Tom Marshall / Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis) Adult, Lake Ellesmere. Canterbury. New Zealand. September

Markus Varesvuo / Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dupius) summer, Loviisa Finland

Markus Varesvuo / Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) Loviisa, Finland, June

Markus Varesvuo / Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus) flying over tundra vegetation, Lapland, Finland, June

Markus Varesvuo / Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dupius) feeding in water, Loviisa, Finland, June

Markus Varesvuo / Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) portrait. Loviisa, Finland. June Not available for ringtone/wallpaper use.

Laurent Geslin / Lapwing {Vanellus vanellus} standing on one leg with wing outstreched. UK.

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Male Little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) on the edge of a freshwater gravel pit, Hampshire, England, UK, April.

Richard Steel / 2020VISION / Curlew (Numenius arquata) on beach, Wirral, England, UK, December.

Fergus Gill / 2020VISION / Male Ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) on beach, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June. Did you know? When Plovers sense danger a parent bird will pretend to have a broken wing to distract predators.

Roger Powell / Stone curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) approaching nest of two eggs, Guerreiro, Castro Verde, Alentejo, Portugal, April

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Flock of Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) in flight, turning together in evening light, Norfolk, UK.