Ben Hall / Chilean flamingos (Phoenicopterus chilensis) in flight over mountain peaks with glacier in the distance, Torres Del Paine National Park, Chile. Winner of Landscape category, Nature's Best / Windland S...

Ben Hall / Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) in flight over mountain peaks, Torres Del Paine National park, Chile.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Gannet (Morus bassanus) breeding colony, long exposure showing flight trails. Hermaness National Nature Reserve, Shetland, Scotland, July.

Erlend Haarberg / European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) flying between coastal rocks with a large wave crashing, Snaefellsnes peninsula, Iceland, February 2011

Erlend Haarberg / Northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) in flight in snow storm, Iceland, April

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) colony at Hermaness NNR, Unst, Shetland Isles, Scotland, UK, July. 2020VISION Exhibition.

Ernie Janes / Greylag geese (Anser anser) in flight with paraglider behind, Cley bank, Norfolk, UK

Mike Read / Cranes (Grus grus), imprinted from hatching to fly with a microlight. Hampshire County Show near Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England, July 2008.

Loic Poidevin / Flock of Oystercatchers (Haematopus ostralegus) flying in formation. Breton Marsh, French Atlantic Coast, August.

Martin Gabriel / Four Griffon Vultures (Gyps fulvus) in flight, silhouetted overhead. Monfrague National Park, Extremadura, Spain, March.

Nick Garbutt / Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) gathering around burrows on cliff top, Isle of Lunga, Treshnish Isles, Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK, June

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Brunnich's Guillemot (Uria lomvia) flying between misty colony cliffs. Spitsbergen, Svalbard, August.

Markus Varesvuo / Flock of Crane (Grus grus) flying overhead with a cliff in the foreground. Spain, March.

John Waters / Hand reared Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) in flight. Birds imprinted and trained by Lloyd and Rose Buck for filming purposes. Somerset, UK, January 2011

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / View over Gannet colony (Morus bassanus) with flight trails of birds in flight, Hermaness NNR, Unst, Shetland, Scotland, June 2010

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Razorbill (Alca torda) taking off from cliff. June 2010.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Gannet in flight (Morus bassanus) against cliff face, Hermaness NNR, Unst, Shetland, Scotland, June

Edwin Giesbers / A flock of Greylag Goose (Anser anser) flying in formation above misty fields. The Netherlands, March.

Angelo Gandolfi / Carrion Crows (Corvus corone) mobbing a Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) Scala di St. Regina gorges. Corte, Parc Naturel Regional de Corse, Corsica island, France, January

Angelo Gandolfi / Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) in flight over rocky outcrops, Monte Incudine, Parc Naturel Regional de Corse, Corsica island, France, February

Andrew Parkinson / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) in flight, preparing to land on cliff top, with beak full of Sand eels (Ammodytes tobianus) Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July (non-ex)

Andrew Parkinson / Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) in flight, with view straight down a precipitous cliff face, and resting Northern Gannets (Morus bassanus) Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, May (non-ex)

Marie Read / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) taking flight from tufa tower carrying a fish, Mono Lake, California, USA

Donald M. Jones / Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) flying in formation, central Montana

Andrew Parkinson / Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) rear view of bird hanging in air over steep cliffs, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK. HIGHLY COMMENDED - Animals in their environment - Wildlife Photographer of the Year c...

John Downer / Barnacle geese {Branta leucopsis} in flight, imprinted geese trained to fly beside car, captive, UK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Unterthiner / Whooper Swans (Cygnus cygnus) flying in formation in mist, Lake Tysslingen, Sweden. March 2009.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) colony, Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June 2009

Nick Upton / Alpine / Yellow-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) flying past waterfall and sheer cliffs of the Cirque de Gavarnie, Haute Pyrenees, France.

Laurie Campbell / Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) in flight, Caithness, Scotland, UK, June

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Gannet (Morus bassanus) colony, Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Guillemots (Uria aalge) one in flight, two sitting on rock, Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June 2009

Angelo Gandolfi / Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) swooping with folded wings and extended tallons. Canyon del Ebro y Rudron, Castilla y Leon, Spain. Digital composite

Angelo Gandolfi / Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) swooping with folded wings and extended tallons. Canyon del Ebro y Rudron, Castilla y Leon, Spain. Digital composite

Angelo Gandolfi / Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) swooping with folded wings to gain speed. Canyon del Ebro y Rudron, Castilla y Leon, Spain. Digital composite

Angelo Gandolfi / Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) swooping with folded wings and extended tallons. Canyon del Ebro y Rudron, Castilla y Leon, Spain. Digital composite

Angelo Gandolfi / Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) at Los Mallos de Riglos cliffs, Aragon, Spain.

Angelo Gandolfi / Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) swooping with folded wings and extended tallons. Canyon del Ebro y Rudron, Castilla y Leon, Spain. Digital composite

Angelo Gandolfi / Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) flying beneath cliffs on the steep western side of Monteagudo island, Atlantic Ocean. Parque Nacional de las Islas Atlantica (Atlantic Islands National Park). Ga...

Angelo Gandolfi / Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) landing on cliff at Hoz de Arbayun canyon, Pyrenees, Navarra, Spain.

Angelo Gandolfi / Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) flying over rock formation in Torcal de Antequera Natural Park, Andalusia, Spain.

