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UK wildlife photography competition - 2009 - results

 Wildlife Extra UK wildlife photography competition

The UK has some of the world's best wildlife, but not many people realise it. We want to promote the wildlife of the UK so we asked you to send us your best shots of the UK's wildlife.  To see the winners and finalists in each section, click Birds, Insects & Bugs, Mammals, Landscapes, Reptiles & Amphibians, & Marine.

Successful wildlife and wilderness photography does not necessarily involve long flights and equally long immigration queues. The inaugural Wildlife Extra UK wildlife photography competition is not only a fabulous example of just how beautiful the British Isles are, but also that it does not need a fat pay cheque to seduce talented photographers into wanting their work displayed. There are no remote cameras involved (yes, that is a dig) and no ludicrous Photoshop sorcery either, just a litany of belting images.

Some of the winners and shortlisted entries, especially the birds, would hold their own in any competition in the world. Got a camera? Got a back yard or local paddock? Get out there, whatever the season. Congratulations to all contributors. I have added some candid views to many of the short-listed images.
Chief judge - Paul Goldstein 

The overall winner of the wildlife extra uk wilfe photography competition was lee davis, for this extraordina shot of a black-headed gull robbing a puffin.


Prizes

category winners

Click the relevant image to see the winners in each category, and the finalists.

insects & Bugs 

Dragonfly in flight by John Naylor

mammals

  

Fallow deer by Craig Churchill


landscapes

Elmley Marshes by Robert Canis

 reptiles & amphibians

  

Adder by Marcus Conway


birds

Puffin by Marcus Conway

marine

Grey seals by Dr Sharif Islam