BPOTY 2022 Selection Preview
More than 20,000 images were submitted to Bird Photographer of the Year 2022, making for another fantastic year of the competition.
The photography community’s continued support of the competition means that we have donated a further £5,000 to our partner charity Birds on the Brink. They provide vital monetary grants for grass-roots conservation projects to protect birds.
The winners of the BPOTY 2022 competition will be announced on the 8th September at our awards ceremony in Bristol, UK. The event will be live-streamed and free to watch, with the option to attend in person. More information to follow.
But for now, we’ve got something to whet your appetite: a sneak peak at 11 of the images included in Collection 7 for this year’s competition!
The images shown here are just some of the chosen images from Collection 7, and their inclusion here does not signify what award level they have achieved in the competition.
Selection preview
‘Single File’ by Ben Cranke.
‘A Cartoon Bird Raising Its Hands’ by Weng Keong Liew.
‘Manitoba Burrowing Owl Recovery Program’ by Walter Potrebka.
‘Wart Head’ by Leander Khil.
‘Fight’ by Erlend Haarberg.
‘Gentoo Dancing at Sunset’ by Audrey Wooller.
‘Full Contact’ by Gabor Baross.
‘Life Hanging in the Balance’ by Glenn Nelson.
‘Head Over Heels in Love’ by Marti Phillips.
‘Hummingbird Hideaway’ by Liron Gertsman.
‘Upland Buzzard Versus Corsac Fox’ by Baozhu Wang.
We hope you’ve enjoyed this sneak peak! The winners will be unveiled on the 8th September. We hope you will join us for the event on the live stream. Keep an eye on your inbox for more information about this soon.
Collection 7
Our collectable hardback, coffee-table book featuring all of the awarded and commended images in the competition is now available for pre-order.
Across 256 pages, this book is filled with the best of this year’s competition. Foreword by Steve Backshall.
Pre-order your copy on the website.
BPOTY 2023
The next competition, Bird Photographer of the Year 2023, will open for entries on the 9th September 2022. Time to start thinking about that winning shot!