Edwin Giesbers / Umbilicate woodcock orchid (Ophrys umbilicata) flowers. Cyprus. April.

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

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) adult in spring, Scotland, UK, April

Laurie Campbell / Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) in snowy conditions, Berwickshire, Scotland, January

Gary K. Smith / Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) feeding at woodland edge in snow covered leaf litter, Norfolk, UK, January

Gerrit Vyn / American woodcock (Scolopax minor) feeding on an earthworm, April, Tompkins County, New York, USA

Edwin Giesbers / Umbilicate woodcock orchid (Ophrys umbilicata) flower. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Umbilicate woodcock orchid (Ophrys umbilicata) flower, close up. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Umbilicate woodcock orchid (Ophrys umbilicata), Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Umbilicate woodcock orchid (Ophrys umbilicata) Cyprus. April.

Andy Sands / Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) Female roosting on dry stone wall, Upper Teesdale, England, UK, June

Andy Sands / Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) Female Perched on dry stone wall, Upper Teesdale, England, UK, June