Angelo Gandolfi / Griffon Vultures (Gyps fulvus) soaring at midday on thermals, circling over Vadiello cliffs, Sierra de Guara, Aragon, Spain.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Green / Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) colony, The Flannans, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Green / Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) colony with low clouds over cliff top, St Kilda, Scotland, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Green / Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) colony in mist, Hermaness, Shetland Isles, Scotland, July 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Green / Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) colony, Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Rautiainen / Whooper swans (Cygnus cygnus) flying in formation over oak trees, Matsalu National Park, Estonia, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Quinta / Yellow legged gull (Larus michahellis) in flight, Cabo Sardo (Cape) Alentejo, Natural Park of South West Alentejano and Costa Vicentina, Portugal, June 2009

Andy Rouse / Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) flying over coastal habitat, Falkland Islands

Juan Carlos Munoz / Green winged macaw (Ara chloroptera) pair flying, Chapada dos Guimaraes, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Inaki Relanzon / Common cranes (Grus grus) flying in formation at sunrise, Hornborgasjön Lake, Sweden

David Noton / Gannets in flight over the beach at Muriwai, west coast of North Island, New Zealand

Pete Oxford / Brown Pelicans {Pelecanus occidentalis} flying in V-formation, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Snow geese fly in V formation {Chen caerulescens} Bosque del Apache, NM, USA.

Jim Brandenburg / Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) flock flying in formation during migration, with individuals of both color phases, California

Thomas Mangelsen / Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) trio flying, North America

Jim Brandenburg / Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) trio flying against cloudy sky, Minnesota

John Downer / Greylag geese formation flying, Isle of Lewis, Hebrides Scotland

John Downer / Greylag geese formation flying along coast of Isle of Lewis, Hebrides Scotland

John Downer / Greylag geese formation flying, Isle of Lewis, Hebrides Scotland

Staffan Widstrand / Mixed bird species in flight above coastal waters of Svalbard, Norway, July 2011

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Eastern white pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus), aerial view of flock flying over the Danube delta rewilding area, Romania, June 2012

Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Eastern white pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus), aerial view of flock flying over the Danube delta rewilding area, Romania, June 2012

Ben Hall / Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) in flight over mountain peaks, Torres Del Paine National Park, Chile.

Marie Read / Wilson's Phalaropes (Phalaropus tricolor), flock turning in flight showing both ventral and dorsal views of birds, late July, tufa formation in center of frame, Mono Lake, California, USA, July.

Graham Eaton / A flock of Cape Cormorant / Cape Shag, (Phalacrocorax capensis) flying over rough sea, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, November

Roger Powell / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) flying past their breeding colony, Great Saltee Island, Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June

Alan Williams / Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) right hand bird flying in to knock other bird off cliff during rivalry for nesting place, Wirral Merseyside UK June

Alan Williams / Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) flying along cliff at nest site, Wirral Merseyside UK June

Roger Powell / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) flying above breeding colony, Great Saltee Island, Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June

Roger Powell / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) flying above breeding colony, Great Saltee Island, Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June

Roger Powell / Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) flying over its breeding colony, Great Saltee Island, Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June

Roger Powell / Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) flying above breeding colony, Great Saltee Island, Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June

Roger Powell / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) flying above their breeding colony, Great Saltee Island, Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June

Roger Powell / Northern gannets (Morus bassanus) flying over their breeding colony, Great Saltee Island, Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June

Tui De Roy / Magnificent frigatebirds (Fregata magnificens) flying overhead in formation against fluffy white clouds. Espanola Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, June.

Roger Powell / Razorbill (Alca torda) landing amongst a Common guillemot (Uria aalge) and other Razorbills, Great Saltee Island, Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June

Sandra Bartocha / Common Crane (Grus grus) flying in formation at dawn, Rederangsee, Muritz National Park, Germany, September

Sandra Bartocha / Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) flying in formation, Germany, January

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Gannet (Morus bassanus) breeding colony, long exposure showing flight trails. Hermaness National Nature Reserve, Shetland, Scotland, July.

Tom Vezo / Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) flock flying in formation during migration, Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico

Roland Seitre / Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus) in flight against arid rock face. Chivay, Arequipa, Peru, July.

Pete Oxford / Octocopter used for canopy research, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Octocopter used for canopy research, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Fabrice Cahez / Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) arriving back at nest to feed chick, Gorges de la Jonte, France, January.

Fabrice Cahez / Common crane (Grus grus) in flight formation against grey sky, Lac du Der, Champagne, France.

Fabrice Cahez / Common crane (Grus grus) in flight formation against grey sky, Lac du Der, Champagne, France.

Fabrice Cahez / Common crane (Grus grus) flock flying in formation against grey clouded sky, Lac du Der, Champagne, France

Fabrice Cahez / Common crane (Grus grus) flock flying in formation, silhouetted at sunset, Lac du Der, Champagne, France.

Alex Mustard / Frigate bird (Fregata minor) soaring in formation around the moon at sunset, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.

Luis Quinta / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) female bringing prey to chicks in the nest, Alentejo, Portugal, June.

Luis Quinta / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) female flying to nest with prey, Alentejo, Portugal, May.

Steve Gettle / Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) trio flying, Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, Michigan

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Brunnich's Guillemot (Uria lomvia) cliff colony, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, July. Commended in the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition 2014.

Doug Allan / Inuk man catching Little Auks (Alle alle) with a net from their breeding cliffs. The birds are a kiviak delicacy. Near Siorapaluk (the most northerly community in the world), Greenland, June. Freeze f...

David Tipling / 2020VISION / Pink-footed geese (Anser brachyrynchus) flock in flight in line formation, Norfolk, UK, January