Winners of The British Wildlife Photography Awards 2012 have been announced recently.Awards are given to talented amateurs and professionals in the field of wildlife photography. All these photos, took part in the competition, were captured animals in their natural habitat.
Winner – Jacuzzi. Scotland
Photo: Dr. Matt Doggett
Reflection snake. Norfolk, England
Photo: Jamie Hall
Over the shoulder of fur seal. Shetland Islands, Scotland
Photo: John Monkriff
Water snake eating a toad. Gloucestershire, England,
Photo: Gary Cox
Swan, photographed as never before. Nottingham, England
Photo: Gerald Robinson
Awakening. Gray seal, Norfolk, England
Photo: Simon Litten
Unidentified impasse, Wales
Photo: Richard Costin
This photo is winner in the category of 12 to 18 years: Arctic terns on the Ferne Islands, Northumberland, England
Photo: Ashley Butterworth (age 14)
This photo is winner in the category “Urban Landscape” Devon, England
Photo: Stephen William Pauls
A cluster of dragonflies, oviparous (egg-laying). Cumbria, England
Photo: Les Gibbon
Iridescent eyes of gadfly, reflected in a pond. East Yorkshire, UK
Photos: Forest Gibbon
Deers at dawn. Surrey, England
Photo by Richard Waters
Tale. Red deer. Surrey, England
Photo: Alex Suber
Gills. Devon, England
Photo by Ross Hoddinott
This photo is the winner in the category “Animal Behavior”: Herring Gull impasse raised from the ground.Northumberland, England
Photo: Amanda Hayes
Hungry wolf fish. Berkshire, Scotland
Photo: Trevor Rees
This photo is the winner in the category of “invisible”: Leap of freedom. East Sussex, England
Photo: Dale Sutton
Mating flies mugs. Yorkshire, England
Photo: Oliver C. Wright
This photo is the winner in the category “animal portrait”: deer in a pine forest, Scotland
Photo: Neil Makintay
This is the winner in the category of “Habitat”: The gray seal in the underwater cave. Lundy Island, Devon, England
Photo: Alexander Masterd
Eye of the cochlea. Norwich, England
Photo: James Yaaksli
Stereo-gram of birds. Norfolk, England
Photo: Mark Smith
Fighting coots. Local pond, London, England
Photo: Mark Smith
Spider. Essex, England
Photo: Simon White
Starlings. On the main road at dusk. Gretna Green station, Scotland
Photo: Paul Hobson
This photo is the winner in the category of Urban wildlife: Starlings. Wales
Photo: Phil Jones
The winner in the category of “Wildlife in the backyard,” North Wales
Photo: David Thomas Handley
Winner in the category under 12 years: Finch. Kent, England