Robert Thompson / Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) camouflaged and resting in leaf litter, Huntly Wood, Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland, December.

Markus Varesvuo / Wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) roosting, reflected in water, Liminka, Finland, May

Grzegorz Lesniewski / Portrait of a Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) in water. Biebrza National Park, Biebrza marshes, Poland, May.

David Tipling / Wood sandpiper {Tringa glareola} perched, summer plumage, Greece

Roger Powell / Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) feeding on the mossy edge of a stream and eating a shrimp. Luomos, Karigasniemi, Inari, Finnish Lapland.

Roger Powell / Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) feeding on a stream. Luomos, Karigasniemi, Inari, Finnish Lapland.

Roger Powell / Bog, breeding habitat for Wood sandpipers (Tringa glareola) Kaalimaa, Pokka, Inari, Finnish Lapland,

Jussi Murtosaari / Wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola), in snow, Finland, May.

Jussi Murtosaari / Wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) in reed bed, Finland, May.

Andy Trowbridge / Wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) perched on pine tree. Finnmark, Norway. July

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) wading, Zimanga, South Africa

Loic Poidevin / Wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) foraging in shallow water, Varanger, Norway, May