshire, UK, February

Paul Hobson / Bar tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) foraging in water along coastline, Yorkshire, UK, February

Paul Hobson / Bar tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) foraging in water along coastline, Yorkshire, UK, February

Paul Hobson / Bar tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) foraging in water along coastline, Yorkshire, UK, February

Terry Whittaker / 2020VISION / Mixed flock of Dunlin (Calidris alpina), Grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola), Bar tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) and Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) resting, bathing and feeding on shore, South...

Danny Green / Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) calling at dusk silhoutted by the sun. Holland, April.

Robin Chittenden / Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) on mud. RSPB Titchwell, Norfolk, UK, September.

Robin Chittenden / Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) foraging in water. RSPB Titchwell, Norfolk, UK, September.

Ernie Janes / Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) feeding in wet grassland with goose in background. UK, September.

Claudio Contreras / Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) feeding, San Quintin, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico, December.

Loic Poidevin / Black tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) two males fighting over territory, Vendeed Marsh, West France, May

Loic Poidevin / Black tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) two males fighting over territory, Vendeed Marsh, West France, May