Lynn M. Stone / Sanderling (Calidris alba) foraging on beach. Indian Shores, Pinellas County, Florida, USA.

Lynn M. Stone / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) foraging at waters edge, Indian Shores, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, USA

Richard Du Toit / Aerial photograph, de Mond Nature Reserve, South Africa, Western Cape Province, Indian Ocean, August 2010

Richard Du Toit / Aerial photograph of Indian ocean and forests, northern KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, June 2010

Michael Pitts / Shipwrecks on the Island of Mauritius.

Willem Kolvoort / A beach with palm trees and boats in the distance, Assumption, Seychelles, March 2006

Willem Kolvoort / The beach on the island Picard with fallen tree, situated on the north-west side at the Aldabra atoll. Aldabra, Seychelles, March 2005.

Willem Kolvoort / Lagoon with beaches and little coral islands which are eroded parts of the old coral reef. Aldabra, Seychelles, April 2006

Willem Kolvoort / Anse de Mais beach with tracks of the Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) on the beach which is nesting site for these turtles. Aldabra, Seychelles, April 2005

Willem Kolvoort / Anse de Mais beach seen from underneath arch, with tracks of the Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) on the beach which is nesting site for these turtles. Aldabra, Seychelles, April 2005

Richard Du Toit / Aerial Photograph of Kosi Bay, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa; Indian Ocean. June 2010

Richard Du Toit / Aerial Photograph of Lake Sibaya / Sibhayi, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, Indian Ocean, June 2010