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Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Recognising the world’s best nature photography every year since 1965
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Raj Mohan provides a bird’s-eye view of the pollution problem in a marsh ecosystem.

Key dates

  • 2025

  • 26 Aug

    Tickets on sale for the sixty-first Wildlife Photographer of the Year at the Natural History Museum, London.

  • 13 Oct

    Find out who has been awarded in the sixty-first Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition as the awards ceremony takes place.

  • 16 Oct

    The sixty-first Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition opens at the Natural History Museum, London

  • 16 Oct

    The WildPhotos photography symposium takes place at the British Library, London, and streams online.

  • 19 Oct

    The sixty-second Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition opens for entries.

  • 4 Dec

    The sixty-second Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition closes at 11.30 am (GMT).

  • 2026

  • 4 Feb

    Voting opens for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award 2026.

  • 7 Apr

    Voting closes for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award 2026.

  • 14 Apr

    The winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award 2026 is announced.

  • 11 Jul

    The sixty-first Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London, closes.

A closer look

An invited guest shares their insight on an image from Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

Birds of the Midnight Sun taken by Knut-Sverre Horn.

There is a sense of living in the shadows, adapting and thriving in a human landscape that made this photograph resonate with the jury. This is what urban wildlife is all about. The photograph is also beautiful, the interplay between light and silhouette, the interaction between the adult and chicks come together to capture a wonderful moment - nature persevering.

— Kathy Moran, Editor and Chair of the Jury
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