The winning images from the British Ecological Society photography competition – Capturing Ecology – have been announced.
The top prize was awarded to Damien Esquerre for his photo of a bearded dragon basking in the sun of a eucalypt woodland in Australia.
The competition celebrates the diversity of ecology, capturing flora and fauna from across the globe. Here, we take a look at the 23 winning and highly commended images.
Capturing Ecology photo competition gallery
The dragon and the sun, Overall Winner/Damien Esquerre, British Ecological SocietyHunter becomes hunted, Networks in Nature Winner/Roberto García-Roa, British Ecological SocietyA soul, People and Nature Winner/Roberto García-Roa, British Ecological SocietyThe glass ceiling, Individuals and Populations (Animals) Student Winner/Filip Jarzyński, British Ecological SocietyWindow to life, Highly Commended/Alwin Hardenbol, British Ecological SocietyA final survey, Ecologists in Action Student Winner/Viktor Peinemann, British Ecological SocietyFisheye perspective, Networks in Nature Student Winner/Filip Jarzyński, British Ecological SocietyA reluctant snack, Highly Commended/Viktor Peinemann, British Ecological SocietyEarly morning thaw, Plants and Fungi Winner/Jenn Rose, British Ecological SocietyFruit trees for future forests, Regenerative Agriculture Winner/Lindsay Banin, British Ecological SocietyWalking tree, Highly Commended/Danni Thompson, British Ecological SocietyShadows of a lacy tree fern, Highly Commended/Emma Butterworth, British Ecological SocietyNature's boundaries, Highly-Commended/Dariia Borovyk, British Ecological SocietyMessy eater, Highly Commended/Sam England, British Ecological SocietyLying low, Highly Commended/Jeremy Cusak, British Ecological SocietyHealthy harems, Highly Commended/Peter Hudson, British Ecological SocietyFriends with benefits, Highly Commended/Supratim Laha, British Ecological SocietyBlack grouse, Highly Commended/Peter Hudson, British Ecological SocietyA serious issue, Highly Commended/Roberto García-Roa, British Ecological SocietyLanterns, Overall Runner Up/Danni Thompson, British Ecological SocietyA hostile silhouette, Highly Commended/Héloïse Hamel, British Ecological SocietyA few drops of medicine, High Commended/Ryan Wagner, British Ecological SocietyHay meadow in the Swiss Alps, Regenerative Agriculture Student Winner/Juliet Turner, British Ecological SocietyThe dragon and the sun, Overall Winner/Damien Esquerre, British Ecological Society
