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A sea lion dramatically emerges from the water in an attempt to steal an eagles catch.
Picture: CATERS
In the past, buzzards were persecuted to the point of near extinction in the UK. Populations of these dramatic birds of prey have only just started to recover, but licences have been secretly issued to destroy their nests.
White-tailed eagle, Poland
Picture: Sylwia Domaradzka / Barcroft Media
A silhouette of short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) in flight at dusk, Worlaby Carrs, Lincolnshire. This image is part of a new outdoor street-gallery exhibition that has been launched on the South Bank of the River Thames in London, documenting the best of the 2020VISION wildlife project
Picture: REX FEATURES
An adult little owl marches about the countryside looking for food to feed its brood of hungry owlets on a farm in Lancashire.
Picture: AUSTIN THOMAS / CATERS NEWS
Three peregrine falcon chicks which hatched at Nottingham Trent University’s Newton Building in Nottingham city centre
Photograph: Nottingham Trent University EcoWeb
(Source: Guardian)
Great grey owl with a mouse in its beak, Lake Superior, Minnesota, USA.
Picture: TOM SAMUELSON / CATERS NEWS
A white-bellied sea eagle clutches a catfish in its powerful talons.
By Des Ong.
Owl and Mouse, Minnesota by Tom Samuelson
An Indian spotted owl on alert for prey in broad daylight, in the Mayong forest in Guwahati city, India
Photograph: STR/EPA
An African fishing eagle catches a fish in Lake Baringo, Kenya
Picture: CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images
A tiny mouse makes a bid for freedom as a hungry owl swoops down behind it in Rybinsk, Russia.
Picture: ROMAN LOBANOV / CATERS NEWS
This is the moment an unlucky bird was plucked from mid-air by a sparrowhawk, Isola Della Cona nature reserve in Italy.
Picture: MARGITTA SCHUFF THOMANN / CATERS NEWS
A pair of burrowing owls share a tender moment.
Picture: Judith Malloch / Barcroft Media
Once endangered, Red Kites, the acrobats of the air, have now been successfully re-introduced to England and Scotland.
Red Kites use their skills to circle and whirl until they spot prey, then dive with feet tucked and wings outstretched
Picture: REX
