The best of the 2020 wildlife photography awards
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Wildlife photographer of the year 2019: Lumix people’s choice winner
Station Squabble by Sam Rowley, UK (voting for the people’s choice award 2020 is still open)
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Underwater photographer of the year 2020 and wide angle category winner:
Frozen Mobile Home by Greg Lecoeur, France
Photograph: Greg Lecoeur/Underwater Photographer of the Year 2020
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Mammal photographer of the Year and Mammal Society members’ prize winner:
Foxhall Zafira by Roger Cox
Photograph: Roger Cox/2020 Mammal Photographer of the Year
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2020 GDT nature photographer of the year: overall winner and mammals category winner:
A Hare’s Dream by Peter Lindel
Photograph: Peter Lindel/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
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2020 GDT nature photographer of the year: birds category winner:
Takeoff by Flurin Leugger
Photograph: Flurin Leugger/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
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Australian Geographic nature photographer of the year 2020 overall winner:
Border Fire Mt Barney by Ben Blanche
Photograph: Ben Blanche/Australian Geographic nature photographer of the year
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Bird photographer of the year winner and best portrait category winner:
End of the Day by Majed Al Za’abi, Kuwait
Photograph: BPOTY/Cover Images
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2020 GDT European wildlife photographer of the year overall winner:
A Monkey’s Mask by Jasper Doest
Photograph: Jasper Doest/2020 GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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2020 GDT European wildlife photographer of the year mammals category winner:
So Big and Yet So Small by Christoph Kaula
Photograph: Christoph Kaula/2020 GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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2020 GDT European wildlife photographer of the year underwater world category winner:
Whale Milk by Mike Korostelev
Photograph: Mike Korostelev/2020 GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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2020 World Press photo contest nature stories first prize and nature singles first prize:
Final Farewell by Alain Schroeder, Belgium
Photograph: Alain Schroeder/2020 World Press Photo
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2020 World Press photo contest nature singles second prize:
Roadrunner Approaching the Border Wall by Alejandro Prieto
Photograph: Alejandro Prieto/2020 World Press Photo
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2020 World Press photo contest environment single first prize:
Polar Bear and Her Cub by Esther Horvath
Photograph: Esther Horvath/2020 World Press Photo
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2020 Luminar bug photographer of the year winner:
A Red Palm Weevil by Mofeed Abu Shalwa
Photograph: Mofeed Abu Shalwa/2020 Luminar Bug Photographer of the Year
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2020 Luminar bug photographer of the year ‘all the other bugs’ category winner:
Tug of War by Reynante Martinez
Photograph: Reynante Martinez/2020 Luminar Bug Photographer of the Year
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Wildlife photographer of the year 2020 overall winner and animals in their environment winner:
The Embrace by Sergey Gorshkov, Russia
Photograph: Sergey Gorshkov/2020 Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Wildlife photographer of the year 2020 behaviour, birds category winner:
Great Crested Sunrise by Jose Luis Ruiz Jimenez, Spain
Photograph: Jose Luis Ruiz Jimenez/2020 Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Wildlife photographer of the year 2020 wildlife photojournalist story award:
Backroom Business by Paul Hilton, UK/Australia
Photograph: Paul Hilton/2020 Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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Ocean photography awards overall winner:
Mobula Rays Off the Baja California Sur by Nadia Aly
Photograph: Nadia Aly/Ocean Photography Awards/PA
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Ocean photography awards community choice winner:
Flipper in Flipper by Tobias Baumgaertner
Photograph: Tobias Baumgaertner/Ocean Photography Awards/PA
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2020 British Ecological Society photography competition overall winner:
The Art of Flight by Alwin Hardenbol
Photograph: Alwin Hardenbol/British Ecological Society photography competition
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Nature photographer of the year 2020 overall winner and mammals category winner :
Jurassic Park by Roberto Marchegiani, Italy
Photograph: Roberto Marchegiani/NPOTY 202O
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Nature photographer of the year 2020 man and nature category winner:
Hope in a Burned Forest by Jo-Anne McArthur
Photograph: Jo-Anne McArthur/NPOTY 202O
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2020 Sony world photography awards nature and wildlife category first prize:
Pangolins in Crisis by Brent Stirton
Photograph: Brent Stirton
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2020 World Press photo contest and wildlife photographer of the year 2020, wildlife photojournalist story award highly commended:
The Tigers Next Door by Steve Winter
Photograph: Steve Winter