• Photographer: Ezra Boulton
    Category: 16-18 - Winner 2021
    Title: Beauty in chaos
    Description: On this day the sea was really rough, I noticed that down the coast there was a massive rock which had a hole in the middle of it. Every time a wave entered the cave it would explode into a cloud of water vapour. To put a cherry on the cake a herring gull had just landed right in front of the hole. I slightly underexposed and zoomed my lens out, then all I had to do was wait until the right moment. The high contrast photo creates a dramatic and chaotic habitat shot. Although the seagull is small in the frame, I like how your eye is drawn to it straight away. Lands End, Cornwall, UK.

  • Photographer: Jacob Rheams
    Category: 16-18 - Runner-up 2021
    Title: A headless swan?
    Description: This photo shows a swan preening its feathers at Jephson Gardens in Leamington Spa. I have travelled to many amazing destinations around the world to see unique and exotic species, but this image really just shows how some of the best photos and animal experiences can come from those species which can be found on your doorstep. To capture the photo, I sat by the side of the river leam watching a pair of mute swans feeding and preening, I managed to capture this particular photo right at the moment the swans head disappeared behind its wing. Giving a unique and arty image.

  • Photographer: Joshua Myers
    Category: 16-18 - Commended 2021
    Title: Cuteness overload
    Description: This image was taken while I was out photographing Dippers in the Peak District where I was not so savagely attacked by a gang of Ducklings who wanted to take my fingers and shoelaces. It was a very fun and unexpected surprise to top off a nice laid back morning after photographing one of my favourite birds.

  • Photographer: Jake Kneale
    Category: 16-18 - Commended 2021
    Title: Streak of gold
    Description: It's a fantastic experience looking over the railings at the various viewpoints at RSPB Bempton Cliffs. I was struck by the unusual view of the gannets returning back to their nests on the huge cliffs. As the sun set it highlighted the edges of the waves, rocks and birds in gold. East Riding of Yorkshire, England.