SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) silhouetted at sunset on Hermaness, Shetland, Scotland, UK, June.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Puffins (Fratercula arctica) Shaint Isles, Scotland, UK, June.

Marie Read / Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) flying over a pattern of kelp and sea foam, photographed from above, St. Paul, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, USA. July.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Puffins (Fratercula arctica) and Razorbills (Alca torda) with Eilean Mhuire behind, Shiant Isles, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. June, 2018

Philippe Clement / Two Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) in breeding plumage on cliff top, Sumburgh Head, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, June.

Guy Edwardes / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) wings spread backlit, Great Saltee Island, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June.

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.

Danny Green / Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) bill rubbing, Skomer Island, Wales, UK, April

Danny Green / Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) flock resting on a snow bank, Hornya, Varanger, Norway, April

Danny Green / Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) looking down a nesting chamber, Skomer Island, Wales, UK, May

Danny Green / Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) wing stretching with sand eels in beak, Flannan Isles, Scotland, UK, July