From Above - A black and white view looking down on a rocky outcrop covered in gannets nesting, Hermaness, Shetland

Flying Past - A slow capture of gannets flying around their colony, Hermaness, Shetland

Keep Warm 1 - A gannet broods over its chick on the nest with masses of gannets in the background, Hermaness, Shetlnd

Keep Warm 2 - A gannet broods over its chick on the nest with masses of gannets in the background, Hermaness, Shetlnd

Ride the Wind - A black and white view of a gannet hovering on the wind, Hermaness, Shetland

Down Below - A gannet hovering on the wind looks down below it, Hermaness, Shetland

Fly Free - A black and white view of a gannet flying on the wind above the sea, Hermaness, Shetland

Hermaness Cliffs - A view across the cliffs of Hermaness National Nature Reserve, Shetland

Fly Free 2 - A gannet rides the wind over the sea at the colony in Hermaness, Shetland

Soar above the Sea - A gannet flies over the sea at Hermaness, Shetland

Puffin 5 - A puffin surrounded by fields of grass, Hermaness, Shetland

Hello Puffin - A puffin looks at the camera surrounded by fields of grass, Hermaness, Shetland

To the Burrow - A puffin scurries up a grass bank to its burrow, Hermaness, Shetland

To Fish or Not? - A puffin looks out to sea from the grass covered cliffs of Hermaness, Shetland

Waiting for the Return - A puffin looks out to sea from a grass covered cliff at Hermaness, Shetland

Nearly Home - A puffin glides past on the wind heading for its burrow, Hermaness, Shetland

Windswept - A puffin has its feathers ruffled by the wind, Hermaness, Shetland

Puffin Contrast - A black and white view of a puffin standing on a cliff edge, Hermaness, Shetland

Bluster - A puffin hovers in a heavy wind over the sea, Hermaness, Shetland

Puffin Affection - A puffin kisses another puffin on a grass cliff, Hermaness, Shetland

Head On 2 - A puffin looks head on at the camera on a grass cliff, Hermaness, Shetland

Practice - A puffin hovers on the wind over the sea, Hermaness, Shetland

In the Hole - A puffin looks into its burrow at Hermaness, Shetland

Muckle Flugga 2 - A view north to Muckle Flugga Lighthouse, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Puffin Family - Three puffins congregate around a burrow, Hermaness, Shetland

Look Down the Hole - A black and white view of a puffin looking down a burrow in the grass, Hermaness, Shetland

Tammie Norie - A black and white view of a puffin standing on grass looking over the sea, Hermaness, Shetland

Patience - A puffin stands on the edge of a grass cliff, looking out to sea, Hermaness, Shetland

New Material - A puffin has gathered some new grass for its burrow, Hermaness, Shetland

One Way or the Other - Two puffins stand on a rock looking in either direction, Hermaness, Shetland

Looking Behind - A puffin standing on the edge of a grass cliff looks behind itself, Hermaness, Shetland

What's That? - A puffin looks toward the camera over the shoulder on the edge of a grass cliff, Hermaness, Shetland

Puffin 6 - A puffin stands side on at the edge of a grass cliff, Hermaness, Shetland

Flying Contrast - A black and white view of a gannet flying over the reflective sea, Hermaness, Shetland

Hazards at Sea - Muckle Flugga Lighthouse surrounded by rocks in the sea, Hermaness, Shetland

My Home - A puffin emerges from a burrow with Muckle Flugga Lighthouse and the sea behind, Hermaness, Shetland

Tammie Norie and Muckle Flugga - A puffin stands on the edge of his burrow with Muckle Flugga Lighthouse behind, Hermaness, Shetland

Keeping Watch - A puffin stands near his burrow with Muckle Flugga Lighthouse in the background, Hermaness, Shetland

Keeping Watch 2 - A puffin stands near his burrow with Muckle Flugga Lighthouse in the background, Hermaness, Shetland

Parenting - A gannet sits on a chick at nest, Hermaness, Shetland

Colony Together - Several gannets and chicks together, Hermaness, Shetland

Parenting 2 - A gannet and chick on the nest, Hermaness, Shetland

Parenting 3 - A gannet sits on its chick on the nest, Hermaness, Shetland

Relax in the Sun - A close portrait of a gannet with its eyes closed in the sun, Hermaness, Shetland

Gannet Portrait 2 - A close up portrait of gannet preening its feathers, Hermaness, Shetland

Gannet Tones - A black and white close up portrait of a gannet, Hermaness, Shetland

