Winners of the 2024 Bird Photographer of the Year awards
| Image: Bird Photographer of the Year/Princeton University Press |
Yesterday, we got to see the winners of the 2024 Ocean Photographer awards. Today, we’re taking to the opposite domain; the winners of the 2024 Bird Photographer of the Year awards have been announced.
The competition, which has been running since 2016, drew over 23,000 submissions, according to its organizers. Photographer of the Year is partnered with Birds on the Brink, a charity that gives grants to bird conservation efforts.
The winning images will be on display at various venues throughout the United Kingdom over the next year.
You can view the silver and bronze finalists, as well as honorable mentions for each category, on the Bird Photographer of the Year website. The site also shows the winners of the Portfolio and Conservation Awards, which are given for a series of images rather than a single image.
Bird Photographer of the Year Winner – Patricia Homonylo, Canada
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| Image: Patricia Homonylo |
The overall winner this year is Patricia Homonylo for her photo entitled When Worlds Collide. According to the organizers, the image depicts over 4,000 birds that died from running into windows in the city of Toronto.
Homonylo works with the Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP), a charity that aims to save birds who have run into windows after mistaking reflections for the sky. FLAP also works to raise awareness of the issue and ways to make homes safer for migratory birds.
The photo also won the Conservation (Single Image) category.
Young Bird Photographer of the Year – Andrés Luis Domínguez Blanco, Spain
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| Image: Andrés Luis Domínguez Blanco, age 14 |
Title: Perspective
Best Portrait – Alan Murphy, USA
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Image: Alan Murphy |
Title: Winter Pink
Birds in the Environment – Kat Zhou, USA
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| Image: Kat Zhou |
Title: Immersion
Bird Behaviour – Nathaniel Peck, USA
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| Image: Nathaniel Peck |
Title: Scavenger
Birds in Flight – Hermis Haridas, India
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| Image: Hermis Haridas |
Title: Dawn’s Whispers
Black and White – David Stowe, Australia
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| Image: David Stowe |
Title: Hippo Impression
Urban Birds – Grzegorz Długosz, Poland
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| Image: Grzegorz Długosz |
Title: Treacherous Journey
Comedy Bird Photo – Nadia Haq, USA
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| Image: Nadia Haq |
Title: A Modern Dancer
15-17 years – Emil Wagner, Germany
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| Image: Emil Wagner |
Title: Human and Nature
11 and under – Julian Mendla, Germany
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| Image: Julian Mendla |
Title: Turbulent Fish Hunt
Video Award – Malkolm Boothroyd
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| Image: Malkolm Boothroyd |
Our slideshow tool doesn’t support videos, but you can watch this year’s winner, titled Into a World of Ice, below.