An Atlantic puffin going in with its last feed of the day at Hermaness National Nature Reserve in the Shetlands

The gannetry at Hermaness NNR, Unst, Shetland in all its majesty as seen at midnight around the summer solstice

Vidlin port in the sun before a threatening cloud comes past overhead, Shetland.

A storm approaching Lerwick, Shetland, at midnight

A gannet holding some kelp in its mouth to use as nest building material in Hermaness NNR, Unst, Shetlands

The nearly summer solstice sun setting over Hermaness National Nature Reserve on Unst, Shetlands

A puffin takes one last look at the setting sun with a mouth full of sandeels before heading into its burrow at Hermaness NNR, Unst, Shetlands.

Peregrine falcon adult flying back to its eyrie with a fresh pigeon kill to feed to its offspring.

A shedding grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) says hello at sunset on Donna Nook beach in Lincolnshire, UK.

Common kingfisher with a stickleback sitting in the rain

Sunrays through stormy clouds over the Eskdale valley in the Lake District, UK.

A stream running down a valley on the Isle of Arran in Scotland in November.

Bluebells at sunset in Leigh Woods in Bristol, Somerset.

A snow-covered oak tree photographed in high-key against a white background.

A robin balancing on a hand, after having been rung, and prior to release.

Sunrise over Whitley Bay and St. Mary's Lighthouse in Northumberland, UK.