Eric Medard / Barn owl (Tyto alba) flying in old chapel at night, taken with infra red remote camera trap, Mayenne, Pays de Loire, France, November.

Pal Hermansen / Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) breeding on house wall, Norway, March.

George Sanker / Great egret (Ardea alba) taking off with fish prey in mouth, Myakka River State Park, Florida, USA, March.

MYN / Marc Pihet / Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) composite showing take off, Maine-et-Loire, France, September. meetyourneighbours.net project

Ben Cranke / Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) in flight, Finland. February.

Ben Cranke / European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) taking off, Norway, May.

Sam Hobson / Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), young adult male taking flight from building with prey. Berlin, Germany. March. Nominated in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.

Markus Varesvuo / Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa) taking off into flight from ground, Tornio, Finland, March. Magic Moments book plate.

Markus Varesvuo / Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii), adult with summer plumage in flight. Norway. June.

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) flock taking flight from pond, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico

Connor Stefanison / Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) taking flight, British Columbia, Canada

Ben Hall / Black headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) taking flight, artistically blurred photograph. Cheshire, UK, October. Highly honoured in the Art in Nature category of the Nature's Best Windland Smith...