Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) feeding on lawn. Oman, August.

David Tipling / Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) Unst, Shetland, Scotland, UK.June

Robin Chittenden / Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus), Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain. February.

David Fleetham / Hudsonian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus) standing on one leg, Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Equador.

Melvin Grey / Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) adult, Fetlar, Shetland, Scotland, UK, May.

Melvin Grey / Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) nest and eggs in wet, marshy area Munio, Finland

Melvin Grey / Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) adult at nest with eggs, in marshy area with with dwarf birch and willow, bilberry, bog rosemary , Mounio, Finland

Michael Milicia/ BIA / Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) calling, Dalvik, Iceland

Nick Upton / Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) resting on cliff edge among flowering Sea thrift (Armeria maritima) at dusk during the Spring migration period, Cornwall, UK, May.

Staffan Widstrand / Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) perched on branches , Lenguru river, near Lobo village, Triton Bay, mainland New Guinea, Western Papua, Indonesian New Guinea

Staffan Widstrand / Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) three silhouetted perched on branch Lenguru river, near Lobo village, Triton Bay, mainland New Guinea, Western Papua, Indonesian New Guinea

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) on rock, Oman, March