Robin Chittenden / Black rumped Waxbill (Estrilda trogodytes) Gambia, March

Charlie Summers / Red cheeked Cordonbleu (Uraeginthus bengalus) drinking from a pond, Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

Chris Gomersall / Common waxbills (Estrilda astrild) drinking at garden water fountain, Walvis Bay, Namibia, November

Tim Laman / Fiji Parrotfinch (Erythrura pealii) feeding on ground, Viti Levu Island, Fiji. Endemic to Fiji.

Richard Du Toit / Blue waxbill at water {Uraeginthus angolensis} Savute Chobe NP, Botswana

Richard Du Toit / Melba finch {Pytilia melba} Savute-Chobe NP, Botswana

Mike Wilkes / Senegal firefinch at water. (Lagonsticta senegala) The Gambia

Mike Wilkes / Senegal firefinch at water. (Lagonsticta senegala) The Gambia