2012 - Award Winners 2012 (70) More files...
Nature Picture Library photographers enjoyed great success in 2012 in the world's leading wildlife and nature photography competitions. Ingo Arndt won the Fritz Polking portfolio award in the German GDT competition, Ole Jorgen Liodden won the Animals in Environment category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, and Cheryl-Samantha Owen and Nick Upton won second and third prizes in the Mankind and Nature portfolio section of the French Melvita Nature Awards. Other commendations and awards came from Nature's Best in the USA, the Lux Awards in Spain and the British Wildlife Photographer Awards.
Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) in snowfall. Martin Mere Wetlands Trust, Lancashire,UK, January. 'Animal Portraits' category, British Wildlife Photographer Awards (BWPA) competition 2012.
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Ben Hall / Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) in snowfall. Martin Mere Wetlands Trust, Lancashire,UK, January. 'Animal Portraits' category, British Wildlife Photographer Awards (BWPA) competition 2012.
Wild Horse / Mustang shaking head and mane, Adobe Town Herd Area, southwestern Wyoming, USA, WINNER OF WILD HORSE SECTION, EQUINE IDEAL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST 2012
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Carol Walker / Wild Horse / Mustang shaking head and mane, Adobe Town Herd Area, southwestern Wyoming, USA, WINNER OF WILD HORSE SECTION, EQUINE IDEAL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST 2012
Mountain Hare (Lepus timidus) in winter pelage, running across snow. Scotland. January 2010. Highly commended, 'Animal Behaviour' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2012.
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Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Mountain Hare (Lepus timidus) in winter pelage, running across snow. Scotland. January 2010. Highly commended, 'Animal Behaviour' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2012.
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) adult defending carcass from Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes), Sinite Kamani National Park, Bulgaria, Europe. February. Commended, Behaviour : Birds category, Wildlife Photogra...
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Stefan Huwiler / Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) adult defending carcass from Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes), Sinite Kamani National Park, Bulgaria, Europe. February. Commended, Behaviour : Birds category, Wildlife Photogra...
Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) sitting on floe in vast thawing sea-ice landscape. Spitsbergen, Svalbard, August 2011. Second place, Mammals Category, GDT 2012 competion. Winner in ANIMALS IN THEIR ENVIR...
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Ole Jorgen Liodden / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) sitting on floe in vast thawing sea-ice landscape. Spitsbergen, Svalbard, August 2011. Second place, Mammals Category, GDT 2012 competion. Winner in ANIMALS IN THEIR ENVIR...
Green Turtle, (Chelonia mydas), Swimming over volcanic sandy bottom, Armenime cove, South Tenerife coast, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic Ocean, May 2011, Commended in Wildlife Photographer of the Yea...
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Jordi Chias / Green Turtle, (Chelonia mydas), Swimming over volcanic sandy bottom, Armenime cove, South Tenerife coast, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic Ocean, May 2011, Commended in Wildlife Photographer of the Yea...
Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) flocking above urban streetlights at dusk. Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK, March. 'Urban Wildlife' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 20...
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Paul Hobson / Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) flocking above urban streetlights at dusk. Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK, March. 'Urban Wildlife' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 20...
Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum), close up portrait. Tamar Lake, Cornwall, UK, June. Highly commended, 'Hidden Britain' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) comp...
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Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum), close up portrait. Tamar Lake, Cornwall, UK, June. Highly commended, 'Hidden Britain' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) comp...
Young Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) exploring an underwater cave, Lundy Island, Devon, UK, English Channel, June. Winner, 'Habitat' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 20...
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Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Young Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) exploring an underwater cave, Lundy Island, Devon, UK, English Channel, June. Winner, 'Habitat' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 20...
Pine marten (Martes martes) juvenile in pine tree in woodland, Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve, Wester Ross, Scotland, UK, July. Highly commended, 'Animal Portraits' category, British Wildlife Pho...
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Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Pine marten (Martes martes) juvenile in pine tree in woodland, Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve, Wester Ross, Scotland, UK, July. Highly commended, 'Animal Portraits' category, British Wildlife Pho...
Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) at woodland pool, feeding on nut, Scotland, UK, November. Highly commended, 'Animal Portraits' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2012.
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Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) at woodland pool, feeding on nut, Scotland, UK, November. Highly commended, 'Animal Portraits' category, British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA) competition 2012.
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) in meadow of buttercups. Derbyshire, UK, June. British Wildlife Photographer of the Year (BWPA) competition 2012, 'Outdoor Photography editor's choice' category. (Non-ex)
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Andrew Parkinson / Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) in meadow of buttercups. Derbyshire, UK, June. British Wildlife Photographer of the Year (BWPA) competition 2012, 'Outdoor Photography editor's choice' category. (Non-ex)