Juan Carlos Munoz / Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) landing on coast next to flock. Cantabria, Spain, March.

David Perpinan / Group of Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) fighting to feed on a dead lamb. Cuenca, Spain, August.

David Perpinan / Group of Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) arriving and feeding on a dead lamb, Cuenca, Spain, August.

Christophe Courteau / White backed vulture (Gyps africanus) feeding, Linyanti Game Reserve, Botswana.

Francisco Marquez / Griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) and European black vultures (Aegypius monachus) feeding on a dead deer, Cabaneros National Park, Montes de Toledo, Spain, May.

Hans Glader/ BIA / Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) group, Spain

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

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

Neil Aldridge / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) feed on a wildebeest carcass, Chobe, Botswana, August.

Brais Seara Fernandez/ BIA / Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus), Castile-Leon, Spain

Staffan Widstrand / Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) blurred motion photograph at wildlife watching and vulture feeding site, Pre-Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain, March.

Anup Shah / White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) waiting for Spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) to finish feeding on a kill. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.