In pictures: Britain’s very best wildlife images
A STRIKING image of seabirds nesting on cliffs and flying over an inky-black sea has scooped the top prize in the British Wildlife Photography Awards.
Barrie Williams, from Lossiemouth, Moray, beat thousands of entries to win the overall prize of £5,000 with a photograph of gannets in the Shetland Isles, described as “beautiful and evocative” by the judges.
Extraordinary close-ups of fairy moss and a tiny mite walking over a frog’s head, pictures of sunlight streaming through woods, a common lizard on a tree and a gang of starlings looking menacing in a London car park were among the winning photographs.
Prizes were awarded in 16 categories, including for a documentary series of pictures won with photos about dealing with toads on roads in the North York Moors National Park.