Frederique Olivier / Close-up of a Black browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) preening its chick, chick looks up panting, thermoregulating, West Point Island, Falkland Islands.

Frederique Olivier / Tilt shot of a Black browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) with its chick on a nest, New Island, Falkland Islands.

Frederique Olivier / Close-up of a pair of Black browed albatrosses (Thalassarche melanophris) mutual grooming, New Island, Falkland Islands.

Frederique Olivier / Black browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) chick in nest, interacting with a Southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) chick, New Island, Falkland Islands.

Frederique Olivier / Pair of Black browed albatrosses (Thalassarche melanophris) display bonding, touching beaks, New Island, Falkland Islands.

Peter Bassett / Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) chick stretching its wings, Prion Island, South Georgia.

Frederique Olivier / Close-up of a Light-mantled sooty albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata) building its nest, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.

David Tipling / Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) displaying to bird flying overhead on Albatross Island, South Georgia, January

David Tipling / Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) a pair displaying at dusk, Albatross Island, South Georgia January

David Tipling / Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) pair displaying at dusk in ritual bonding behaviour, Albatross Island in Bay of Isles, South Georgia January

Heike Odermatt / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) pair courting, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Brent Stephenson / Southern royal albatross (Diomedea epomophora) flying over sea, Off Stewart Island, New Zealand, November, Vulnerable species.