---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mahadevan <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:59:15 +0100 Subject: Fwd: The British Wildlife Photography Awards 2011 To: [email protected]
> > > > The British Wildlife Photography Awards 2011 > > The winners of the 2011 British Wildlife Photography Awards have been > announced. These awards recognise the talents of the UK’s foremost wildlife > photographers and are unique in that the images must be taken of British > wildlife in their natural habitats. Thousands of photographers across the > country entered this year's competition. Below are some selected images for > this picture gallery. > All of the images from the British Wildlife Photography Awards are included > in a beautiful hardback coffee table book, British Wildlife Photography > Awards: Collection 2, AA Publishing, £25, out 30th September. The images will > be on display in a free exhibition at Alexandra Palace from 14th – 28th > October before embarking on a year-long nationwide tour. For more information > please visit www.bwpawards.org > > > > Animal Portraits winner: Mystical Deer by Mark Smith. Fallow deer (Dama dama) > in Richmond, Surrey, England. > > > > Animal Portraits highly commended: Windy Day by Steward Ellett. Red squirrel > (Sciurrus vularis) Formby Point, Merseyside, England. > > > > Red Fox by Matt Binstead. (Vulpes vulpes) British Wildlife Centre, Lingfield, > Surrey, England. > > > > Urban Wildlife winner: Champagne Starling by David Biggs. European starling > (Sturnes vulgaris) Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. > > > > Urban Wildlife highly commended: Tabby Cat with Blackbird Nestling by Doug > Mackenzie Dodds. (Turdus merula) Reading, Berkshire, England. > > > > Urban Wildlife highly commended: Flower Power by Damian Waters. Brown hare > (Lepus capensis) Wirral, merseyside, England. > > > > Urban Wildlife highly commended: Gulls Fighting in London by Matt Smith. > Black headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) Westminster Bridge, London, > England. > > > The Congregation by James Smith. European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) > Blackpool, Lancashire, England. > > > > Animal Behaviour winner: Grey Heron Walking on Water by Andrew Parkinson. > (Ardea cinerea) Derbyshire, England. > > > > Puffin Fighting on Inner Farne by Glyn Thomas. Atlantic puffin (Fratercula > arctica) Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Coast of Northumberland, England. > > > > Standing Room Only by Philip Kirk. Herring gull (Larus argenatus) Seahouses, > Northumberland, England. > > > > Blue Tit Taking Feather by Paul Sawer. (Parus caeruleus) Peasenhall, Suffolk, > England. > > > > Camouflaged Fallow Stags by Neil Bygrave. (Dama dama) Parkland Deer, Devon, > England. > > > > Dunlin Tug-of-War by Andrew Parkinson. (Calidris alpina) Shetland Islands, > Scotland. > > > > Wildlife in My Backyard winner: Busy Wasp on Blackberries by Rana Dias. > Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) Horley, Surrey, England. > > > > Wildlife in My Backyard highly commended: Jay Taking Off by Ron Coulter. > (Garrulus glandarius) Buckinghamshire, England. > > > > Wildlife in My Backyard highly commended: Squirrel with a Conker by Thomas > Hanahoe. Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) Potton, Bedfordshire, England. > > > Habitat winner: Hare in Morning Light with Hoar Frost by Ian Paul Haskell. > Brown hare (Lepus europaeus) in Norfolk > > > Diamonds in the Deep by Mark N Thomas. Diamond sturgeon (Acipenser > gueldenstaedtii) at Jackdaw Quarry, Over Kellet, Lancashire. > > > > Hidden Britain highly commended: Ladybird on Rose by William Richardson. > (Harmonia axyridis) London, England. > > > > Grey Seal Behaviour by Robert Bailey. Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) Farne > Islands, England. > > > > Young British Wildlife Photographers - winner of the Up to 11 Years category: > Frog Checking Its Frogspawn by Walter Lovell (age 8). Common frog (Rana > temporaria) Painswick, Gloucestershire, England. > > > > Young British Wildlife Photographers - winner of the 12 to 18 Years category: > Red Fox Yawning After His Afternoon Nap by Oliver Wilks (age 16). (Vulpes > vulpes) Warnham Local Nature Reserve, West Sussex, England. > > > > Young British Wildlife Photographers - 12 to 18 Years category highly > commended: Feed Me! by Ella Cooke. Great tit (Parus major) Buckinghamshire, > England. > >
