Ismaele Tortella / White tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) catching fish, Lofoten, Norway, August.

Morley Read / Large group of Butterflies (Pieridae) taking flight after puddling, absorbing nutrients or minerals from damp soil, Orellana Province, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Hermann Brehm / Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) in flight, Germany, April. May

Ismaele Tortella / White tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) flying, Lofoten, Norway, August.

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a large group of Butterflies (Pieridae) taking flight after puddling, absorbing nutrients or minerals from damp soil, Orellana Province, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Large group of Butterflies (Pieridae) taking flight after puddling, absorbing nutrients or minerals from damp soil, Orellana Province, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Large group of Butterflies (Pieridae) taking flight after puddling, absorbing nutrients or minerals from damp soil, Orellana Province, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Morley Read / Twistneck turtle (Platemys platycephala) resting, with butterfly landing on its head, Rio Yasuni, Orellana Province, Ecuador. (non-ex)

Espen Bergersen / Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) in front of the Seljalandsfoss waterfall, Iceland. May

Espen Bergersen / Herring gull (Larus argentatus) flying over the enormous black beach close to Dyrhoaley, Iceland, May 2016.

Hermann Brehm / Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) in flight, Germany. April.

Doug Gimesy / Grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) hang in a tree with one coming in to land. Yarra Bend Park. Fairfield, Victoria, Australia. November.