The British Wildlife Photography Awards 2012

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

Photo: William Briggs (age 8)