Guy Edwardes / Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) flying near Teasel plants (Dipsacus fullonum) Captive.

Bence Mate / Two Buzzards (Buteo buteo) fighting, Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary. February.

Bence Mate / Hooded crow (Corvus cornix) mobbing Buzzard (Buteo buteo) Lake Csaj, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. January.

Staffan Widstrand / Common Eurasian buzzard (Buteo buteo) reflected in water whilst drinking, Pusztaszer protected landscape, Kiskunsagi, Hungary, May

Tui De Roy / Galapagos hawks (Buteo galapagoensis) in flight, Galapagos, Ecuador. Vulnerable species.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) landing, Galapagos, Ecuador. Vulnerable species.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) in flight, Galapagos, Ecuador. Vulnerable species.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) perched over sulphurous slope, Galapagos, Ecuador. Vulnerable species.

Bence Mate / Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) in flight over snow, Pusztaszer, Hungary, January.

Roger Powell / Two Buzzards (Buteo buteo) fighting over food in snow, Dransfeld, Hannover, Germany, January

Bence Mate / Two Common buzzards (Buteo buteo) attacking each other in snow, Pusztaszer, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary

Bence Mate / Two Common buzzards (Buteo buteo) attacking each other in flight, Pusztaszer, Kiskunsagi National Park, Hungary

Dietmar Nill / Long-legged buzzard {Buteo rufinus} adult in flight, Bulgaria.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Common buzzard, white morph {Buteo buteo} Switzerland.

Niall Benvie / Female Common buzzard with wings outstretched {Buteo buteo} Scotland captive

Chris Gomersall / Common buzzard in flight {Buteo buteo} juvenile Wales, UK

VINCENT MUNIER / Buzzard {Buteo buteo} fighting with Grey heron over food, Vosges Mountains, France. Eric Hosking Award winning portfolio in BG Wildife Photo Competition 2002

Mike Read / Common buzzard {Buteo buteo} and Raven {Corvus corax} share rabbit carcass. Wales, UK

VINCENT MUNIER / Common buzzards fighting over prey. Winter, Vosges France.

Colin Varndell / Common buzzard feeding on rabbit prey {Buteo buteo} UK

Colin Varndell / Common buzzard with rabbit prey {Buteo buteo} UK

SIMON KING / Common Buzzard, pale phase, UK.

Barry Mansell / Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) North Florida, USA, January.

Franco Banfi / Rough-legged hawk (Buteo lagopus) taking off in forest. Vrangel Bay, Primorsky Krai, Russia. August.

Franco Banfi / Rough-legged hawk (Buteo lagopus) perched on rock in boreal forest. Vrangel Bay, Primorsky Krai, Russia. August.

Franco Banfi / Rough-legged hawk (Buteo lagopus) in flight, viewed from below. Vrangel Bay, Primorsky Krai, Russia. August.

Franco Banfi / Rough-legged hawk (Buteo lagopus) perched on rock. Vrangel Bay, Primorsky Krai, Russia. August.

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Swainson's hawk (Buteo swainsoni) in flight. Saskatchewan, Canada, August.

Dong Lei / Upland buzzard (Buteo hemilasius) perched on wall. Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, Qinghai Province, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China. August.

John Chan / Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) feeding on a squirrel, Southern California, USA.

John Chan / Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) feeding on a squirrel, Southern California, USA.

John Chan / Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) feeding on a squirrel, Southern California, USA.

John Chan / Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) feeding on a squirrel, Southern California, USA.

John Chan / Red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) preening, Southern California, USA.

John Chan / Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) feeding on a rabbit, Southern California, USA, June.

Jussi Murtosaari / Rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus) in flight, Norway, June.

Lucas Bustamante / Galapagos Hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) perched on Opuntia cactus, Pinzon or Duncan Island, Galapagos Islands.

Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus). Rajasthan, India. October.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Common buzzard, (Buteo buteo), scavenging deer carcass, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK.January

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Common buzzard, (Buteo buteo), scavenging deer carcass, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK.January

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Common buzzard, (Buteo buteo), scavenging on deer carcass, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK.January

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Common buzzard, (Buteo buteo) flying in to scavenge on deer carcass, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK.January

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) on ground in snow, Scotland, UK, February.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Common Buzzards (Buteo buteo) fighting on ground in snow, Scotland, UK, January.January

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) perched on branch , Scotland, UK.January

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) perched on branch , Scotland, UK.January

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) on moss next to loch and Celtic rainforest. Scotland, UK, October.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) on rock with loch and Celtic rainforest in back ground, Scotland, UK, January.