The overall/conservation winner. Photo: Patricia Seaton Homonyio/Bird Photographer of the Year
The winners in the bird photographer of the year competition for 2024 have been announced.
The overall winner was highlighting the plight thousands of birds killed each year by colliding with windows or other reflective surfaces in towns and cities.
Here are the gold medallists in each category:
Comedy
Photo: Nadia Haq/Bird Photographer of the Year
Portrait
Photo: Alan Murphy/Bird Photographer of the Year
Urban birds
Photo: Grzegorz Dlugosz/Bird Photographer of the Year
Black and white
Photo: David Stowe/Bird Photographer of the Year
Bird behaviour
Photo: Nathaniel Peck/Bird Photographer of the Year
Birds in flight
Photo: Hermis Haridas/Bird Photographer of the Year
Birds in the environment
Photo: Kat Zhou/Bird Photographer of the Year
11 and under
Photo: Julian Mendla/Bird Photographer of the Year
12 to 14
Photo: Andres Luis Dominguez Blanco/Bird Photographer of the Year
15 to 17
Photo: Emil Wagner/Bird Photographer of the Year
Photographers around the world entered more than 23,000 images into the competition.