The shortlist for the coveted Bird Photographer of the Year awards has been announced by Nature Photographers and the British Trust for Ornithology. Here we display a few of the entries in the running for the awards, which will be announced by Chris Packham in August at the annual Rutland Birdwatching Fair.
Photo by Petr Bambousek
Giant cowbird taking ticks from a capybara, Pantanal, Brazil
Photo by Mario Cea
Water rail, Salamanca, Spain
Photo by Mario Cea Sanchez
Kingfisher diving, Spain
Photo by Georgina Steytler
Alexandrine parakeet standing on swallows nest
Photo by Johan Siggesson
Dalmatian pelicans, Lake Kerkini, Greece
Photo by Petr Bambousek
Toco toucan, Poconé, Brazil
Photo by Antti Siponen
Whooper swans, Janakkala, Finland
Photo by Janine Lee
Northern gannet, Bempton Cliffs, United Kingdom
Photo by Edmund Aylmer
Red-billed oxpecker on an impala, Kruger National Park, South Africa
Photo by Ben Hall
White-tailed eagle, Hortobágy, Hungary
Photo by Mario Suarez Porras
Sanderling wading birds stop during migration, Asturias, Spain
Photo by Pedro Jarque Krebs
Griffon vulture, Alaska
Photo by Jess Findlay
Ruddy duck, British Columbia, Canada
Photo by Bence Mate
Grey heron, Hungary
Photo by Markus Varesvuo
Snowy owl, Canada
Photo by Clint Ralph
White-backed vulture, Zimanga, South Africa
Photo by Petr Bambousek
Northern gannet with discarded netting in its beak, Heligoland, Germany
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