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Best portrait, gold winner: Underwater Portrait, Felipe Foncueva, Spain
This image of a brown pelican was taken off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, near the mouth of the Tarcoles River
Photograph: Felipe Foncueva/2021 bird photographer of the year
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Best portrait, silver winner: Sing Heartily, Maofeng Shen, China
June marks the start of the breeding season for demoiselle cranes on the vast grasslands of Keshiketeng in Inner Mongolia
Photograph: Shen Maofeng/2021 bird photographer of the year
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Birds in the environment, gold winner and bird photographer of the year: Blocked, Alejandro Prieto, Mexico
The 2,000-mile US-Mexico border crosses some of the continent’s most biologically diverse regions
Photograph: Alejandro Prieto/2021 bird photographer of the year
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Birds in the environment, silver winner: Claiming the Forest Floor, Joshua Galicki, US
A male ovenbird singing on top of a fallen log. The bird is staking its claim to a breeding territory shortly after arriving from a lengthy migration to the north-east US from wintering grounds in Central America
Photograph: Joshua Galicki/2021 bird photographer of the year
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Attention to detail, gold winner: Disappearing, Rafael Armada, Spain.
A penguin reflected in the water
Photograph: Rafael Armada/2021 bird photographer of the year
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Attention to detail, silver winner: Growing Up, Raymond Hennessy, US
Great northern divers (known as common loons in North America) and their chicks take to the water soon after the chicks hatch. The size difference between adult and youngster is evident in this image and shows just how much growing is left for this tiny chick
Photograph: Raymond Hennessy/2021 bird photographer of the year
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Birds in flight, gold winner: Thirsty, Tzahi Finkelstein, Israel
Common swifts live their lives on the wing and are a challenge to capture in flight. With a diet of flying insects, they need to drink from time to time, and they even do that on the wing
Photograph: Tzahi Finkelstein/2021 bird photographer of the year
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Birds in flight, silver winner: The Art of Motion, Nicolas Reusens, Spain
A hummingbird feeds from a flower
Photograph: Nicolas Reusens/2021 bird photographer of the year
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Bird behaviour, gold winner: Floral Bathtub, Mousam Ray, India
This image was taken at North Bengal Agricultural University in Cooch Behar, West Bengal
Photograph: Mousam Ray/2021 bird photographer of the year
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Bird behaviour, silver winner: The Face of Death, Massimiliano Apollo, Italy
In northern Italy in late summer, prior to migrating south, purple herons try to feed as much as possible and take advantage of the abundance of prey present in the rice fields
Photograph: Massimiliano Apollo/2021 bird photographer of the year
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Black and white, gold winner: Chinstrap Penguin, Renato Granieri, UK
A single chinstrap penguin on top of a giant iceberg
Photograph: Renato Granieri/2021 bird photographer of the year
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Black and white, silver winner: Feather Light, James Rogerson, UK
A preening northern gannet
Photograph: James Rogerson/2021 bird photographer of the year
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Urban birds, gold winner: Dipper On Shopping Trolley, Terry Whittaker, UK
A white-throated dipper nests under an old road bridge in Greater Manchester
Photograph: Terry Whittaker/2021 bird photographer of the year
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Urban birds, silver winner: Lockdown, William Steel, South Africa
A karoo prinia searching for insects on a security gate in South Africa
Photograph: William Steel/2021 bird photographer of the year
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Creative imagery, gold winner: Sprats and Bread, Ruediger Schulz, Germany
Photograph: Ruediger Schulz/2021 bird photographer of the year
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Creative imagery, silver winner: Funnel, Kathryn Cooper, UK
Between November and March, tens of thousands of common starlings migrate to Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s Potteric Carr nature reserve
Photograph: 2021 bird photographer of the year
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Portfolio award, winner: Puffins: Wing Stretch, Kevin Morgans, UK
Photograph: Kevin Morgans/2021 bird photographer of the year
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Portfolio award, winner: Puffins: Lost in Thought, Kevin Morgans, UK
Photograph: Kevin Morgans/2021 bird photographer of the year
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Conservation award, gold winner: Hargila Army: Beautiful Scavengers, Carla Rhodes, US
Towering at 1.5 metres tall and with a wingspan of 2.5 metres, greater adjutants are the most endangered species of stork on the planet. These birds were pictured in Assam in north-east India where they live on a landfill site
Photograph: Carla Rhodes/2021 bird photographer of the year
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Conservation award, gold winner:
Hargila Army: Beautiful Scavengers, Carla Rhodes, USWorkers sorting garbage at the Boragaon landfill in Guwahati in north-east India where the greater adjutant storks live
Photograph: Carla Rhodes/2021 bird photographer of the year
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14-17 years, gold winner and young bird photographer of the year: Black Grouse Lekking at Sunrise, Levi Fitze, Switzerland
Photograph: Levi Fitze/2021 bird photographer of the year
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9-13 years, gold winner: In the Woodland, Andres L Dominguez Blanco, Spain
This Eurasian nuthatch regularly uses the trunk of a Portuguese oak as a route to go down to drink
Photograph: Andres Dominguez Blanco/2021 bird photographer of the year
