{"id":905,"date":"2025-03-25T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deaoli.com\/?p=905"},"modified":"2025-03-28T17:34:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T17:34:47","slug":"feral-pigeons-and-a-feisty-fox-take-top-honors-in-the-2025-british-wildlife-photography-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.deaoli.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/feral-pigeons-and-a-feisty-fox-take-top-honors-in-the-2025-british-wildlife-photography-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Feral Pigeons and a Feisty Fox Take Top Honors in the 2025 British Wildlife Photography Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From swimming guillemots and sun-dappled Scots pines to a coy seal and ravenous pigeons, the winners of this year’s British Wildlife Photography Awards<\/a> celebrate the diversity of animal life across Great Britain.<\/p>\n

Jurors considered more than 13,000 images submitted by amateurs and professionals alike, with the top award going to Simon Withyman, who captured a striking portrait of a female fox in his hometown of Bristol.<\/p>\n

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British Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 and Winner of Urban Wildlife: Simon Withyman, “Urban Explorer.” Red fox (Vulpes vulpes), Bristol, England<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI had been photographing this vixen for three years,\u201d Withyman says. \u201cThis streetwise fox was a successful mother and had a family of young mouths to feed. I was instantly drawn to the interesting perspective effect of these railings and wanted to showcase some beauty in this everyday urban scene.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additional impressive images include Drew Buckley’s dramatic view of Scotland’s Monadhliath Mountains with a white hare in the foreground and a troupe of ravenous pigeons headed for a bag of chips, captured on a GoPro by teenager Ben Lucas. See even more in the BWPA 2025 winners gallery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Wild Woods Winner: James Roddie, “Storm Light Over the Caledonian Forest.” Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), Glen Strathfarrar, Scotland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Habitat Winner: Drew Buckley, “Kingdom of the Hare.” Mountain hare (Lepus timidus), Highlands, Scotland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Coast and Marine Runner-up: Ben Porter, “The Seal Cave.” Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus), Bardsey Island, Wales<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Urban Wildlife Runner-up: Paul Goldstein, “Bus Pass.” Swan (Cygnus olor), Mitcham, England<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Animal Behaviour Runner-up: Paul Browning, “The Rain-Deer.” Red deer (Cervus elaphus), Surrey, England<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Black-and-White Winner:
\nMark Kirkland, “Guillemot Kingdom.” Guillemot (Uria aalge), St. Abbs, Scotland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Coast and Marine Winner: Nicholas More: “Blue Shark.” Blue shark (Prionace glauca), Penzance, Cornwall, England<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Animal Portraits Runner-up: Ben Hall, “Red Grouse Coming in to Land.” Red grouse (Lagopus lagopus), Yorkshire Dales National Park, England<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member<\/a> today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Feral Pigeons and a Feisty Fox Take Top Honors in the 2025 British Wildlife Photography Awards<\/a> appeared first on Colossal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From swimming guillemots and sun-dappled Scots pines to a coy seal and ravenous pigeons, the winners of this<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.deaoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.deaoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.deaoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deaoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deaoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=905"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.deaoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":918,"href":"http:\/\/www.deaoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions\/918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deaoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.deaoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deaoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.deaoli.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}