BWPA 2017 Winners
Overall Winner
“Heathrow Roostings” by Daniel Trim.
Heathrow Terminal 5, London.
“Living near London I'm always amazed by how nature can benefit from urban areas. There are many urban pied wagtail roosts across the UK during winter and they are incredibly important for the birds survival during these harder times, both for the additional warmth our buildings generate but also because there's safety in numbers. I waited for a cold night when their numbers swell. After about 30 minutes I hadn't seen a single wagtail, however, it wasn't long until hundreds were dropping in to the trees next to the terminal building, all calling away. It's an impressive site to see and once the initial excitement was over I spent time looking for birds I could isolate against interesting background lighting. The birds soon tuck their heads under their wing to sleep which doesn't make the silhouette as pleasing, you have to get lucky with one waking up briefly to have a look around.” Daniel Trim,
Animal Behaviour
Category Winner
“Crepuscular Contentment” by Andrew Parkinson
Badger. Derbyshire, UK.
Highly Commended
"Feat of Agility" by James Yaxley
"Starlings After the Storm" by Andrew Forsyth
"Parental Guidance" by Andrew Parkinson
"Beaver Bracken Eater" by Philip Price
"Fence Post Jumper Spider Eating Head of a Hoverfly" by Kutub Uddin
"The Phoney Chase" by Paul Colley
"What do you mean it doesn't suit me?" by Duncan Eames
"Big Foot" by Andrew Parkinson
"Lads, Has Anyone Seen That Girl?" by Phill Gwilliam
"The Fur Thief" by Stephen Darlington
"Mallard Duckling Catching a St Marks Fly" by Peter Warnes
"Open Wide" by Mark Thomas
"Al Fresco Breakfast" by Chaitanya Deshpande
"Great Crested Grebes Displaying at Dawn" by Ben Hall
"I love you" by John Moncrieff
Animal Portraits
Category Winner
“Natural Beauty” by Melvin Redeker
Gannet. Isle of Noss on Shetland, Scotland.
Highly Commended
"Peering Out of the Darkness" by Ben Andrew
"Bug Eyed" by Keith Trueman
"I Speak With Forked Tongue" by Norman Watson
"Rabbits Emerging From Burrow" by Ben Hall
"Puffin Portrait" by Josh Jaggard
"Enjoying the Sunset" by Andy Howard
"Balancing Act" by Ian Watson
"Hello, I'm New Here" by John Moncrieff
"A Ring in Bright Water" by Robin Goodlad
"Wave Break" by James Roddie
"Peeking Red Fox Cub" by Luke Wilkinson
"Asparagus Camouflage" Sarah Darnell
"Broad-Bodied Chaser" by Kutub Uddin
Botanical Britain
Category Winner
“Reeds” by Steve Palmer
Lindow Common, SSSI, Wilmslow, Cheshire.
Highly Commended
"Daybreak" by Jake Turner
"Coastal Lanterns" by Doug Shapley
"Harts-Tongue Heart" by Ross Hoddinott
"Standing Tall" by Charles Everitt
"The Three Amigos" by Daniel Trim
British Nature in Black & White
Category Winner
“Web of Life” by Paula Cooper
Thetford Forest, Norfolk
Highly Commended
"Standing Room Only" by Virginia Grey
"Scots Pine Reflections" by Ken Crossan
"Erosion on the Coast" by Jeremy Walker
"Grumpy Mountain Hare" by David Walker
Close to Nature
Category Winner
“Wing Tips” by Ross Hoddinott
Broxwater, Cornwall, UK
Highly Commended
"The Last Song" by Jan Galko
"Delicacy" by Alannah Hawker
Coast & Marine
Category Winner
“Emergence” by Caron Steele
Off the Yorkshire Coast, close to Bempton Cliffs, England.
Highly Commended
"Amphipod on Dead Man's Finger Polyps" by Terry Griffiths
"Church Rock Waves" by Rebecca Naden
"The Crowded Beach" by David Tipling
"Inquisitive Harbour Porpoise" by Melvin Redeker
"Beneath The Kelp Forest" by Alex Mustard
"Mussel Colony" by Alex Hyde
"Synchronised Swimming" by Jane Morgan
"Seafood Supper" by Matt Crosby
Habitat
Category Winner
“Wren on Frost-Encrusted Fern” by Ben Hall
Wren. Dunham Massey, Cheshire.
