Glenn Bartley/ BIA / Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo (Hyetornis pluvialis) calling, Jamaica

Dave Bevan / Grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola) eating a marine flatworm, Norfolk, England, UK, February.

John Waters / Large mixed flock of Knot (Calidris canutrus), Dunlin (Calidris alpina) and Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) in flight at high tide, Steart Marshes WWT Reserve, Somerset, England, UK, December.

Nick Upton / Panning shot of partially flooded pastureland with large flocks of Wigeon (Anas penelope), Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus) and Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) in flight, Gloucestershire, England, UK,...

Nick Upton / Flock of Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus) in flight, with Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) flying in the background, Gloucestershire, England, UK, January.

Gerrit Vyn / Pacific golden-plover (Pluvialis fulva) male performing distraction display pretending to have broken wing, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA. June.

Matthew Studebaker / American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica), Alaska

Danny Green / Knot (Calidris canutus) and grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola) roost at high tide with numerous birds packed tightly together, Snettisham, Norfolk, October. Bookplate from Danny Green's 'The Long Jour...

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Golden plover Pluvialis apricaria Profile of an adult on open moorland. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK Photographer.Andrew Parkinson

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) adult on open moorland, breeding plumage, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, May

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) adult on open moorland, breeding plumage, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, May

Andrew Parkinson / 2020VISION / Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) adult on open moorland, breeding plumage, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, May