Bird Photographer of the Year 2017 Winners
‘Pink Flamingo Feeding Young’. Bird Photographer of the Year 2017 winner Alejandro Prieto Rojas. American Flamingo, Rio Lagartos, Mexico.
Click on the links below to view all the winning images for the 2017 Bird Photographer of the Year Competition. Congratulations to our overall Bird Photographer of the Year 2017 winner Alejandro Prieto Rojas from Mexico for this rather tender photograph of American Flamingos and their young. As well as winning the £5,000 top prize, Alejandro also collected a pair of Swarovski binoculars for winning the Best Portrait category with this photograph.
Buy the BPOTY 2017 book.
Inspired by all the amazing winning images? Why not buy the 2017 Bird Photographer of the Year collection from our highly acclaimed competition series, a book we are sure you will cherish. Featuring all the winning and commended images from the competition, the book is bursting with inspirational photography from all around the world. Visit our shop here.
Category Gold Award Winners
The following images are the Gold Award Winners in each of the seven main competition categories. Our thanks go to Swarovski Optik and Alamy for sponsoring the prizes for our Gold Award winners.
Category Silver Award Winners
The following images are the Silver Award Winners in each of the seven main competition categories. Our thanks go to Country Innovation for sponsoring the prizes for our Silver Award winners in 2017.
Category Bronze Award Winners
The following images are the Bronze Award Winners in each of the seven main competition categories.
Best Portfolio Award Winner
Congratulations to Markus Varesvuo from Finland who won our 2017 Best Portfolio Award with this set of images demonstrating consistency of skill and talent. Markus won a cash prize of £2,000 for this portfolio.
Young Bird Photographer of the Year 2017
Congratulations to Ondřej Pelánek from the Czech Republic who won the Young Bird Photographer of the Year title for 2017. Our thanks go to the Cameron Bespolka Trust and Swarovski Optik for sponsoring this award.
