Shattil & Rozinski / Ferruginous hawks {Buteo regalis} fighting over Prairie dog kill, Colorado, USA

Colin Varndell / Common buzzard wings spread, mantling prey {Buteo buteo} UK.

Colin Varndell / Juvenile Common buzzard mantling prey and calling {Buteo buteo} UK.

Niall Benvie / White tailed sea eagle mantling prey {Haliaeetus albicilla} Norway

Sergey Gorshkov / Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) protecting / mantling Western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) prey in snow, Finland, March.

Dave Bevan / Female Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) mantling over Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) prey, Bedfordshire, England, UK. October.

Alan Murphy/ BIA / Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) female protecting prey, Texas

Ben Hall / Golden eagle (Aquilla chrysaetos) mantling or protecting over brown hare in snow, Czech Republic, February. Captive.

Robin Chittenden / Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) mantling Stock dove (Columba oenas) prey, Norfolk, England, UK, April.

Markus Varesvuo / Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) feeding and mantling /covering carcass with wings, Heinola, Finland, January

Mike Wilkes / Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) mantling / shielding rabbit prey with wings, Warwickshire, England, UK, March

Roger Powell / Buzzard (Buteo buteo) mantling a carcass to try to prevent another getting to it, Dransfeld, Hannover, Germany, January