Winners of The British Wildlife Photography Awards 2025

From a clever fox to a roaring deer, the images honoured in this year’s British Wildlife Photography Awards contest capture the beauty in the natural world - even amid the hustle and bustle of city streets.

The competition offers a “crucial reminder of what value our woodlands, wetlands and other ecosystems still hold,” according to a statement about the 2025 winners, announced last week.

“The British Wildlife Photography Awards continues to showcase the extraordinary beauty and diversity of Britain’s natural world,” says Will Nicholls, director of the contest. “We hope this collection inspires others to appreciate, respect and safeguard the wildlife that makes Britain so unique.”

All winners are published on the contest’s website and in a coffee table book. Here’s a selection of stunning images commended by the judges.

In the highlands of Scotland, a mountain hare shelters from the wind. This image won the habitat category.

A pair of speckled wood butterflies spars for territory. This photograph won the animal behaviour category.

A red grouse flies in for a landing at Yorkshire Dales National Park in England. This was the runner-up in the animal portraits category.

The sun casts a natural spotlight on a small grove of trees amid the darkness of a storm in the Scottish highlands. This image won the wild woods category.

Dragonflies climb up a plant in preparation to be warmed by the first rays of morning sun. This photo won the hidden Britain category.

Appearing in a landscape that looks as though it were painted in watercolour, a male red deer roars in the rain. This photograph was the runner-up in the animal behaviour category.