Highly Commended
"Rewilding Icon" by Peter Cairns
"Snoring Seal" by Alex Mustard
"Sunset Badger" by Andrew Parkinson
"Hawfinch in Cherry Tree" by Jeremy Moore
"A Fulmar Soars over Cliffs" by Anthony Matthews
"Spiderlings on a gossamer tent" by John Brackenbury
"Kingdom of the Mountain Hare" by Drew Buckley
"The Lookout" by Dan Bolt
Hidden Britain
Category Winner
“Green Hydra” by Alex Hyde
Derbyshire, UK.
Highly Commended
"Humble Bumble" by Keith Trueman
"And life begins…" by Carole Baker
"Edges" by Victoria Hillman
"Perched Damselfly" by Oliver Wright
"Wasp You Looking at?" by Lucien Harris
"Roosting Ruddy Darter" by Robert Canis
"Globby on Ice" by Mark Horton
"Broad Bodied Chaser" by Neil Phillips
"Empire Rising" by Sam Morris
"Nomada Cuckoo-bee holding-on with its mandibles whilst "roosting"" by Ed Phillips
Urban Wildlife
Category Winner
“Heathrow Roostings” by Daniel Trim
Heathrow Terminal 5, London.
Highly Commended
"Life in the Gutter" by Norman Watson
"Banksy Bird" by Virginia Grey
"Knock, Knock!" by Ben Andrew
"Murder in the Garden" by Wendy Ball
"Urban Art Deco and Water Birds at Dawn" by Paul Colley
"Pigeon on the Streets" by Toby Pickard
Wild Woods
Category Winner
“A Magical Morning” by Francis Taylor
Bolehill Quarry, Derbyshire, Peak District National Park.
Highly Commended
"Forest of the Future" by Mark Hamblin
"Autumn Morning in an English Beechwood" by Robert Canis
"Shadows and Light" by Philip Selby
"Spirit of the Woods" by Chaitanya Deshpande
"Ethereal Dawn in the Wild Garlic" by Robin Goodlad
British Seasons
Category Winner
“Great Cormorants” by Ben Andrew
Holme Fen NNR, Cambridgeshire, England.
"WINTER: Great Cormorants: Calm" by Ben Andrew
"SPRING: Great Cormorants: Feeding Time" by Ben Andrew
"SUMMER: Great Cormorants: Summer Solstice" by Ben Andrew
"AUTUMN: Great Cormorants: I See Fire" by Ben Andrew
Documentary Series
Category Winner
“Red Squirrels” by Peter Cairns
Scottish Highlands, Scotland.
Scottish rewilding charity Trees for Life are pioneering the translocation of red squirrels to forests in the northwest Scottish Highlands, where they have been absent for decades. Red squirrels are unable to cross open ground and Scotland’s fragmented wildwood means that recolonisation is unlikely to happen without help. Here, Wildlife Officer Becky Priestley baits a squirrel trap with peanuts in Moray before moving trapped squirrels for release in Shieldaig.
"Baiting the Trap" by Peter Cairns
"Squirrel in the Trap" by Peter Cairns
"Health Check" by Peter Cairns
"Into the Transit Box" by Peter Cairns
"A Dawn Breaks, A New Home" by Peter Cairns
"Aftercare" by Peter Cairns
WildPix 12-18 Years
Category Winner
“The Golden Hour Hunt” by Matthew Roseveare (Age 18)
Farlington, Hampshire.
Highly Commended
"Feeding Time" by Gideon Knight (Age 17)
"The Hunter's Prize" by Gideon Knight (Age 17)
WildPix - Under 12 Years
Category Winner
“Puffin in a Hole” by Oliver Teasdale (Age 10)
Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire.
Highly Commended
"Tawny Owl" by Hannah Denford (Age 11)
"Grub Up" by Iona McCluskey (Age 11)
Young Photographers Special Mention
"A Gem in the Wall" by James Miller (Age 16)
"Disco Garden Spider" by Jack Aylward Williams (Age 18)
"Mallards in Motion" by Oliver Irons (Age 14)
"Coexistence" by Matthew Roseveare (Age 18)
"The Dancing Sparrowhawk" by Lucy Robinson (Age 12)