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

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) flapping with sand eels in beak, in evening light, Fair Isle, Shetland, Scotland, UK, June.

Andy Trowbridge / Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) in flight, coming into land with beak full of sand eels (Ammodytes tobianus). Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, July.

Andy Rouse / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) with sand eels for young, Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, UK

Andy Rouse / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) outside burrow amongst flowering thrift, Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, UK

Andy Rouse / Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) by burrow, carrying unpalatable pipefish for chick due to Sand eel over-fishingm, Fair Isle, Shetland, UK

Andy Rouse / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) standing on cliff top, Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, UK

Andy Rouse / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) standing amongst flowering thrift, Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, UK

Andy Rouse / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) sitting on cliff top amongst thrift flower, lighthouse in the distance, Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, UK

Andy Rouse / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) carrying feather to burrow, Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, UK

Andy Rouse / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) strectching wings before flight, Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, UK

Andy Rouse / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) portrait, Fair Isle, Shetland Islands, UK