Bruce Thomson / Aerial shot over desert, with Spinifex grass (Spinifex sp.) and Gidgee (Acacia cambagei) trees on sand dunes, Australia. The landform of horizontally bedded alluvium occurs with tracks of dinosaurs.

John Shaw / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) with Atlantic needlefish (Strongylura marina) it has caught. Blue Cypress Lake, Florida, USA, April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) fishing. Rothiemurchus, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.

John Chan / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) feeding on a fish, perched on a dead branch, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, California, USA, October.

Danny Green / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) in flight catching a fish, Finland, July

George Sanker / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) with two Alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) just caught in the Atlantic Ocean. Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. June.

Graeme Guy/ BIA / Eastern Osprey (Pandion cristatus) parent feeding chick in nest, Western Australia, Australia

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) fishing, Rothiemurchus, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, July.

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

Ingo Arndt / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) on nest in lake, Blue Cypress Lake, Florida

Ingo Arndt / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) pair at nest, Blue Cypress Lake, Florida

Ingo Arndt / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) flying, Sanibel Island, Florida

Bence Mate / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) in flight with nesting material, Hungary, July. Nominated in the Telephoto category of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards competition 2015.