The 2025 British Wildlife Photography Awards have unveiled 20 remarkable winning photographs that celebrate the UK’s rich natural heritage. Selected from over 13,000 entries, these images showcase the diverse beauty of British wildlife. The prestigious title of British Wildlife Photographer of the Year, accompanied by a £3,500 cash prize, was awarded to a striking photograph capturing a red fox patrolling through Bristol city centre.
The winning images will be featured in the "British Wildlife Photography Awards 13" book, set to be published in March 2025, and will also be part of a nationwide exhibition tour, allowing the public to experience the captivating beauty of Britain’s wildlife up close.
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#1. Overall Winner: "Urban Explorer" by Simon Withyman
" Red fox. Bristol, England – For approximately three years, I had been photographing this vixen and was able to track her movements across the city. Surprisingly, she covered large distances, eventually moving over a mile away from her original parental territory. In the city, that means a lot of roads, hazards, and other fox territories to contend with.
This streetwise fox was a successful mother and had a family of young mouths to feed. She would patrol the streets and the area near her den searching for food for herself and her young family. She would opportunistically hunt rodents and birds, as well as scavenge takeaway leftovers dropped on the floor."
#2. Animal Behaviour – Winner: "Butterfly Face-off" by John Waters
#3. Animal Behaviour – Runner-up: "The Rain-Deer" by Paul Browning
#4. Animal Portraits – Winner: "Hare in Motion" by David Tipling
#5. Animal Portraits – Runner-up: "Red Grouse Coming in to Land" by Ben Hall
#6. Botanical Britain – Winner: "Streetlit Snowdrop" by Jacob J. Watson-Howland
#7. Botanical Britain – Runner-up: "Delta" by David Maitland
#8. Black & White – Winner: "Guillemot Kingdom" by Mark Kirkland
#9. Black & White – Runner-up: "Primitive Winter" by Mario Suarez Porras
#10. Coast & Marine – Winner: "Blue Shark" by Nicholas More
#11. Coast & Marine – Runner-up: "The Seal Cave" by Ben Porter
#12. Habitat – Winner: "Kingdom of the Hare" by Drew Buckley
#13. Habitat – Runner-up: "Hunter, Hunted" by Sandra Stalker
#14. Hidden Britain – Winner: "Roosting Dragons" by Daniel Trim
#15. Hidden Britain – Runner-up: "Koi" by David Maitland
#16. Wild Woods – Winner: "Storm Light Over the Caledonian Forest" by James Roddie
#17. Wild Woods – Runner-up: "Forked Birch" by Tim George
#18. British Seasons – Winner: "Deer Throughout the Year" by Lauren McIntyre
#19. Documentary Series – Winner: "Land Use" by Chris O’Reilly
#20. Young British Wildlife Photographer of the Year – "Curlew O’Clock!" by Jamie Smart
It was a very early morning start and a four-hour drive to try to get the early morning light on the plains. As the sun was just coming up over the hill, I noticed how it caught the dandelion clocks and lit them up like little fuzzy lamps everywhere. I was lining up my camera out of the car window, ready to capture a photo, when I heard a curlew nearby. I scanned the area to try to find where they were and found this one wading through the dandelions just in front of me.
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