Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a male Orchid bee (Euglossini) gathering nectar from an orchid (Lycomormium ecuadorense) flower, Imbabura Province, Ecuador.

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

Sven Zacek / Ural owl (Strix uralensis) hunting, Tartumaa county, Southern Estonia.

Jack Dykinga / Snow goose (Chen caerulescens) landing into a tight packed flock on lake, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA. January.

Jack Dykinga / Snow goose (Chen caerulescens) landing into flock, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA, January.

John Chan / California brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) roosting on a mudflat, with a flock of Elegant terns (Thalasseus elegans) nearby, Southern California, USA May/2019

John Shaw / Violet-tailed sylph hummingbird (Aglaiocercus coelestis) in flight, about to land. Ecuador, May.

Avi Meir/ BIA / Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei) landing, Eilat, Israel

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

Nick Upton / Pair of White storks (Ciconia ciconia) arranging nest material on their nest, Knepp Castle Estate, Sussex, England, UK, April. This is the first recorded instance of White storks nesting in the UK for...

Michael Hutchinson / Marsh fritillary butterfly (Euphydryas aurinia) flying and landing on a Buttercup (Ranunculus), Devon, England, UK, June.

Sven Zacek / Ural owl (Strix uralensis) female on nest, male landing with twig in beak. Tartumaa, Southern Estonia. April.

Tui De Roy / Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) landing. Punta Vicente Roca, Isabela Island, Galapagos.

Tui De Roy / Blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) coming in to land. Punta Vicente Roca, Isabela Island, Galapagos.

Dave Bevan / Pair of Sand martins (Riparia riparia) feeding chicks, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, July.

Dave Bevan / Slow motion clip of a pair of Common swifts (Apus apus) approaching and entering a nest hole in limestone cliff, Norfolk, England, UK, May.

Juergen Freund / Colony of Little red flying foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) at roost, with several bats flying in, landing on others on a branch, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia.

David Allemand / Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) Female landing in the snow, Quebec, Canada

Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) male jumping, Yangxian Biosphere Reserve, Shaanxi, China

Konrad Wothe / Slow motion clip of a Buff tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) landing in a Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) flower, Germany, June.

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) and Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas) fighting, Texas

Jack Dykinga / Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) flying in to land at sunset in golden light, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA, December.

Jack Dykinga / Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) landing at sunset, blurred motion, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA.

John Waters / Slow motion clip of a mixed flock of Teal (Anas crecca) and Wigeon (Anas penelope) landing in a lake, Greylake RSPB Reserve, Somerset Levels, England, UK, February.

Nick Upton / Close-up of a Dark green fritillary (Argynnis aglaja) nectaring on a Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) flower and flying off, Wiltshire, England, UK, July.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) landing, Galapagos, Ecuador. Vulnerable species.

Nick Upton / Panning shot of a flock of Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus) landing on partially flooded pastureland near resting Black-tailed godwits (Limosa limosa) and grazing Wigeon (Anas penelope), Gloucestershire,...

Ralf Kistowski/ BIA / Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) female landing, Gambia

Ron Bielefeld/ BIA / Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja) flying, Florida

Alain Ghignone/ BIA / Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus) male landing, Andalusia, Spain

Alain Ghignone/ BIA / Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) landing, Aosta Valley, Italy

Thomas Hinsche/ BIA / Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) landing, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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.

Jack Dykinga / Snow geese (Chen caerulescens) large flock with some landing, Bosque del Apache, New Mexico, USA, December.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) male flying with talons outstretched, Glenfeshie, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, May.

David Kjaer / Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) coming in to land, Spain, July

David Kjaer / Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus)) coming in to land, Spain, July

Mark Hamblin / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) leaping onto log, Scotland, UK, September. Highly commended in the Habitat category of the BWPA (British Wildlife Photography Awards) 2016.

David Pattyn / Gannet (Morus bassanus) coming in to land in the colony in evening light, Great Saltee, Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June

Bence Mate / Hoopoe (Upupa epops) landing, with lizard prey, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May.

Tim Zurowski/ BIA / Northern Caracara (Caracara cheriway) trio, Texas

Ingo Arndt / White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) landing, Masai Mara, Kenya

Michel Poinsignon / Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) landing on lake, Pusztaszer, Hungary, April

Hermann Brehm / Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus) female landing, Germany.

Wim van den Heever / White-fronted bee-eaters (Merops bullockoides) perched near to nesting holes Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Wim van den Heever / Little bee eaters (Merops pusillus) two, with one landing on branch with a fly in its beak. Okavango Delta, Botswana

Donald M. Jones / Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) landing in field, central Montana

Donald M. Jones / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) drake flying, central Montana

Sven Zacek / Male Ural owl (Strix uralensis) flying to nest to feed female, Southern Estonia, March.

