Konrad Wothe / Pair of European nuthatches (Sitta europaea) mating, Bavaria, Germany, April.

Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) chasing away and Black tit (Periparus ater) in car graveyard, Varmland, Sweden, December

Andrew Parkinson / Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) decending the trunk of Silver Birch (Betula verrucsa) tree, Derbyshire, UK. December (non-ex)

Paul Hobson / Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) in flight, and preparing to land, South Yorkshire, England, UK. March.

Peter Lewis / Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) perching on moss covered tree trunk, New Forest, Hampshire, England

Roger Powell / European nuthatch {Sitta europaea} with bark in beak whilst searching for grubs on surface of tree trunk, Northumberland, UK

David Tipling / Garden birds including Blue Tits {Parus caeruleus} + Nuthatch {Sitta europaea} on bird table, UK.

David Kjaer / Nuthatch descending silver birch tree, England, UK

Loic Poidevin / Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea) on tree trunk, Leon, Spain, February.

Loic Poidevin / Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea) on tree trunk, Leon, Spain, February.

Pedro Narra / European nuthatch (Sitta europaea) perched on tree trunk, Sado Estuary, Portugal. November

Tomasz Zawadzki/ BIA / Wood Nuthatch (Sitta europaea), Poland