This shot of a gray heron in Hungary won a silver award in the attention to detail category.
Photograph by Ahmad Al-essa
A vibrant image of pink flamingos feeding their young at a nesting area in Río Lagartos, Mexico, earned Alejandro Prieto Rojas the title of Bird Photographer of the Year and a gold award for best portrait.
Photograph by Alejandro Prieto Rojas
Coots (Fulica atra) fight over territory in Derbyshire, U.K., in this gold award winner for bird behaviour photography.
Photograph by Andrew Parkinson
This shot of an Australian pelican landing in New South Wales, Australia, won a gold in the flight category.
Photograph by Bret Charman
A winner for best portfolio, Markus Varesvuo cast this bearded reeling (Panurus biarmicus) against the setting mid-winter sun in Helsinki, Finland.
Photograph by Markus Varesvuo
Another image from portfolio winner Varesvuo captures the grey owl (Strix nebulosa) in Kuusamo, Finland.
Photograph by Markus Varesvuo
An Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) looks for prey in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile, in this gold-award winner for birds in the environment.
Photograph by Ben Hall
A barn owl hunts in Suffolk, England, in this image that won gold in the birds in the garden category.
Photograph by Jamie Hall
Winning gold in the attention to detail category, this shot of a great cormorant in Hyde Park, London, captures the bird's outspread wing.
Photograph by Tom Hines
A Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa) shows its feathers in Garvey Park, Perth, Australia. This image won gold in the creative imagery category.
Photograph by Georgina Steytler
This shot of a whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida) in wetlands in Hungary won gold in the young bird photographer of the year category.
Photograph by Ondrej Pelanek
The Nature Photographers Ltd people's choice award went to this image of a kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) in Suffolk, England.
Photograph by Vince Burton
A great white heron wrestles with a green snake in the Florida Everglades in this shot from the bird behaviour category.
Photograph by Jose Garcia
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