Urban Bird Photography and The Urban Birder

Paul Sterry introduces David Lindo, the Urban Birder. David is the latest BPOTY ambassador and competition judge.

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The new BPOTY Conservation Documentary Award explained

Paul Sterry explains the BPOTY Conservation Documentary Award, new for the 2020 competition. Entries now open.

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The Importance of Photography in Conservation

Mark Carwardine explains the important role photography plays in raising awareness of conservation issues across the globe.

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On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring.

New for 2020 is our Conservation Documentary Award sponsored by Gitzo. Paul Sterry gives a guide on the sort of entry this award seeks to attract with this piece on the Cuckoo.

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Pity the poor plover

In another of our example Conservation Documentary Award entries, Paul Sterry shares his concerns over the future of the Golden Plover in the UK.

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BPOTY Conservation Documentary Award - Saving the Bermuda Petrel

New for 2020 is the Documentary Conservation Award which seeks a series of 3-6 images that together with extended captions depict a bird-related conservation story. Paul Sterry sets out an example of the type of entry this award seeks to attract.

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The Bermuda Petrel, BPOTY and the Bermuda Audubon Society

With mounting pressures on bird populations across the globe, the story of the mythical Bermuda Petrel, and the conservation project aimed at saving this once thought to be extinct bird, is an example of the type of project where BPOTY aims to make a difference.

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