Lily Watts

Picture researcher across BBC Science Focus, BBC Countryfile and BBC Wildlife

Lily is the picture researcher across BBC Science Focus, BBC Countryfile and BBC Wildlife. She holds a degree in Photojournalism, where she specialised in social documentary reportage. Her photographic work has been shortlisted for the BarTur Photo Award’s Unity in Diversity category and exhibited internationally as part of the Urban Photo Awards. Before joining the team, she worked on freelance projects and as a product specialist for leading camera brands.

Recent articles by Lily Watts

Southern Yellow-Billed Hornbill with it's wings stretched back like a dancer on a dusty red background.

Singing lions, posing monkeys and a ‘smoking’ duck: finalists of Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025 revealed

Once again, the world’s funniest wildlife photography competition has delivered a spectacular showcase of nature’s most comical moments.

Taken at night, a lone wolf is pictured next to a building that's glowing.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 winners revealed

White wolves, towering giraffes and a prowling hyena all feature in this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

Two amphipods from the Cyproideidae family, each only measuring around 3 millimetres in body length, rest on a coral.

20 mind-blowing images from Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025

The winners of this year's competition include breathtaking photos of hunting orcas, venomous octopuses and adorable 'lady bugs of the sea'.

Powerful images show beauty and brutality of birds like you've never seen them before

See 14 extraordinary photos and videos of birds from the Audubon Photography Awards 2025.

Action shot of an iguana coming out the water.

Sneezing iguana among 20 mind-blowing images from Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025

The finalists for this year's Ocean Photographer of the Year competition have been announced.

Close up of a blue mudskipper resting by the eye of a crocodile.

Gigantic crocodile among 20 astonishing images from Mangrove Photography Awards 2025

Take a deep dive into the hidden world of mangroves with these stunning images from the Mangrove Photography Awards.

Close up of a baby monkey asleep lying in it's mothers arms.

See the world's most powerful wildlife photos – including a baby macaque dreaming in its mother's arms

This summer, the Eden Project in Cornwall is hosting 100 award-winning images from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition – here are a few of our favourite photos from the exhibition.

Top down aerial drone photo of a spinner shark creating a gateway into a school of menhaden fish in the Atlantic Ocean.

19 breathtaking wildlife images from the International Aerial Photographer of the Year

Look at Earth from a new perspective with these stunning shots from the inaugural International Aerial Photographer of the Year competition.