Galleries

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

This jill hare had been coming into this upland garden for two years and hid her leverets in the kitchen borders and came in from the fields at dusk to feed her leveret. This behaviour has rarely been photographed. © Andrew Fusek Peters

Hill & Dale: My Shropshire Year

A curious cub. © Andy Howard

The Secret Life of the Otter

Houston - we've got a problem!: Amazon Kingfisher, Brazil. © Txema Garcia Laseca

Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2021 – sneak peek

Overall winner: Orcas, Blackfish Sound, by Darren Rees.

David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year 2021

Lesser horseshoe bat. © Daniel Whitby/Mammal Society

Mammal Photographer of the Year 2021

The African black leopard photographed with an infrared-converted
DSLR camera trap. This image was captured on the animal trail
identified by Steve Carey, the co-owner of Laikipia Wilderness Camp,
near Luisa Ancilotto’s house in Laikipia County, Kenya, January 2019. From The Black Leopard: My Quest to Photograph One of Africa’s Most Elusive Big Cats,
image copyright © Will Burrard-Lucas.

Searching for black leopards

Wide angle category winner, and overall Underwater Photographer of the Year 2021: Sharks' Skylight, French Polynesia. © Renee Capozzola (USA)/Underwater Photographer of the Year 2021

Underwater Photographer of the Year 2021

Blue jays in the snow. © Gary Carter/Getty

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