Fergus Gill / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) flying through a rainbow. Aviemore, Scotland, July.

Mike Wilkes / Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus). Aviemore, Scotland, UK, Europe

Ben Hall / Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) in snowfall, Aviemore, Highlands, Scotland, UK, February. Highly commended in the Habitat Category of the BWPA Competition 2019.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Highway maintainance mowing roadside verge, destroying grassland flowers and plants, A95 near Aviemore, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, July. July 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Highway maintainance mowing roadside verge, destroying grassland flowers and plants, A95 near Aviemore, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK. July 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Highway maintainance mowing roadside verge, destroying grassland flowers and plants, A95 near Aviemore, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, July. July 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Highway maintainance mowing roadside verge, destroying grassland flowers and plants, A95 near Aviemore, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, July. July 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) female near Aviemore, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, December.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Autumnal Birch (Betula sp) woodland, abstract. Craigellachie National Nature Reserve, Scotland, UK. October.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Bogach, a wetland area in the outskirts of Aviemore, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, October 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Birch woodland and bracken in early autumn, Craigellachie National Nature Reserve, Aviemore, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, September 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Silver birch (Betula pendula) trees in early autumn, Craigellachie National Nature Reserve, Aviemore, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, September.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Silver birch (Betula pendula) woodland in early autumn, Craigellachie National Nature Reserve, Aviemore, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, October 2014.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Silver Birch (Betula pendula) trees in autumn colour, Craigellachie National Nature Reserve, Aviemore, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, October.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Silver Birch (Betula pendula) trees in autumn colour, Craigellachie National Nature Reserve, Aviemore, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, October.

Michel Poinsignon / Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) female standing up to shake its wings after bathing, Aviemore, Scotland, UK. July.

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Loch Morlich near Aviemore, in winter, Cairngorms NP, Scotland, UK, January 2010

Philippe Clement / The River Spey near Aviemore with the Cairngorm mountains covered in snow in the background, near Aviemore, Highlands, Scotland, UK, May 2010

Robert Thompson / Sphagnum moss bog / sump, Lough Garten NNR, Aviemore, Scotland, UK, July 1991, breeding site for White faced darter (Leucorrhinia dubia)

Robert Thompson / Vipiparous lizard (Lacerta vivipara) adult basking on lichen, Lough Garten NNR, Aviemore, Scotland, UK, July

Robert Thompson / White-faced darter (Leucorrhinia dubia) female, Lough Garten NNR, Aviemore, Northern Scotland, UK, July

Robert Thompson / White-faced darter (Leucorrhinia dubia) male, Lough Garten NNR, Aviemore, Northern Scotland, UK, July

Brian Lightfoot / Ragged robin {Silene flos-cuculi} flowering in meadow, Aviemore, Scotland, UK

Niall Benvie / Cobweb covered in dew, Aviemore, Inverness, Scotland, UK

Brian Lightfoot / Bilberry plants Vaccinium myrtilis} in woodland understorey, Aviemore, Scotland, UK. RSPB reserve.

Brian Lightfoot / Domestic sheep, Black faced tup / ram {Ovis aries} Aviemore, Scotland, UK

Brian Lightfoot / Chaffinch {Fringella coelebs} male, Loch Garten, Aviemore, Scotland

Brian Lightfoot / Immature Grey heron {Ardea cinerea} Aviemore, Scotland, UK

Brian Lightfoot / Red squirrel {Sciurus vulgaris} on bird peanut feeder, Aviemore, Scotland, UK

Mike Wilkes / Rock ptarmigan in autumn plumage {Lagopus mutus} Aviemore, Scotland, UK.

Niall Benvie / Spiders web covered in dew. Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, Europe

Niall Benvie / Mountain hare leveret {Lepus timidus} Scotland, UK

Brian Lightfoot / Opium poppy flower {Papaver somniferum} Scotland, UK

Niall Benvie / Scots pine trees by lake, Rothiemurchus, Aviemore, Scotland

Brian Lightfoot / Scots pine flower with cone developing {Pinus sylvestris} Aviemore, Scotland, UK

Niall Benvie / Frost melting on lupin leaves Aviemore Inverness-shire Scotland UK

Brian Lightfoot / Mountain hare grooming foot {Lepus timidus} coat changing colour in winter. Scotland, UK

Brian Lightfoot / Chaffinch with unusual pale coloration {Fringilla coelebs} Aviemore Scotland UK

Brian Lightfoot / Woodcock {Scolopax rusticola} Aviemore Scotland UK

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Aerial view of mixed landscape of commercial forestry plantations and natural woodland regeneration along the Spey Valley between Aviemore and Kincraig, Cairngorms National park, Scotland, UK. July, 2...

Philippe Clement / Sailing boat on Loch Morlich in front of the Cairngorm Mountains, Cairngorms National Park, Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland, Scotland, UK. June 2018