Cleaning the Wing - A close up portrait of a gannet preening the feathers of its wing, Hermaness, Shetland

Hard Work - A gannet preening its feathers closes its eyes to rest, Hermaness, Shetland

Quick Nap - A gannet taking a nap, resting its head on its back under its wings, Hermaness, Shetland

Just a Peek - A gannet sleeps with its head on its back and wings covering it, but a feather moves to see the eye, Hermaness, Shetland

Sleep Tight - A gannet sleeps with its head on its back, covered by its wings, Hermaness, Shetland

Texture Nap - A black and white view of a gannet sleeping with its head covered by its wings, Hermaness, Shetland

Gannet Texture - A black and white view of a gannet sitting on a highly textured cliff face, Hermaness, Shetland

Wing Stretch - A gannet unfurls its wings while sitting on its nest, Hermaness, Shetland

Gannet Sass - A gannet looks towards the camera on it nest, Hermaness, Shetland

Clean Feathers - A close up of a gannet as it preens its feathers, Hermaness, Shetland

Shadow Preen - A black and white close up view of a gannet as it preens its feathers, Hermaness, Shetland

Tucked In - A close up of a gannet as it sleeps with its head tucked between its wings, Hermaness, Shetland

Blue Eye - A close up of a gannet asleep with its head under its wings and a blue eye peeking out from the feathers, Hermaness, Shetland

Close Preen - A close up of a gannet as it preens its feathers, Hermaness, Shetland

Poo Streaks - A black and white view of a gannet as it sleeps on its nest below which are streaks of white poo staining the rocks, Hermaness, Shetland

Move a Twig - A close up view of a gannet as it moves a twig from its nest, Hermaness, Shetland

Best Parent - A gannet with blood on its back sits over its large chick on the nest, Hermaness, Shetland

Striped Feet - A black and white view of a gannet standing on a rock cliff showing its stripy feet, Hermaness, Shetland

Gorm Shùil - A close up portrait of a gannet showing off its blue eye, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Looking Above - A close up portrait of a gannet looking away and up above, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Feather Inspection - A close up portrait of a gannet looking at its feathers on its back, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Deep Preen - A close up portrait of a gannet preening its feathers, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Neighbours - A group of gannets on their nests in the colony, each doing something different, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Colony Tones - A black and white view of the gannet colony on the cliffs of Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Preening Gannet 1 - A close up portrait of a gannet preening between its wings, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Shadow Preen 2 - A black and white close up portrait of a gannet preening its wings, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Quick Doze - A close up portrait of a gannet having a doze with its head between its wings, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Gannet Portrait 3 - A close up portrait of a gannet, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Gannet Courtship 1 - A pair of gannets reinforce their pair bond by doing their courtship display, rubbing beaks together, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Gannet Courtship 2 - A pair of gannets reinforce their pair bond by doing their courtship display, rubbing beaks together, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Gannet Courtship 3 - A pair of gannets reinforce their pair bond by doing their courtship display, rubbing beaks together, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Gannet Courtship 4 - A pair of gannets reinforce their pair bond by doing their courtship display, rubbing beaks together, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Contrast Poo - A black and white close up view of gannet poo streaking the cliffs of the colony, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Poo Textures - A close up black and white abstract view of gannet poo on the cliffs of the colony, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Gannet Squawk - A close up of a gannet squawking on the nest, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Gannet Courtship 5 - A pair of gannets reinforce their pair bond by doing their courtship display, preening each other, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Gannet Courtship 6 - A pair of gannets reinforce their pair bond by doing their courtship display, preening each other, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Protecting Parents - A pair of gannets shelter their chick on the nest by spreading their wings as a threat flies over, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Puffin Portrait 2 - A close up portrait of a puffin taken at Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Puffin Portrait 3 - A close up portrait of a puffin lit from the side sun, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Ruffled Feathers - A close up portrait of a puffin with its feathers ruffled and backlit, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Puffin in Shadow - A close up portrait of a puffin that is partially in shadow, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Head On 3 - A close up portrait of a puffin facing the camera head on, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Puffin Curiosity - A close up portrait of a puffin with an inquisitive look, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Upright Puffin - A close up portrait of a puffin standing upright looking toward the camera, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Black Puffin - A black and white close up portrait of a puffin showing the tones and contrast of its beak, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Looking Behind 2 - A close up portrait of a puffin looking behind itself with a backlit beak, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Head On Contrast - A black and white close up portrait of a puffin looking head on at the camera, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Puffin Squawk - A close up portrait of a puffin mid squawk with its beak open, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Close Up Puffin - A close up portrait of a puffin, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Head On 4 - A close up portrait of a puffin looking head on at the camera, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Patient Puffin - A close up of a puffin standing patiently, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

