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Atlantic puffin. © 2021 Tim Flach

The beauty of birds

The beady eye of a Kumlien's gull surrounded by oure white plumage fills the frame. There are dark speckles around the eye, which on closer expection are not feather patterns, but lice.

British Ecological Society photography competition 2021

Curious young African wild dog pups in Mana Pools, Zimbabwe_Andy Skillen_Remembering African Wild Dogs

Remembering African Wild Dogs

Category: Mammals, Highly commended: Arctic fox in a swarm of mosquitoes ©Arnfinn Johansen/GDT 2021

European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021

Melting ice sheet with massive waterfalls running off the Austfonna glacier, eastern Svalbard, Norway.
Austfonna glacier on Nordaustlandet in the Svalbard archipelago is Europe’s third-largest glacier by area and volume and with a glacier wall of around 200 kilometres, it is an impressive sight. During the last decades, every month has brought new record high temperatures in the Arctic, and the ice cap on Nordaustlandet is melting at high speed. The meltwater starts as small streams but eventually gathers in larger, almost river-like systems, that finally pour off the steep wall. Meltwater also finds its way down under the ice cap and makes the foundation weak. This results in a collapse which pushes the ice out into the Arctic Ocean. This so-called surge has already been happening over several years. The current situation in Svalbard is that the average glacier retracts by 80 meters a year, with some of them by up to 300 meters. Climate change has an enormous impact on the Arctic and it is happening now.

Mandatory credit: © Roy Mangersnes / naturepl.com

COP26 Earth Project photography competition

A long exposure camera trap photograph of a Leopard (Panthera pardus). The Camtraptions camera trap was set up to expose stars but the moon came up and resulted in this ghostly impression which captures the essence of these elusive cats.

MontPhoto 2021

Against a dark background, a group of brown fish produce a white cloud.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021 – Winners

The sun sets in a pink-orange sky behind four silhouetted elephants down by the waterside, creating a mirror image of the beasts on the water.

Remembering Elephants

A very large flock of pink-footed geese against a white background of snow (photo taken in winter), with some very pale trees in the background. Much of the frame is taken up by birds in the air, some of which are relatively close to the camera. There are also many birds on the ground.

Drone Photo Awards 2021

Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) mother and newborn pup (just three-days-old)
Monterey, California. © Suzi Eszterhas

New on Earth: Baby Animals in the Wild

Time for school: smooth-coated otter, Singapore. © Chee Kee Teo (Singapore).

Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 – finalists

Category: Photojournalism, Highly Commended. A caring hand. © Douglas Gimesy (Australia)/Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021 – Highly Commended images

Category: Overall winner of Bird Photographer of the Year (and Birds in the environment gold award winner). BLOCKED: Great roadrunner. © Alejandro Prieto (Mexico)/Bird Photographer of the Year

Bird Photographer of the Year 2021

This female bobcat had kittens on the Mexican side and used to cross to the USA almost on a daily basis in order to find food for her little ones. © Alejandro Prieto

Across the borderline

Overall 1st place and Birds of Galapagos 1st place: Nazca boobies on Española island. © Leighton Lum/Galapagos Conservation Trust

Galapagos Conservation Trust Photography Competition 2021