Pal Hermansen / Avalanche on Gullemot (Uria aalge) nesting cliff on first day birds return to breed. Finnmark, Norway. March.

Mathias Schaef/ BIA / Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) male, Finnmark, Norway

Erlend Haarberg / European shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) sitting at the entrance of a cave with flock of Common guillemots (Uria aalge) and Gulls (Laridae) flying past cave, Hornoya and Reinoya Nature Reserve, Finnm...

Winfried Wisniewski / Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) males displaying in rain at lek, Norway

Winfried Wisniewski / Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) male displaying at lek, Varanger Peninsula, Norway

Staffan Widstrand / Raven (Corvus corax) mobbing Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), Hornoya Island, Varanger Peninsula, Norway, March.

Staffan Widstrand / King eider duck (Somateria spectabilis) male, Batsfjord village harbour, Varanger Peninsula, Norway. March.

Staffan Widstrand / Steller's eider duck (Polysticta stelleri) Batsfjord village harbour with red reflections on the water, Varanger Peninsula, Norway, March.

Staffan Widstrand / King eider duck (Somateria spectabilis) male, Batsfjord village harbour, Varanger Peninsula, Norway.

Staffan Widstrand / Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) nesting on wall of house, Vardo town, Varanger Peninsula, Norway, March.

Espen Bergersen / Razorbills (Alca torda) in flight, with Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) behind, Hornoya, Norway. March

Espen Bergersen / Common raven (Corvus corax) pair in courtship display, flying upsidedown and calling, Hornoya bird cliff, Norway. March.