What Was That? - A puffin looks to the side inquisitively, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Over the Shoulder - A close up of a puffin looking over its shoulder, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Three Friends - Three puffins grouped together looking in different directions, Hermaness, Unst, Shetland

Field of Cotton Grass - A landscape view of a peat bog filled with cotton grass, Unst, Shetland

Peat Bog Grass - A landscape picture of a peat bog filled with cotton grass in an s-shape, Unst, Shetland

Cotton Grass Close Up - A close up view of a field of cotton grass moving in the wind, Unst, Shetland

Macro Cotton Grass - A close up macro view of a single cotton grass seed head, Unst, Shetland

Macro Cotton Grass 2 - A close up macro view of a single cotton grass seed head, Unst, Shetland

Heather Tips - A close up macro shot of a flowering heather tip, shoeing the pink tubular flowers, Unst, Shetland

Fishing Croft - Landscape image of an old stone house built beside the sea, Shetland

St Ninians Isle - Landscape image of St Ninians Isle from up a hill, showing the sand bar connecting the island to Mainland, Shetland

Rocky Outcrop - A rock sticks up out of the sand beach looking toward St Ninian's Isle, Shetland

Turquoise Sea - Landscape image of the rocks emerging from the turquoise sea on the beach overlooking St Ninian's Isle, Shetland

Shadow Guillemot - A black and white image of a black guillemot standing on a stone, Shetland

Guillemot Pair - Two black guillemots sit on a rock, Shetland

Tystie - A black guillemot sits on a rock marbled with yellow lichen, Shetland

Texture Guillemot - A black and white view of a black guillemot sitting on a textured stone, Shetland

Look of a Tystie - A black guillemot looks toward the camera while standing on a rock, Shetland

Red Feet Pop - A black and white view of black guillemot with their red feet colourised to stand out, Shetland

Squawk of a Tystie - A black guillemot stands on a rock with its mouth open squawking, Shetland

Red Gape - A black guillemot squawks while facing the camera and showing of its bright red mouth and feet, Shetland

Red Feet - A black guillemot stands on a stone with its red feet clearly visible, Shetland

Bleached Guillemot - A high contrast over exposure of a black and white image of a black guillemot showing of the tones and floating in a white background, Shetland

Return with a Meal - An arctic tern flies through the sky with a fish in its beak, Shetland

Gliding By - An arctic tern flies by in the sky, Shetland

Gracefulness - A black and white image of an arctic tern flying in the sky, Shetland

Tirrick - An arctic tern flies by on Shetland

Tirrick Hunt - A black and white image of an arctic tern hovering for fish, Shetland

Time to Rest - An arctic tern takes a rest from flying by standing on a rock, Shetland

Stenness - Landscape image of Stenness Island from Stenness Beach, Shetland

Green Pastures - A landscape image of Stenness island sitting in the sea with a green field in the foreground, Shetland

Sea and Stone - An abstract close up landscape image of the blue sea and grey stone, Shetland

Lava Flows - Landscape image of the remnants of the volcano that helped from Shetland found on the beach at Stenness, Shetland

Hillswick - A landscape image of some of the cliffs sticking up out of the sea at Hillswick, Shetland

Typical Shetland - A typical landscape image of Shetland, showing the green fields extending over cliffs into the sea, Hillswick, Shetland

Dore Holm - A high contrast black and white over exposed landscape image of the sea stack Dore Holm emerging from the white sea, Stenness, Shetland

Cliffs of Esha Ness - A landscape image of the cliffs in a turbulent sea, Esha Ness, Shetland

Crack - A landscape image of a crack dividing the cliffs allowing the sea into a tiny bay, Esha Ness, Shetland

Moo Stack - A piece of cliff broken off by the power of the sea forming this island sea stack, Eshaness, Shetland

Swirling Sea - A close up landscape abstract image of the sea swirling as it cascades over stone, Eshaness, Shetland

Sea Texture - A black and white close up abstract landscape image of the sea cascading over stones, Eshaness, Shetland

Unsettled Sea - Landscape image of the cliffs and sea stacks created by the power of the sea, Eshaness, Shetland

To The Edge - A landscape image of a fence extending to the edge of a cliff overlooking the sea with rocks, Eshaness, Shetland

Peat Cutting - A landscape image showing the carved landscape of peat bogs, as trees are limited on Shetland, peat burning is still common, Shetland

