Now in its eighth year, the standard of entries in this year’s Wildlife Photography Competition was higher than ever. It was judged by Doug Allan, a highly experienced and respected wildlife photographer and cameraman, contributing to some of the BBC’s iconic wildlife productions including The Blue Planet, Planet Earth, Life, Human Planet, Ocean Giants and Frozen Planet, making him more than qualified to cast a critical eye over our entries. 

Commenting on the standard of the photographs, Doug said “It was a genuine pleasure to look through all the submitted photographs. There’s a lot of real talent out there and I’m sure I’ll see some of the names on prestigious awards in the future, or rolling through in the credits if they choose to follow a career in television documentaries.

Congratulations to the seven category winners, especially to Theo, winner of the Year 7-10 category, who was awarded the overall title of BGS Wildlife Photographer of the Year at the presentation evening on Tuesday 19 June.

The winning entries can be seen below and will appear on Flickr, where you can also view winning photos from previous years.

Sophie (Infants), Tulips

Ellie (Juniors), Pigeon

Theo (Years 7–10 and BGS WIldlife Photographer of the Year), Tortoise

Toby (Year 11 and Sixth Form), Ladybird on a rope

Mark (Parents and Staff), Black headed gulls

Oliver (Old Bristolians), Monkey

Luke (Image Evolution), Morocco Donkey