The annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition finds the very best wildlife images taken by the world’s top professional and amateur photographers.

Now in its 44th year, the most innovative and imaginative photographic images have been judged and selected by a panel of experts and will be on view at the Natural History Museum from 31 October.

Foreword

The Competition

The Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award

Animal Behaviour - Mammals

Animal Behaviour- Birds

Behaviour- All Other Animals

Animals in Their Environment

The Underwater World

Animal Portraits

fn Praise of Plants

Urban and Garden Wildlife

Creative Visions of Nature

Wild Places

The World in Our Hands

Gerald Durrell Award for Endangered Wildlife

Eric HoskJng Award

Young Wildlife Photographers

Index of Photographers