SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Badger (Meles meles) foraging at night amongst hazel woodland, The Black Isle, Scotland, UK. January.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) shaking off rain water. Kinlochourn, Highlands, Scotland, UK. November.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Ecologist fitting an identification ring to a Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) as part of species survey, Inverness, Scotland, UK. May. Model released.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Female Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in spring plumage on snow covered rocks, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK. April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Female Pine marten (Martes martes) with kit, sitting on a rock, The Black Isle, Scotland, UK. June.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Female Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in transitional spring plumage, on snow covered rock, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK. April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Male Common toad (Bufo bufo) riding on back of female, The Black Isle, Scotland, UK. March.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Male Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) perched on lichen covered rock, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK. May.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) on moss covered rock, portrait, Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK. September.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Three male Common toads (Bufo bufo) 'hitching' a ride on the back of female prior to mating, The Black Isle, Scotland, UK. March.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / European otter (Lutra lutra) eating Scorpion fish (Taurulus bubalis), Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK. September.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) holding a impet in its beak, The Black Isle, Scotland, UK. January.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Juvenile Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) in arable farmland, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK. June.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / European otter (Lutra lutra) eating Scorpion fish (Taurulus bubalis), Isle of Mull, Scotland, UK. September.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Cloudy sky over Downy birch (Betula pubescens) trees in upland woodland, Dundonnel, Scotland, UK. November, 2020.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Red deer (Cervus elaphus) stag seen through a car window in Highland car park, Torridon, Highlands, Scotland, UK. November.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Stinkhorn fungus (Phallus impudicus) growing in clearing in mixed woodland, The Black Isle, Scotland, UK. September.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) tree on the banks of Baden Mosach falls, Glenfeshie, Highlands, Scotland, UK. October.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / View over Loch Affric in autumn with woodland and low cloud over surrounding hills, Glen Affric, Highlands, Scotland, UK. October, 2021.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mature Scots pines (Pinus Sylvestris) trees in autumnal woodland, Glen Strathfarrar, Highlands, Scotland, UK. October.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / View of snow-covered Liathach mountain by moonlight from Beinn Eighe summit, Torridon, Highlands, Scotland, UK. January, 2021.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / View of the steep cliffs of Sgurr an Fhidhleir summit next to Lochan Tuath by moonlight, Coigach, Scotland, UK. January, 2021.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Silver birch (Betula pendula) tree growing amongst Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) bushes in autumnal woodland, Strathconon, Highlands, Scotland, UK. October.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mountaineer in deep snow walking across Sgorr Ruadh mountain, Torridon, Highlands, Scotland, UK. January, 2021.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / View over An Teallach mountain above a cloud inversion at night in mid-summer, Dundonnell, Scotland, UK. June, 2021.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Two hikers walking over snow covered Meall a'Bhuachaille mountain, above Caledonian pine forest, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK. January, 2021.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) carcass washed up on the shores of the Moray Firth, Cromarty, Scotland, UK. July.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / First light over the Trotternish Ridge, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK. November, 2020.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Rainbow and cloudy skies over Stac Pollaidh mountain and Loch Lurgainn, Inverpollaidh, Highlands, Scotland, UK. November, 2021.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / View of snow covered Beinn Alligin mountain at twlight 'blue hour' in winter, Torridon, Highlands, Scotland, UK. February, 2021.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Snow covered Binnein Beag and Sgurr Eilde Mor mountain peaks lit by sunlight through a stormy sky, Lochaber, Highlands, Scotland, UK. November, 2021.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / The peaks of Liathach and Beinn Eighe mountains above a cloud inversion, Torridon, Highlands, Scotland, UK. December, 2021.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Dead Pine marten (Martes martes) lying on road after being hit by car, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK. June.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Morning first light touching the peak of snow-covered Liathach mountain, Torridon, Highlands, Scotland, UK. January, 2021.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Ecologist holding a Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) and recording information as part of a species survey, Inverness, Scotland, UK. May.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Pine marten (Martes martes) among flowering Heather (Calluna vulgaris), The Black Isle, Scotland, UK. August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Pine marten (Martes martes) walking through deep snow at night, The Black Isle, Scotland, UK. January.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Pine marten (Martes martes) backlit by afternoon light, Munlochy, Black Isle, Scotland, UK. April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Rainbow and stormy sky over the Fannichs mountain range, Ullapool, Highlands, Scotland, UK. September, 2018.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Double rainbow and rainfall over Loch Maree and Beinn a Mhuinidh summit, viewed from Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve, Torridon, Highlands, Scotland, UK. November, 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / A feral goat standing on mountainside against the backdrop of Beinn Lair mountain, Letterewe Estate, Highlands, Scotland, UK. August, 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Sgurr an Fhidhleir mountain, showing the prominent ridge of 'The Fiddler's Nose', shrouded in cloud, part of the Northwest Highlands Geopark, Coigach, Highlands, Scotland, UK. March, 2016.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Short eared owl (Asio flammeus) perched on a Gorse (Ulex sp.) bush on an urban golf course, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. February.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Two Common seals (Phoca vitulina) resting on a sandbank, Findhorn Bay, Moray Firth, Scotland, UK. March.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Pine marten (Martes martes) foraging at dusk in bog woodland, Munlochy, Black Isle, Scotland. April.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Pine marten (Martes martes) foraging in an abandoned house, Munlochy, Black Isle, Scotland. December.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / A caver admiring calcite formations in 'The Cave of True Wonders', a recently discovered cave, Applecross, Wester Ross, Scotland. May, 2019.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Caver exploring Flood Cave, which was discovered in 2017, containing pristine calcite formations, Applecross, Wester Ross, Scotland, UK. May, 2019.