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2016 - Competition Winners (106) More files...
Nature Picture Library photographers enjoyed success in many of the major photographic competitions during 2016. Juan Carlos Munoz was overall winner of the BioPhoto contest, David Pattyn won two categories of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards,Tony Wu won the underwater category of Wildlife Photographer of the year and Nick Upton won the documentary series category of the British Wildlife Photography Awards. Explore our gallery of winning and commended images.
Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) leaping onto log, Scotland, UK, September. Highly commended in the Habitat category of the BWPA (British Wildlife Photography Awards) 2016.
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Mark Hamblin / Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) leaping onto log, Scotland, UK, September. Highly commended in the Habitat category of the BWPA (British Wildlife Photography Awards) 2016.
Pine marten (Martes martes) portrait, Ardnamurchan Peninsula, Scotland, August. Highly commended in the Portrait category of the BWPA (British Wildlife Photography Awards) Competition 2016.
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Danny Green / Pine marten (Martes martes) portrait, Ardnamurchan Peninsula, Scotland, August. Highly commended in the Portrait category of the BWPA (British Wildlife Photography Awards) Competition 2016.
Young urban Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) poking its head up over a wall. Bristol, UK, August. Finalist in the Urban category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Competition 2016.
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Sam Hobson / Young urban Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) poking its head up over a wall. Bristol, UK, August. Finalist in the Urban category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Competition 2016.
Water filled ditch with shadow of a tree on water with Fringed waterlily (Nymphoides peltata) Star duckweed (Lemna trisulca) Netherlands. July 2015. Commended in the Underwater World Category of the G...
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Willem Kolvoort / Water filled ditch with shadow of a tree on water with Fringed waterlily (Nymphoides peltata) Star duckweed (Lemna trisulca) Netherlands. July 2015. Commended in the Underwater World Category of the G...
Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) shaking water off fur, Katmai, Alaska, USA, September. Highly commended in the Mammals category of the GDT Awards Competition 2016.
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Ole Jorgen Liodden / Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) shaking water off fur, Katmai, Alaska, USA, September. Highly commended in the Mammals category of the GDT Awards Competition 2016.
Two male Dusky groupers (Epinephelus marginatus) fighting for territory during mating season at 'baixa do meros', a small pinnacle at Formigas islets Protected area, near Santa Maria Island, Azores. F...
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Jordi Chias / Two male Dusky groupers (Epinephelus marginatus) fighting for territory during mating season at 'baixa do meros', a small pinnacle at Formigas islets Protected area, near Santa Maria Island, Azores. F...
Spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) reassuring her tiny pup at the entrance to their den, Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana.
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Neil Aldridge / Spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta) reassuring her tiny pup at the entrance to their den, Northern Tuli Game Reserve, Botswana.
Canadian river otter (Lutra canadensis) on a log enjoying its evening meal of a Cutthroat trout, starting at the tail. Trout Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, June. Winner of the Amateur...
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Diane McAllister / Canadian river otter (Lutra canadensis) on a log enjoying its evening meal of a Cutthroat trout, starting at the tail. Trout Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, June. Winner of the Amateur...
Black kites (Milvus migrans) flying above man as he throws food skyward from a rooftop. Old Delhi, India. February 2016. Finalist in the Urban category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards...
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Luke Massey / Black kites (Milvus migrans) flying above man as he throws food skyward from a rooftop. Old Delhi, India. February 2016. Finalist in the Urban category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards...
Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair performing their courtship dance in which they mimic each other's movements. The Netherlands. April.
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair performing their courtship dance in which they mimic each other's movements. The Netherlands. April.
Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) fighting in territorial dispute in the breeding season. The Netherlands. April.
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) fighting in territorial dispute in the breeding season. The Netherlands. April.
Great crested grebes (podiceps cristatus) pair mating on a kind of 'lek' the favourite place for lots of grebes to mate on this lake, La Dombes lake area, France, June. Second place in the Species Sto...
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David Pattyn / Great crested grebes (podiceps cristatus) pair mating on a kind of 'lek' the favourite place for lots of grebes to mate on this lake, La Dombes lake area, France, June. Second place in the Species Sto...