SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Puffin (Fratercula arctica), with Thrift (Armeria maritima) in the foreground, Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.

Andy Trowbridge / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) standing on flowering Sea thrift (Armeria maritima). Portrait. Fair Island, Shetland Islands, Scotland, July.

Andy Trowbridge / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) standing on Sea thrift (Armeria maritima) with wings out stretched with a beak full of sand eels. Close-up portrait. Fair Island, Shetland Islands, Scotland, July.

Andy Trowbridge / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) sitting on Sea thrift (Armeria maritima) with beak full of sand eels. Close-up portrait. Fair Island, Shetland Islands, Scotland, July.

David Pattyn / Flowering Thrift (Armeria maritima) photographed on Great Saltee with a view of the island behind. Great Saltee, Saltee Islands, Co. Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June.

Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) by entrance to its burrow amongst flowering Sea thrift (Armeria maritima) Sumburgh Head, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, June 2011

Niall Benvie / 2020VISION / Thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering on saltmarsh at the south end of Achnahaird Bay, Coigach and Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland, UK, June 2011

Niall Benvie / 2020VISION / Thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering on saltmarsh at the south end of Achnahaird Bay, Coigach and Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland, UK, June 2011. 2020VISION Book Plate.

Niall Benvie / 2020VISION / Thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering on saltmarsh at the south end of Achnahaird Bay, Coigach and Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland, UK, June 2011

Andrew Parkinson / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) head portrait, and single flower of Thrift (Ameria maritima) Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July (non-ex)

Laurie Campbell / Sea Thrift (Armeria maritima) flowering on cliff, Handa Island, Sutherland, Scotland, June

Silvia Reiche / Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi) butterfly on Sea Thrift (Armeria maritima), Hoogeloon, Netherlands