Guy Edwardes / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) wings spread backlit, Great Saltee Island, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June.

David Pattyn / Gannet (Morus bassanus) coming in to land in the colony in evening light, Great Saltee, Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Ireland, June

David Pattyn / Razorbill (Alca torda) pair calling, between soft focus vegetation. Great Saltee, Saltee Islands, Co. Wexford, Ireland, June.

David Pattyn / Puffin (Fratercula arctica) through soft focus vegetation. Great Saltee, Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Ireland, June.

David Pattyn / Puffin (Fratercula arctica )through soft focus vegetation. Great Saltee, Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Ireland, June.

David Pattyn / Flowering Thrift (Armeria maritima) photographed on Great Saltee with a view of the island behind. Great Saltee, Saltee Islands, Co. Wexford, Ireland, June.

Robert Thompson / Blasker sound, vierwed form Blasket Island Boat station, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland, November 2012

Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) adult 'sky-pointing' before flying out to sea. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.

Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) breeding pair sit together on rock. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.

Andrew Parkinson / Gannet (Morus bassanus) breeding pair during part of their elaborate courtship ritual. Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.

Terry Whittaker / Pete Turner weighs Pine marten (Martes martes). in trap. Part of Pine marten research by the Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland. August 2008

Robert Thompson / Tranarossan Bay, near Melmore Head, Rosguill Peninsula, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, August 2011

Robert Thompson / Lighthouse on Fanad Head at sunset, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, UK, August 2011

Andrew Parkinson / Sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) singing portrait, Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May.

Andrew Parkinson / Common Guillemot (Uria aalge) two adults perched together, Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, UK, May.

Robert Thompson / Razorbill (Alca torda) in flight, Great Saltee Island, County Wexford, Republic of Ireland, June

Robert Thompson / Aerial view of Malin Head, looking east towards Breasty Bay, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, September 2009

Robert Thompson / Aerial view of the Dooey Peninsula and Ballyness Bay, north of Gortahork, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, September 2009

Robert Thompson / Aerial view of cliffs at Bunglass bay, Slieve League, west of Kilcar and Killybegs, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, January 2009

Robert Thompson / Aerial view of Black Strand beach, Malin Head, looking towards Trawbreaga Bay, Malin Head, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, September 2009

Robert Thompson / Aerial view of the Dooey Peninsula and Ballyness Bay north of Gortahork, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, September 2009

Guy Edwardes / Wind turbines near Kilmore Quay viewed from boat at dawn. Co. Wexford, Republic of Ireland, Europe June 2010.

Alan Watson / Moss-covered Oak trees (Quercus petraea) and boulders, Tomies Wood, Killarney National Park, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Alan Watson / Heart-shaped patch of lungwort (Lobaria virens) on the moss-covered trunk of Oak tree (Quercus petraea) and Holly trees (Ilex aquifolium) temperate forest, Tomies Wood, Killarney National Park, County...

Alan Watson / Heart-shaped patch of lungwort (Lobaria virens) on the moss-covered trunk of Oak tree (Quercus petraea) and Holly trees (Ilex aquifolium) temperate forest, Tomies Wood, Killarney National Park, County...

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Houses on Tory island, County Donegal, Ireland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Rugged coast, Tory island, County Donegal, Ireland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Rugged coast, Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Seaweed, Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Unique groundwater fed seasonal turlough lake, Burren National Park, County Clare, Ireland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Turlough lake (temporary / seasonal ground water lake) Burren National Park, County Clare, Ireland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Poulnabrone Dolmen, a stoneage portal tomb, The Burren, County Clare, Ireland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermans / Sea stack off the Cliffs of Moher at dusk, County Clare, Ireland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermans / Sun reflected in sea at sunset, viewed from the Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Karst limestone landscape, Ailladie coast, The Burren, County Clare, Ireland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Karst limestone landscape, The Burren, County Clare, Ireland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Karst limestone landscape, The Burren, County Clare, Ireland, June 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermans / Cliffs of Moher, limestone cliffs, County Clare, Ireland, June 2009

Andrew Parkinson / Razorbill (Alca torda) coming in to land on its cliff top nest site, Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, May

Tim Edwards / Derrynane bay with sandy cove, Kerry, Republic of Ireland

David Woodfall / Location for filming 'The Vikings', TV series about the life of a Viking village. Built in a Kilcoole marsh wetland, a special site protected by Irish Govt, for its biological / conservation v...

David Woodfall / Little tern chick (Sterna albifrons) four days after hatching, waiting for parents to feed it with sand eels and small fish. County Wicklow, Ireland, June.

David Woodfall / Little tern chick (Sterna albifrons) four days after hatching, waiting for parents to feed it with sand eels and small fish, County Wicklow, Ireland, July.

David Woodfall / Little tern (Sterna albifrons ) sitting on nest on beach, County Wicklow, Ireland, June.

David Woodfall / LIttle tern (Sterna albifrons ) arriving at the nest on beach. County Wicklow, Ireland, June.

David Woodfall / Little tern (Sterna albifrons) nest with three eggs in shingle ridge. County Wicklow, Ireland, June.

David Woodfall / Bird hide, created by Birdwatch Ireland to study and monitor Little tern (Sterna albifrons) colony, indicator species of climate change. County Wicklow, Ireland, Scotland, UK, June.

David Woodfall / Limestone Pavement, Mullaghmore, Burren National Park, Republic of Ireland. June 2012.