Tom Marshall / Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis) Adult, Lake Ellesmere. Canterbury. New Zealand. September

Marie Read / Black-necked stilts (Himantopus mexicanus) pair performing post-copulatory display (as copulation ends, the male slides off the female leaving his wings draped over her and crossing his bill with hers...

Marie Read / American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) adult feeding chick, Long Island, New York, USA. June.

Marie Read / American avocets (Recurvirostra americana) two during aggressive (territorial) encounter, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Utah, USA, May.

Ingo Arndt / Oystercatcher (Heamatopus ostralegus), Germany

Neil Aldridge / Two adult African jacanas (Actophilornis africanus) flying over reedbeds, Selinda Spillway, northern Botswana.

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) moving in front of incoming tide, The Wash estuary, Norfolk, England, UK, January.

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Large flock of Red knot (Calidris canutus) taking off from mudflats, The Wash estuary, Norfolk, England, UK, January

Markus Varesvuo / Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) standing on rocky shore, stretching wings, Uts, Finland, Scandinavia, August.

Markus Varesvuo / Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythopus) foraging, with head submerged in water, Summer plumage Loviisa, Finland

Markus Varesvuo / Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) vocalising on post, Iceland

Markus Varesvuo / Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dupius) summer, Loviisa Finland