Kevin Schafer / Fork-tailed storm-petrel (Oceanodroma furcata) flying low over water, Gulf of Alaska, Alaska, USA, September

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / White tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) in flght carrying fish silhouetted at sunset, Flatanger, Nord Trndelag, Norway, August 2008

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Barnacle geese, (Branta leucopsis) , flock in flght over farmland, Islay, Scotland, UK., March

Alan Williams / Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) in flght with food for young, Cheshire, UK, June

Alan Williams / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in flght with twig for nest building, Midlands, UK, February