Best Portrait

The following are a selection of the images that have been shortlisted in the 2019 Best Portrait category of the competition. To view the entire shortlist click here. The results of the final judging are announced on 17th August 2019. Good luck to all!

Featured

Crestie in the Snow

Crested Tit - Lophophanes cristatus. Laura Galbraith, United Kingdom.

Eagle Action

White-tailed Eagle - Haliaeetus albicilla. Anders Blomdahl, Sweden.

Put your left leg out and shake it all about

Australian Shelduck - Tadorna tadornoides. Theresa Pitter, Australia.

Curious

Blue-footed Booby - Sula nebouxii. Alejandro Prieto Rojas, Mexico.

Jynx Junior

Eurasian Wryneck - Jynx torquilla. Rüdiger Schulz, Germany.

Jungle Colour

Gurney’s Pitta - Hemiprocne comata. Wang Bin, Singapore.

Crossbill

Red Crossbill - Loxia curvirostra. Sami Vartiainen, Finland.

Marching

Squacco Heron - Ardeola ralloides. Saverio Gatto, Italy.

Ross’s Gull in Flight

Ross’s Gull - Rhodostethia rosea. Ilya Ukolov, Russia.

Three Musketeers

Gentoo Penguin - Pygoscelis papua. Joshua Galicki, United States of America.

Horned Puffins

Horned Puffin - Fratercula corniculata. Maggie Manson, United Kingdom.

Heron Close-up

Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea. Neil Phillips, United Kingdom.

Camouflage

Eurasian Wryneck - Jynx torquilla. Thomas Hinsche, Germany.

Eye to Eye

Shoebill - Balaeniceps rex. Renato Granieri, United Kingdom.

Pelican

Australian Pelican - Pelecanus conspicillatus. Hui-Ling Fan, Taiwan.

Catwalk

Common Eider - Somateria mollissima. Thomas Hinsche, Germany.

The Discard

Marabou Stork - Leptoptilos crumeniferus. Rafael Armada, Spain.

Fly

Elegant Tern - Thalasseus elegans. Ben Jiang, United States of America.

Happy as a Lark

Eastern Meadowlark - Sturnella magna. Joshua Galicki, United States of America.

The Stand of Power

Little Egret - Egretta garzetta. Dalal Almazyad, Kuwait.

Stretching my Wings!

Piping Plover - Charadrius melodus. Gail Bisson, Canada

Darknet

Black-crowned Night-heron - Nycticorax nycticorax. Thomas Hinsche, Germany.

Ariel Stunts

Crested Kingfisher - Megaceryle lugubris. Chen Jungang, China.

Staring

Whiskered Treeswift - Hemiprocne comata. Wang Bin, Singapore.

Oriental Honey-buzzard

Oriental Honey-buzzard - Pernis ptilorhynchus. Daryl Yeo, Singapore.

Cedar Demon

Western Screech-owl - Megascops kennicottii. Adam Stunkel, United States of America.

Shower Time

Lava Heron - Sterna paradisaea. Andy Barnes, United Kingdom.

The Spirit of the Tundra

Snowy Owl - Bubo scandiacus. Marco Fabbri, Italy.

Nero

Black Drongo - Dicrurus macrocercus. Kallol Mukherjee, India.

Pink

Meadow Pipit - Cygnus olor. Roelof Molenaar, United Kingdom.

Featured

Pied Plover

Pied Plover - Vanellus cayanus. Marco Valentini, Italy

Emperor Chick

Emperor Penguin - Aptenodytes forsteri. Philip Marazzi, United Kingdom.

The Oxpecker and the Buffalo

Red-billed Oxpecker - Buphagus erythrorhynchus. Ifham Raji, Sri Lanka.

After the Rain

Squacco Heron - Ardeola ralloides. Irma Szabó, Hungary.

Slim Skim

Black Skimmer - Rynchops niger. Joshua Galicki, United States of America.

Confidence

Cinereous Vulture - Aegypius monachus. Stewart Finlayson, Gibraltar.

Sunrise Catch

Hoopoe - Upupa epops. Bence Máté, Hungary.

This Afternoon I saw it Rain

Egyptian Vulture - Neophron percnopterus. Carlos Cifuentes Torres, Spain.

The Conversation

Silver Gull - Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae. David Stowe, Australia.

Eyes

Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos. Olli Immonen, Finland.

Yellow Weaver

Weaver (species unknown). Johnny Macdougall, United Kingdom.

Curlew

Common Curlew - Numenius arquata . Tom Hines, United Kingdom.

Dipper Calling

White-throated Dipper - Cinclus cinclus. Ivan Sjögren, Sweden.

One winter's Day

Hazel Grouse - Bonasia bonasia. Markus Varesvuo, Finland.

Eurasian Hobby

Eurasian Hobby - Falco subbuteo. Hira Punjabi, India.

Evening Light

Willow Grouse - Lagopus lagopus. Sami Vartiainen, Finland.

Lekking Ruff.

Ruff - Calidris pugnax. Lauri Mantere, Finland.