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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020: winners announced

A magnificent image of a wild Amur tigress hugging an ancient Manchurian fir in a Russian forest has won Sergey Gorshkov the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020. Using hidden cameras in the only region Amur, or Siberian, tigers are found, it took more than 11 months for the Russian photographer to capture his winning moment, The Embrace. This … Read more

Top tips for wildlife photography using your smartphone

The RSPCA’s Big Garden Bird Watch takes place this weekend 25th to 27th January 2020 with thousands expected to be out in force for the world’s largest wildlife survey. If you’re looking to record sightings using your smartphone, it’s now possible to capture excellent wildlife photography with just your handset. Modern smartphone cameras are regularly packed with … Read more

Stunning photo book released to raise funds for ape conservation

A launch event and free exhibition will take place in London next week to mark the release of Remembering Great Apes – a stunning book full of powerful images of apes taken by over 70 of the world’s top wildlife photographers. Both events will be hosted by the book’s collaborators to help raise vital funds … Read more

National Zoo & Aquarium Photo Award winners announced

A national photography competition run by The British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) has announced its 2018 winners at a special event hosted by Living Coasts in Torquay. Dozens of entries were submitted to the National Zoo & Aquarium Photo Awards, with shots showing life in a BIAZA collection, work behind the scenes and … Read more

Vote for your favourite Sussex wildlife photo

Sussex Wildlife Trust ran a competition this year to find beautiful and awe-inspiring wildlife photographs for their 2018 online calendar. The theme of the competition was The Joy of Nature and judges werre looking for stunning photographs which best captured the wildlife and landscapes of Sussex. The competition closed on the 18th September and the … Read more

Cotswold Wildlife Park announce photo competition winners

Cotswold Wildlife Park in Oxfordshire has announced the winners of its 2017 Photography Competition which features stunning images of the park’s wildlife collection. This year’s theme was ‘Natural Instincts’ and the winning image beat over 1,000 other entries to win top prize. Taken by Wayne Bailey from Wiltshire, who wins first place for the second year … Read more

Wildlife Trusts call for photo competition entries

The Wildlife Trusts has been running a series of national photographic competitions this year and there’s still time to enter in a few regions. If you have some great wildlife photos and live in Kent, Sussex or Suffolk. why not submit them to your local Wildlife Trust now. Photography is one of the many ways … Read more

National zoo photo award winners announced

A national photography competition run by The British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) has announced its winners for 2017 at a prestigious awards ceremony hosted by The Deep aquarium in Hull. BIAZA, a conservation, education and scientific wildlife charity representing the zoo and aquarium community in the U.K., opens the photography competition … Read more