Ann & Steve Toon / Spur winged plover (Vanellus spinosus) profile portrait, Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya, September

Brent Stephenson / Juvenile Spur-winged Plover / Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles) foraging on short grass. Note speckled plumage on wings and back. Cape Kidnappers, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, October.

Brent Stephenson / Spur-winged Plover / Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles) walking across grass. Cape Kidnappers, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, October.

Brent Stephenson / Spur-winged Plover / Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles) chick hiding amongst grass. Cape Kidnappers, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, October.

Robin Chittenden / Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus). Gambia, Africa, January.

Guy Edwardes / Spur-winged Plover (Vanellus spinosus) standing in grassland, Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania, Africa, February

Pete Oxford / Masked Lapwing / Plover (Vanellus miles) on sand of Moreton Bay, off Queensland Coast.

Anup Shah / Spur-winged lapwing (Vanellus spinosus) wading in a shallow pool. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. March

Suzi Eszterhas / Spur-winged Plover (Vanellus spinosus), Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, Lake Victoria, Uganda

Hermann Brehm / Spur winged plover (Vanellus spinosus) sitting on nest, Manjara NP, Tanzania

Niall Benvie / Spur winged plover {Vanellus spinosus} amongst flowers. Israel.

Tim Fitzharris / Spur-winged Plover (Vanellus spinosus) with its reflection at waterhole, Kenya

Mike Wilkes / Spur winged plover wing stretching, Tanzania East Africa