Todd Pusser / Black browed albatross in flight {Thalassarche melanophrys} Falkland Is

Tim Laman / Waved Albatross (Phoebastria irrorata) in flight, soaring, Galapagos, Critically endangered

Mike Potts / New Zealand albatross (Diomedea antipodensis) on water off Kaikoura coast, South Island, New Zealand.

Konrad Wothe / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) Falkland Islands, Subantarcic. February.

Mike Read / Wandering albatross (Diomedia exulans), Cape pigeon (Daption capense) and Northern giant petrel (Macronectes halli) on sea feeding on chum, Kaikoura, New Zealand

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Tourists from a ship visiting the Rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) and Black browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) colonies at West Point Island, Falklands Islands, 2009.

Mike Read / Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) in flight. New Zealand, December.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Wandering albatross (Diomedia exulans) in flight. Drake Passage, Southern Ocean.

Frederique Olivier / Light mantled sooty albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata) close up of neck and eye, Macquarie Island, Southern Atlantic, Australian Antarctica,

Frederique Olivier / Light mantled sooty albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata) flying over sea, Macquarie Island, Southern Atlantic, Australian Antarctica, December

Frederique Olivier / Light mantled sooty albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata) flying over sea, Macquarie Island, Southern Atlantic, Australian Antarctica, December

Peter Scoones / Black browed albatross on water {Thalassarche melanophrys} South Georgia, Antarctica