BWPA announced the winners of the 2023 British Wildlife Photography Awards on Tuesday (14 March 2023). I am pleased to say that two of my images have been included in the British Wildlife Photography Awards collection 11 book. The grey seal image is part of the animal portrait category and the mountain hare image is part of the animal behaviour category. See below some detail about the images.
During autumn grey seals come ashore British beaches for the birth of their pups. While the females are giving birth and suckling the pups the males are starting to establish territory to be there when the females become receptive for mating after the pups have been weaned. These two males intended to both control the same area of the beach, resulting in a tussle.
Mountain hares are an incredibly tough species. I came across this specific individual on top of a plateau in the Scottish mountains. After we reached the plateau we had to first find shelter as the wind and snow drift were too strong to see anything. After some time finally the storm settled down and we had some visibility. Not long afterwards this mountain hare decided to run past as if we weren’t there and nothing had happened.
See the winners of the 2023 BWPA competition here. To see more of my British wildlife images, click here.
