SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Female Adder (Vipera berus) with tongue out among bluebells, close up, April, Scotland

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Female Adder (Vipera berus) close up portrait, Scotland, UK. March.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) perched among flowering Rapeseed (Brassica napus), Scotland, UK. May.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Water vole (Arvicola amphibius) feeding at water's edge, Scotland, UK. January.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) male perched on a frost covered plant stem, Scotland, UK. December.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Common stinkhorn (Phallus impudicus) fungi on forest floor, artificially lit from inside, Scotland, UK. September.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) on beach in winter, Scotland, UK. December.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) on beach in winter, Scotland, UK. December.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Two Slow worms (Anguis fragilis) close-up, Scotland, UK. April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Slavonian grebe (Podiceps auritus) portrait, Scotland, UK. June.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Short eared owl (Asio flammeus) in flight, Scotland, UK. December.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) catching an insect, Iceland, June.