Melvin Grey / Spur-winged plovers (Hoplopterus spinosus) adults in courtship display, Lake Naivasha, Kenya

Nick Upton / Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus) and Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) in flight and landing to join large flocks of Wigeon (Anas penelope) swimming on partially flooded pastureland, Gloucestershire, En...

Nick Upton / A group of Canada geese (Branta canadensis) swimming on flooded pasture past Pochard (Aythya ferina), resting Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna), Shoveler (Anas clypeata) and Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus), Glo...

Nick Upton / Three Canada geese (Branta canadensis) grazing on flooded pasture in heavy rain, Gloucestershire, England, UK, February.

Nick Upton / Canada geese (Branta canadensis) preening on flooded pasture, with Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) landing in the background to join Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna), Mute swans (Cygnus olor), Wigeon (A...

Nick Upton / Black-headed gulls (Croicocephalus ridibundus) bathing, slow-motion clip, Gloucestershire, UK, January.

Nick Upton / Bewick's swan (Cygnus columbianus bewickii) standing on flooded pastureland, surrounded by grazing Wigeon (Anas Penelope) and Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus), Gloucestershire, England, UK, February.

Richard Du Toit / Blacksmith Plovers (Vanellus armatus) Marievale Bird Sanctuary, , Gauteng Province, South Africa, August.

Nick Upton / Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus), Jackdaws (Corvus monedula) and Golden plover (Pluvialis apricarius) flying over flooded pastureland with mix of Greylag geese (Anser anser), Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna), W...

Nick Upton / Dunlin (Calidris alpina) flying over Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus) resting on flooded pastureland, Gloucestershire, UK, February.

Markus Varesvuo / Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), Liminka, Finland, June.

Markus Varesvuo / Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), Liminka, Finland, June.