Path on the Edge - A landscape image of a path on the edge of a cliff of stacked stones, Mousa, Shetland

Ancient Remnants - A landscape image of the Iron Age building the Mousa Broch on the edge of the sea with stacked stones in the foreground, Mousa, Shetland

Geo Formations - A landscape image of the stacked rocks forming the island of Mousa, Shetland

Shadow of the Past - A black and white landscape image of the Iron Age building the Mousa Broch with a stone wall leading to it along the bay, Mousa, Shetland

Shiny Shag - A close up image of a shag showing the colourful, pearlescent feathers, Mousa, Shetland

Dunlin - A dunlin stands in a field on the isle of Mousa, Shetland

Wheatear - A female wheatear stands in a field, Mousa, Shetland

Passing the Fish - An arctic tern feeds a fish to its partner, Mousa, Shetland

Cleaning the Feathers - An arctic tern cleans its feathers while it sits on a rock by the sea, Mousa, Shetland

Midnight Mousa - A landscape image of the Iron Age structure, the Mousa Broch, taken past midnight during the midnight sun of the Simmer Dim, Mousa, Shetland

Monolith Mousa - A landscape image of the Iron Age structure, the Mousa Broch, taken past midnight during the midnight sun of the Simmer Dim, Mousa, Shetland

The Light Never Left - A sunrise image from the bay of the Wick of Sandsayre looking toward Mousa during the Midnight Sun of the Simmer Dim, Shetland

The Bressay Sound - A landscape image of the island of Bressay enveloped in clouds taken from Mainland, Shetland

Barley - A landscape image of the rolling fields, with red barley stalks fluttering in the wind, Shetland

The Gloop - A sea cave whose roof has collapsed creating a land bridge over the sea, Orkney

Refuge for the Birds - A black and white view of a cliff with birds nesting, Orkney

Geo Formations 2 - A landscape image of the stacked stones found on the cliffs, Orkney

Teeth of Orkney - A landscape image of rocks sticking up out of the sea on Orkney

Secret Bay - A landscape of a secret bay surrounded by cliffs and rocks in the sea, Orkney

Whisper of Cotton - A black and white landscape image of some cotton grass snaking through the landscape on a cliff edge, Orkney

Broken Cliff - A landscape image of a a rocky beach with cliffs and a sea stack, Orkney

Sea Stack - A close up of a sea stack and cliff reflected in the sea, Orkney

Scapa Flow - A landscape image of a half submerged boat in the Scapa Flow reflected on the sea, Orkney

Heather Patch - A landscape image of a patch of heather sticking out in a landscape of hills, Hoy, Orkney

Old Man of Hoy - A landscape image of the famous sea stack, the Old Man of Hoy, sticking up out of the sea taken at sunset, Hoy, Orkney

Cracks of Hoy - A black and white close up landscape image of the cracked stone of the Old Man of Hoy, Hoy, Orkney

Standing Stones - A black and white landscape image of the Standing Stones of Stenness, Orkney

Yesnaby Bay - A landscape of the cliffs and sea at Yesnaby Bay, Orkney

Sea Caves - A landscape image of a cliff in Yesnaby Bay pocketed with sea caves, Yesnaby, Orkney

Marwick Bay - A landscape image of the rocks in Marwick Bay looking towards the Kitchener Memorial, Orkney

Kitchener Memorial - A landscape image of the Kitchener Memorial standing on the cliffs over looking the sea, Orkney

Fishing Hut - A landscape image of an old fishing hut built into the landscape on the cliffs above a beach and bay, Orkney

Birsay - A landscape image looking along cliffs towards Birsay and its lighthouse, Orkney

Yesnaby - A landscape image of the iconic Yesnaby sea arch and the cliffs over a swirling sea, Orkney

Yesnaby Arch - A close up landscape image of the Yesnaby sea arch with overexposed sea running over it, Orkney

Stormy Seas - A landscape image of cliffs and rocks battered by a swirling sea, Yesnaby, Orkney

Sea and Stone Contrast - A black and white landscape image of Yesnaby sea arch and the cliffs surrounding it, Orkney

Cascading Sea - A black and white close up landscape image of the sea pouring off of stones at the base of a cliff, Yesnaby, Orkney

Guillemot Nest - A black guillemot sits on a nest on a rocky cliff, Orkney

Fulmar Cliffs - A fulmar sits on its nest on a cliff, Orkney

Perfect Parallels - A black and white close up landscape of the striations and cracks of a cliff face, Orkney

Fulmar Squawk - A close up portrait of fulmar squawking, Orkney