Sebastian Kennerknecht / Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) at nest burrow, Skomer Island National Nature Reserve, Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Cape gannet (Morus capensis) colony, Bird Island Nature Reserve, Lambert's Bay, West Coast, South Africa.

Rick Price / Brown booby (Sula leucogaster) on sea. Lacepede Islands Nature Reserve, The Kimberley, Western Australia.

Ashley Cooper / Lesser black backed gull (Larus fuscus) nesting on Walney Island off Barrow in Furness, England, UK, June.

Pal Hermansen / Guard patrolling around Holmholmen Nature Reserve to protect the birds, Helgeland, Northern Norway. May 2016. Highly commended in the Man and Nature Category of Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards 2017...

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) in breeding plumage, Skomer Island National Nature Reserve, Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) carrying fish prey, Skomer Island National Nature Reserve, Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Sergey Gorshkov / Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) fledgling, Wrangel Island, Far Eastern Russia, August.

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Weka (Gallirallus australis), Kapiti Island, North Island, New Zealand

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Weka (Gallirallus australis) grazing, Kapiti Island, North Island, New Zealand

Sebastian Kennerknecht / New Zealand Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae), Kapiti Island, North Island, New Zealand

Sebastian Kennerknecht / New Zealand Pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae), Kapiti Island, North Island, New Zealand