Anup Shah / African fish eagle {Haliaeetus vocifer} defends Lesser flamingo carcass from Marabou storks {Leptoptilos crumeniferus}, Lake Nakuru, Kenya.

Anup Shah / African fish eagle {Haliaeetus vocifer} fighting Marabou storks {Leptoptilos crumeniferus} over Lesser flamingo carcass, Lake Nakuru, Kenya.

Mark Carwardine / A cloud of Straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) with an immature African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) flying amongst them, Kasanka National Park, Zambia, Africa

Jeff Rotman / Spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari), underside, Natal Coast, South Africa.

Markus Varesvuo / White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in flight with a fish it has just caught. Norway, July.

Roy Mangersnes / Silhouette of White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in flight with freshly caught fish, Flatanger, Norway, July. HIGHLY COMMENDED, BIRDS category, WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION 20...

Inaki Relanzon / Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) taking a fish from water. Homer, Kenai Fjord, South Alaska, USA, March.

Winfried Wisniewski / African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) striking at fish, Chobe National Park, Botswana

Sergey Gorshkov / African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) displaying as another adult comes in for landing, Botswana

Inaki Relanzon / Madagascar fish-eagle (Haliaeetus vociferoides), taking off from water after failed attempt to catch fish, Ravilobe Lake, Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar.

Sven Zacek / White-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) at sunset, silhouetted in flight, hunting for fish, Atlantic ocean, Flatanger, Norway, Scandinavia.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / White-tailed sea eagle (Haliaetus albicilla) about to catch fish, silhouetted, Norway, June 2008