SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / RF - Brown hare, (Lepus europaeus) male pursuing female that is in season, Islay, Scotland, UK., March (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / RF - Brown hare, (Lepus europaeus), male and female displaying courtship behaviour, Islay, Scotland, UK., March (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / RF - Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix) male peforming flutter jump display on lek, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.May (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / RF - Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) running through field of grass , Scotland, UK.May (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / RF - Red deer, (Cervus elaphus), stags silhouetted at sunset in winter, Scotland, UK.February (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / RF - Sunrise over birch woodland, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.June (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / RF - Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix), two males fighting on lek , Scotland, UK.April (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / RF - Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), at woodland pond , Scotland, UK.April (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Avielochan at sunrise, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus), sub-adult in summer coat on moorland, Scotland, UK, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) adult with nest material on eyrie with chick showing background, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK., May.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red squirrel, (Sciurus vulgaris), silhouetted on stump at dawn, Scotland, UK.March

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red deer, (Cervus elaphus), stag silhouetted at sunset, Scotland, UK.February

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red deer, (Cervus elaphus), stags silhouetted at sunset in winter, Scotland, UK.February

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red deer, (Cervus elaphus), stags silhouetted at sunset in winter, Scotland, UK.February

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mountain hare, (Lepus timidus), four animals on snowy hillside in winter, Scotland, UK, February.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Beetle, (Rhagonycha fulva), feeding on oxeye daisy flower, Scotland, UK, July.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Small pool on bog moorland, Tulloch Moor, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Creative impression of Silver birch (Betula pendula) foliage, Creagellachie NNR, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.May

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red squirrel, (Sciurus vulgaris), two backlit on pine branch, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.May

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red squirrel, (Sciurus vulgaris), three animals backlit on pine branch, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.May

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Sunset over the Cullin Mountains from Elgol shoreline, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK, April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Rocky shoreline, Loch Scavaig and view to Cuillin mountians, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK, April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mountain hare footprints in snow on mountain top in Glen Coe, Lochaber, Scotland, UK.February

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Crested tit (Parus cristatus) backlit on lichen-covered branch, Inshriach Forest, Scotland, UK, January.January

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red deer, (Cervus elaphus), stag in rough grassland, Jura, Scotland, UK., April

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Brown hare, (Lepus europaeus), group of animals in field, Islay, Scotland, UK., March

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) shaking water from front paws , Scotland, UK.May

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / River Spey on winter's dawn, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.January

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Buacaille Etive Mor and River Etive in winter, Rannoch Moor, Glencoe, Scotland, UK.December

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Sunlight splintering through misty pine forest at sunset, Glencharnoch Wood, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.November

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), at woodland pool, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.November

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) in white winter coat, Scotland, UK, February.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) portrait, Scotland, UK, April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Golden eagle (Aquila chyrsaetos) female flying into nest site with small branch, Glen Tanar Estate, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, June.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) resting in a snowhole, with windblown snow, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, January.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mountain hare leveret (Lepus timidus) grooming amongst flowering heather, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Female Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) feeding its chick in a nest in a pine tree, Glen Tanar, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, June.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) feeding in a meadow, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, June.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) grooming on heather moorland, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, June.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / RF - Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) male pursuing female that is in season, Islay, Scotland, UK., March (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / RF - Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) sitting in field of fresh green grass , Scotland, UK.May (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / RF - European Otter (Lutra lutra), amongst kelp on shore, Scotland, UK.April (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / RF - Sea stack and beach, Talisker Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK.September (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / RF - Sunlight splintering through misty pine forest at sunset, Glencharnoch Wood, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.November (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / RF - Birch trees (Betula pendula) woodland impression, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK.November (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / RF - Loch Scavaig and Cuillin Mountains at dusk, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK.October (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / RF - Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), summer coat, close-up amongst flowering heather, Scotland, UK.August (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)