Weekend readers' best photographs: fly

Linda Wride: “Strap in, lift off and fly.” Photograph: Linda Wride

Philip Pratt: “The Madurodam miniature park in The Hague, Netherlands. It’s as if the beautiful, sleek seagull is saying of the comparatively ugly model jetliner, ‘Come on, is that really the best you can do?’ ” Photograph: Philip Pratt

Lucas Orme: "I was tracking this little guy across the leaf of a house plant and managed to capture the splendour of his design just as he took the leap." Photograph: Lucas Orme

Becky Gargano: "Tourists in Mexico not quite flying _ but falling with style." Photograph: Becky Gargano

Chris Hulme: “This is a European eagle owl taken on a birds of prey photography workshop in the Czech Republic last November. We were flying this bird in a natural forest setting at sunrise, to hopefully capture the backlit wings illuminated by the rising sun." Photograph: Chris Hulme

Jeremy Ball: "Canada geese take flight on a cold winter's day." Photograph: Jeremy Ball

Ron Smith: "One of a number of rebuilt de Havilland Tiger Moths flies over the Somerset countryside near its Henstrigge base." Photograph: Ron Smith

Trevor Pake: "Casper regularly flies to the top of our fridge. The local birdlife may be getting nervous." Photograph: Trevor Pake