Dave Watts / Wedge-tailed eagle {Aquila audax fleayi} tasmanian sub species, adult portrait, Australia

Staffan Widstrand / Tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) in flight, about to land, Zimanga Private Nature Reserve, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

Jack Dykinga / Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) perched as Snow geese (Chen caerulescens) fly by, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA, January.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) adult with nest material on eyrie with chick showing background, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK., May.

David Pattyn / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) in flight in front of a vertical rocky mountain side, Gran Paradiso National Park, Aosta Valley, Italy, May

David Gallan / Slow motion clip of a Wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) landing in nest, Mimosa National Park, New South Wales, Australia , September.

Staffan Widstrand / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) perched in snow covered tree. Kalvtrask, Vasterbotten, Lapland, Sweden. January.

Staffan Widstrand / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) in flight over snow. Kalvtrask, Vasterbotten, Lapland, Sweden. January.

Pal Hermansen / Golden eagle (Aquila crysaetos) on dead Fox (Vulpes vulpes) carcass. Trondelag, Norway. March. Remote camera shot

Markus Varesvuo / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus) landing, Kuusamo, Finland, January.

Markus Varesvuo / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus) Kuusamo, Finland, January.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Female Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) feeding its chick in a nest in a pine tree, Glen Tanar, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, June.