Nigel Cattlin / Harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) larvae still with a raft of empty egg cases, June Berkshire, England, UK.

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Barn Owl (Tyto alba) flying with rodent prey, Texas

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) fishing, Texas

Thomas Hinsche/ BIA / Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) with fish prey, Hungary

Andres M. Dominguez/ BIA / Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) flying with fish prey, Danube Delta, Romania

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) fishing, Alaska

Juergen Freund / Northern quoll (Dasyurus hallucatus) orphan babies, sleeping on hot water bottle, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

Franco Banfi / Striped marlin (Kajikia audax) hunting Sardine (Sardinops sagax) in bait ball. Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Franco Banfi / Striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) feeding on Sardine (Sardinops sagax). Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Pacific Ocean, Mexico.

Sven Zacek / Ural owl (Strix uralensis) male presenting prey to nesting mate. Tartumaa, Southern Estonia. April.

Sven Zacek / Great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) with fish in beak, caught in stream. Laanemaa, Western Estonia. March.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) fishing. Rothiemurchus, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.