John Waters / Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) feeding, catches worm and washes it in water, Greylake RSPB Reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK, February.

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) singing with tongue visible, Norway, June.

Andy Trowbridge / Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) perched on stump calling. Tomter, Southern Norway. July.

Ernie Janes / Redshank (Tringa totanus)wading through water with a dead plant in the background, Norfolk, England, UK, November 2013.

Mark Hamblin / Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) adult in flight over misty loch at dawn. Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK. Highly commended, 'Habitat' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA)...

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) walking on resting Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius). Kalek River, Masai Mara, Kenya, September.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Damschen / Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) on rock, Elbe Biosphere Reserve, Lower Saxony, Germany, September 2008

Loic Poidevin / Common redshank (Tringa totanus) in water, foraging, Vendee, Frace, May

Robin Chittenden / Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) profile, Norfolk, England, UK.September.

Jussi Murtosaari / Northern pintail (Anas acuta) pair with female dabbling, Wood sandpipers (Tringa glareola) in background. Liminka, Finland. May.

Jussi Murtosaari / Common curlew (Numenius arquata) wading at dawn, reflected in water. Liminka, Finland. May.

Oscar Dewhurst / Curlew (Numenius arquata) in flight, silhouetted at sunset, with the industrial buildings of Teeside in the background. Durham, UK. January

Oscar Dewhurst / Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) landing in snow-covered field. Durham, UK. March.

Oscar Dewhurst / Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) landing in snow-covered field. Durham, UK. March.

Oscar Dewhurst / Flock of black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) and redshank (Tringa totanus) on water with a rainbow in the background. Kent, UK. October

Oscar Dewhurst / Flock of Dunlin (Calidris alpina) and Ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) coming into land on marshy pool whilst on migration. Northumberland, UK. May

Oscar Dewhurst / Curlew (Numenius arquata) walking across snow-covered ground. Durham, UK. March.

Oscar Dewhurst / Eurasian curlews (Numenius arquata) in flight. Durham, UK. February

Oscar Dewhurst / Eurasian curlews (Numenius arquata) in flight. Durham, UK. February

Oscar Dewhurst / Redshank (Tringa totanus) feeding in shallow pool on the shoreline. Durham, UK. January.

Oscar Dewhurst / Redshank (Tringa totanus) in shallow pool on the shoreline. Durham, UK. January.

Oscar Dewhurst / Redshank (Tringa totanus) standing on the shoreline. Durham, UK. December.

Oscar Dewhurst / Redshank (Tringa totanus) walking along the shoreline. Durham, UK. December.

Oscar Dewhurst / Curlew (Numenius arquata) in flight. Durham, UK. October.

Oscar Dewhurst / Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata) in flight. Durham, UK. October.

Oscar Dewhurst / Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) and red knot (Calidris canutus) flock in flight with industrial buildingss of Teeside in the background. Durham, UK. October

Erlend Haarberg / Common greenshank (Tringa nebularia) walking in snow. Pasvik, Norway. May.

Erlend Haarberg / Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) feeding. Pasvik, Norway. May.

Erlend Haarberg / Common greenshank (Tringa nebularia) on ice. Pasvik, Norway. May.

David Perpinan / Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) searching for food on an inflatable dam from a river, Barcelona, Spain, November.

David Perpinan / Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) searching for food in a river, Barcelona, Spain, November.

David Perpinan / Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) searching for food in a river bank, Barcelona, Spain, November.

Oscar Dewhurst / Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) in marshland. Suffolk, England, UK. April.

Fabrice Cahez / Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata) flock in flight, Vendee, France, March.

Fabrice Cahez / Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata) flock in flight Vendee, France, March.

Fabrice Cahez / Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata) group of four foraging in grassland. Vendee, France, March.

Nick Upton / Common redshank (Tringa totanus) group roosting on the margins of a marshland pool at high tide on a windy day, Gloucestershire, UK, February.

Nick Upton / Common redshank (Tringa totanus) flying over a marshland pool and preparing to land, Gloucestershire, UK, February.

Nick Upton / Curlew (Numenius arquata) in flight overhead, River Severn, Gloucestershire, UK, February.

Nick Upton / Two Curlew (Numenius arquata) foraging on flooded pastureland, Gloucestershire, UK, February.

Jussi Murtosaari / Curlew (Numenius arquata) feeding in grassland. Petajavesi, Central Finland. May.

Jussi Murtosaari / Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) in snow. Savonlinna, Southern Savonia, Finland. May.

Niall Benvie / Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) in flight 'drumming display', with blue sky, Iceland, June.

Niall Benvie / Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) profile, Iceland, June.

Andy Rouse / RF - Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) feeding Ranthambhore, India (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

Bernard Castelein / Common greenshank (Tringa nebularia) wading, portrait. Allahein River, Gambia.

Bernard Castelein / Common greenshank (Tringa nebularia) feeding. Allahein River, Gambia.

Simon Littlejohn / Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) feeding from a river bank before taking off, River Stour, Dorset, England, UK, June.