SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Female Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) feeding its chick in a nest in a pine tree, Glen Tanar, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, June.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Golden eagle (Aquila chyrsaetos) female flying into nest site with small branch, Glen Tanar Estate, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, June.

Peter Cairns / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) feeding on red deer carcass, Assynt, Scotland. Highly commended in the Habitat category of the BWPA (British Wildlife Photography Awards) 2016.

Markus Varesvuo / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) plucking Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) Kuusamo, Finland, April.

Ben Hall / Steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) in flight against autumn colours, Czech Republic, November. Captive.

Staffan Widstrand / Bonelli's eagle or Eurasian hawk-eagle, Hieraetus fasciatus or Aquila fasciata, picture taken from hide, at a feeding station for conservation purposes, utillizing live domestic pigeons caught as pest...

Kristel Richard / Eagle hunter mounted on Mongolian horse with his female Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) at Eagle Hunters Festival, near Sagsai, Bayan-Ulgii Aymag, Mongolia. September 2014..

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

Markus Varesvuo / Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) mating in snowy forest clearing. Kuusamo, Finland, February

Markus Varesvuo / Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) mating in snowy forest clearing. Kuusamo, Finland, February

Markus Varesvuo / Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) flying, Utajrvi, Finland, January

Markus Varesvuo / Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) flying over snow, Utajrvi, Finland February