Meet the judges

Our talented judging panel is ready to determine who will be awarded as the next British Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

  • Alex Mustard MBE

    Alex is an underwater photographer with a Ph.D. in marine ecology. He is a six-time category winner in BWPA and highly regarded around the world, receiving an MBE from Queen Elizabeth II for services to underwater photography.

  • Dani Connor

    Dani is a wildlife photographer and an online content creator. She shares her journey photographing wildlife through YouTube videos and her mission is to connect and engage people with the natural world.

  • Ross Hoddinott

    Ross is one of the UK's best-known landscape and nature photographers and authors. Specialising in intimate close-ups of insects and plant life, Ross is a previous winner of BWPA. Ross lives in north Cornwall with his family where they have rewilded several acres of land to encourage local wildlife to thrive.

  • Margot Raggett MBE

    Margot left a corporate PR career in London in 2010 to concentrate on her love of wildlife photography. She was 'Photographer in Residence’ at Entim Camp in the Maasai Mara and also led photographic safaris before founding the Remembering Wildlife series of fundraising photography books in 2015, which have raised over £1.1m for conservation projects in 32 countries.

    Margot was awarded an MBE in the June 2023 King’s Birthday Honours List for services to international wildlife conservation.

  • Will Nicholls

    Will is the Director of BWPA. He is also a wildlife cameraman working in natural history television for major broadcasters including Netflix, Disney, and Apple TV+. He has been a stills photographer since 2007.