Markus Varesvuo / Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor) in flight, Liminka Finland December

Jose B. Ruiz / Great grey shrike with impaled mouse prey which it is dismembering to feed to chicks. Spain

Dietmar Nill / Great grey shrike with impaled frog prey, Germany

Martin Gabriel / Great grey shrike (Lanius excubitor), Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, December.

Martin Gabriel / Great grey shrike {Lanius excubitor}, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, December.

Gerrit Vyn / Northern shrike (Lanius excubitor) female, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA. May.

Gerrit Vyn / Northern shrike (Lanius excubitor) female, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, USA. May.

Markus Varesvuo / Great Grey Shrink (Lanius excubitor) Male, Sultanate of Oman March

Markus Varesvuo / Greart Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor) perched on top of fir tree, Kuusamo Finland April

Markus Varesvuo / Greart Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor) Kuusamo Finland April

David Tipling / Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor) in song, Kelling Heath, Norfolk, England, UK, April.

Duncan Usher / Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor) with vole prey impaled on thorn, Germany