Franco Banfi / Spotted seal (Phoca largha) head above water, boulders in foreground. Vrangel Bay, Primorsky Krai, Russia. August.
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Tony Heald / Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) in sea, St Andrews Bay, South Georgia. October.
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Nick Hawkins / Common guillemot / murre (Uria aalge) egg in researcher's hands, Machias Seal Island, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada, May.
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Nick Hawkins / Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) egg on the left, and Razorbill (Alca torda) egg on the right, in a hand, Machias Seal Island, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada, May.
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Nick Hawkins / Razorbill egg (Alca torda) in nest, Machias Seal Island, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada, May.
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Nick Hawkins / Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) egg in nest, Machias Seal Island, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada, May.
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Nick Hawkins / Arctic tern (Sterna arctica) egg in nest, Machias Seal Island, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada, May.
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Frederique Olivier / Wide angle shot of Southern giant petrels (Macronectes giganteus), Cape petrels (Daption capense) and a Fur seal (Arctocephalus) feeding amongst kelp, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.
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Frederique Olivier / Wide angle shot of Southern giant petrels (Macronectes giganteus), Cape petrels (Daption capense) and a Fur seal (Arctocephalus) feeding amongst kelp, Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia.