Ismaele Tortella / White tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) catching fish, Lofoten, Norway, August.

Pal Hermansen / Close up of Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) feathers, with one foot held up, Trondelag, Norway. Winner of the Attention to Detail Category of the Bird Photographer Competition 2019.

Staffan Widstrand / Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) in flight, about to land, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Jack Dykinga / Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) perched as Snow geese (Chen caerulescens) fly by, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA, January.

Ernie Janes / Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) portrait, captive, occurs in North America.

Winfried Wisniewski / Black Kite (Milvus migrans) flying, Castile-La Mancha, Spain

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) adult with nest material on eyrie with chick showing background, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK., May.

David Pattyn / Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) in flight over winter landscape with snow, Leukerbad, Vallais, Wallis, Switzerland, January

David Pattyn / Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) in flight over winter landscape with snow, Leukerbad, Vallais, Wallis, Switzerland, January

David Pattyn / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) in flight in front of a vertical rocky mountain side, Gran Paradiso National Park, Aosta Valley, Italy, May

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Harris' Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) flying, Texas

David Gallan / Slow motion clip of a Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) landing in nest, Mimosa National Park, New South Wales, Australia , September.