'The Butterfly & Wildlife Park 13-04-2009' photo (c) 2009, Karen Roe - license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

The British Natural History Museum and the BBC hold an annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

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Here are the most recent winners, as well as winners from previous years:

In pictures: Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners comes from The BBC.

You can see all previous winners at the Award’s main site though, as in most photo awards, the main site does not have the photos displayed as attractively as news sites do.

Veolia Environnement wildlife photographer of the year – 2009 shortlist is from The Guardian. There was a scandal that year, and the winner was disqualified.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013 is a photo gallery from The Atlantic.

Wildlife and nature photography award-winning images of 2013 – in pictures
is from The Guardian.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015 is from The Atlantic.

Wildlife photographer of the year people’s choice award – in pictures 2016 is from The Guardian.

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