Joris van Alphen / Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus) preparing to land at her nest, clasping a songbird. Viewed from below. Groningen, the Netherlands. July.

Marie Read / Horned puffins (Fratercula corniculata), one landing with outspread wings, to join its mate on cliff ledge, St. Paul Island, Pribilofs, Alaska, USA, July.

Sven Zacek / White-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) flying, and hunting over sea, Norway, July.

Richard Du Toit / Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) landing on South African Giraffe (Giraffa giraffa giraffa), KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Espen Bergersen / Common guillemot (Uria aalge) flock, circling outside the breeding colony at Hornoya birdcliff, Finnmark, Norway.

Danny Green / Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) in flight in snowfall, Lake Kussharo, Japan, February

Danny Green / Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus) in flight, Japan, February

Alan Murphy / Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) landing, Texas

Hans Glader / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) male flying, Carinthia, Austria

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..

Edwin Giesbers / Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) flying, blurred motion. Costa Rica.

John Waters / Barn Owl (Tyto alba) hunting/hovering, Somerset, UK, trained bird.

Tui De Roy / White-vented storm petrel (Oceanites gracilis galapagoensis) 'walking' on surface of water whilst foraging, Galapagos

Ron Bielefeld / Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) male flying with snail prey, Florida

Nick Garbutt / Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) flying into roost sight at dusk, Hato La Aurora Reserve, Los Llanos, Colombia, South America.

Markus Varesvuo / White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) landing on snowy rock, Norway, November

Ben Cranke / European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) landing on the waters of a fjord, Norway, May.

Sam Hobson / Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), adult male landing on building. Bristol, UK. March.

Markus Varesvuo / Snowy owl (Bubo scandiaca) close up of female landing on snow covered ground, Canada, February. Magic Moments book plate.

Markus Varesvuo / Small flock of Puffins (Fratercula arctica) perched on clastal ledge, one landing amongst the group, Norway, Scandinavia, April.

Markus Varesvuo / Great Grey owl (Strix nebulosa) landing / hunting inthe snow, Tornio, Finland, Scandinavia, March.

Markus Varesvuo / Razorbill (Alca torda) landing, Spring, Norway

Markus Varesvuo / Guillemot (Uria aalge) landing in colony, Norway, July

Markus Varesvuo / Razorbill (Alca torda) in flight, Norway, April.

Markus Varesvuo / Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix) ruffling feathers, Askola, Finland, March

Markus Varesvuo / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), adult in flight carrying fish. Kangasala, Finland.

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

Markus Varesvuo / Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) landing. Lappeenranta, Finland. March. Magic Moments book plate.

Ammonite / Honey bees (Apis mellifera) entering and exiting hive, France, July.

D. Parer & E. Parer-Cook / Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla) flock landing in tree, Boulia, Queensland, Australia

Michael Pitts / Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) calling and defending their eggs from Southern Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus) hunting for unattended eggs or chicks, Sea Lion island, The Falklands, South Atlantic.

Andy Trowbridge / Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) in flight, coming into land with beak full of sand eels (Ammodytes tobianus). Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.

Loic Poidevin / Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) flying low over the ground, Indre-et-Loire , France, June.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Black browed albatros (Thalassarche melanophrys), Cape Point, South Africa.

Kim Taylor / Redpoll (Carduelis flammea) male landing on Alder (Alnus glutinosa) Surrey, England. February

Ben Hall / Black-headed gull (Larus ridibundus) alighting on water at dawn, Cheshire, UK, November. Highly Commended in the British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2013.

Jack Dykinga / Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) landing in icy pond filled with snow geese (Chen caerulescens) Bosque del Apache, New Mexico. January 2013

Markus Varesvuo,Markus Varesvuo / Guillemot (Uria aalge) landing, Vardo, Norway, March.

Laurent Geslin / Coot (Fulica atra) landing on Lake Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Laurent Geslin / Male mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) landing with spread wings and legs to break its speed. Walthamstow reservoir, London, UK

Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult, backlit by the morning sun, coming in to land in colony, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK. September

Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanu) coming into land with stormy seas behind, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, September. Highly Commended in the Coastal and Marine category of the BWPA Awards 2015

David Tipling / Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) in flight low over water, Fetlar, Shetland, June

Bence Mate / Hoopoe (Upupa epops) landing on perch, Pusztaszer, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary

Andy Rouse / Barn Owl (Tyto alba) in flight in dawn light. UK, Europe.

Sven Zacek,Sven Zacek / Great Tit (Parus major) in flight. Southern Estonia, December.

Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / Redshank (Tringa totanus) in flight, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, June.