Flock and awe! The incredible winning 入ること／参加（者）s in the 2019 Bird Photographer of the Year 競争

This image was taken in the Brazilian 明言する／公表する of Maranh?o and earned Canadian 示す つつく／ペック an honourable について言及する in the birds in the 環境 部類. He said: 'As a 雷雨 脅すd, I 長，率いるd 支援する to our shorebird 研究 （軍の）野営地，陣営 before the rain 攻撃する，衝突する. Each day, the 地元の fishermen would ride their bikes out to the shore and check their 逮捕するs at low tide. Any fish caught would be placed in the baskets and then the bikes would be placed over the 最高の，を越す to 保護する them from birds that were also fishing in the area. In this 事例／患者, a 広大な／多数の／重要な white egret 根気よく waits for the fisherman to return with his catch while a sanderling goes about his 商売／仕事'

Left is a picture of a rufous-tailed hummingbird in Costa Rica, snapped by Cat Edwardes from the UK. It received an honourable について言及する in the creative imagery 部類. On the 権利 is a 雪の降る，雪の多い フクロウ in Saskatchewan, Canada, snapped by Canadian Chad Larsen. This image was a gold award 勝利者?in the garden and 都市の birds 部類

Mesmerising: This image of Eurasian starlings in the Negev 砂漠 in イスラエル earned UK photographer Chris Gomersall an honourable について言及する?in the garden and 都市の birds 部類

Jozsef Gergely, from Serbia, 発射 this picture of a grey heron in his home country and received a silver award in the bird behaviour 部類 for it. It was taken at a fish farm. Jozsef said: 'As you can imagine, the 豊富 of corralled fish 行為／法令／行動するs like a magnet for fish-eating birds such as the grey heron. This particul ar individual caught my 注目する，もくろむ. にもかかわらず its size and 本体，大部分／ばら積みの it was doing an 極端に good 職業 balancing on one of the fishing 逮捕するs'

This picture of a ありふれた kingfisher was a silver award 勝利者 in the best portrait 部類 and was snapped at a bus stop in Hertfordshire by Briton Ben Andrew. He said: 'This image of a bold young Kingfisher was taken during the winter months. The bird spent time in the middle of a town centre, fishing around ornamental water gardens that are surrounded by shops, roads and a car park. The kingfisher 定期的に spent time perched on railings waiting to 急落（する），激減（する） into the water below. This 位置／汚点／見つけ出す was 権利 next to the bus stop, so I positioned myself looking along the railings and waited for a bus to arrive. Luckily the buses in the town are blue, perfectly matching the Kingfisher's plumage. So it was just a 事柄 of waiting and hoping a bus （機の）カム along with its lights on while the bird was sitting there!'

The Young Bird Photographer of the Year silver award went to American Madeline Nolan for this picture of a rufous hummingbird in Colorado

Tamas Koncz-Bisztricz, from Hungary, took this 発射 of a soda lake in his home country and is this year's Young Bird Photographer of the Year

Cobalt-winged parakeets are the 星／主役にするs o f this 'birds in flight' bronze-award 発射, taken in Ecuador by Liron Gertsman from Canada. And it was やめる an 成果／努力 to get it. He said: 'Scattered throughout the アマゾン 水盤／入り江 are hundreds of clay licks where parrots, parakeets and macaws come to eat clay and 中立にする／無効にする the acidic fruits that they eat. Getting to the clay lick (and watering 穴を開ける) where I took this photo 要求するd a 地域の flight, a three-hour boat ride upstream, and a short canoe ride to get to base （軍の）野営地，陣営. From base （軍の）野営地，陣営, it took another short boat ride and a 30-minute 引き上げ（る） each day to get to the clay lick. It took many hours of waiting over three days before we were 扱う／治療するd to the sight of hundreds of cobalt-winged parakeets raining 負かす／撃墜する on the forest 床に打ち倒す. Seeing them and 審理，公聴会 the deafening roar of parakeet chatter was an experience I don't think I'll ever forget. After they drank the mineral rich-water and ate some clay, it was over. This photo 逮捕（する）s the 大混乱 as the parakeets took to the 空気／公表する. I used a slow shutter 速度(を上げる） to 伝える movement'

This beautiful image of a long-tailed duck in Norway e arned German photographer ツバメ Eschholz a bronze award in the garden and 都市の birds 部類?

This cattle egret was snapped in Botswana by William Steel and earned him a bronze award in the best portrait 部類. He said: 'A southern white rhino continues grazing unaware of the bounty on its 長，率いる, as a western cattle egret searches for insects 紅潮／摘発するd from the grass. The rhino is indifferent to the presence of the bird, while the egret 利益s from the rhino's movement and foraging. It unwittingly 乱すs insects 隠すd in the grass. For me, the image is such an emotive depiction - a juxtaposition between dark and light, hope and 不確定. While the cattle egret takes centre 行う／開催する／段階 the rhino can be seen fading into the background, indicative of the 種類' 早い 拒絶する／低下する'

Beak 条件: Nikunj Patel from the U.S landed a gold award in the birds in flight 部類 for this image of a 黒人／ボイコット skimmer in New Jersey

This image of emperor penguins in Antarctica was taken by UK photographer ツバメ Grace, who earned a gold award in the inspirational 遭遇（する）s 部類 for it. He said: 'I 発射 a few images then put the camera away, and for 15 minutes it was just me, the emperors and heaven'

In the attention to 詳細（に述べる） 部類 it was UK photographer Start Petch who was given the bronze award for this image of a Eurasian sparrowhawk. It shows the very finest feathers - the 負かす／撃墜する - on a male sparrowhawk's breast

An honourable について言及する in the best portrait 部類 went to Spanish photographer Arturo de Frias for this picture of a Svalbard 激しく揺する ptarmigan in Norway

Ariel Fields from イスラエル took this picture of a little フクロウ and earned a young bird photographer of the year bronze award?

Silver in the garden and 都市の birds 部類 went to Canadian Meera Sulaiman for this picture of trumpeter swans in Ontario. 'This part of Lake Ontario,' the photographer said, 'is regarded as the biggest 有毒な coal-tar deposit in Canada, a by-製品 of more than 100 years of 産業の waste. Its （人命などを）奪う，主張する to fame is 存在 the largest and most 汚染するd 場所／位置 on the Canadian 味方する of the 広大な／多数の／重要な Lakes. However, it is also a winter home for trumpeter Swans.' They are one of? the heaviest 飛行機で行くing birds

An honourable について言及する in the attention to 詳細（に述べる） 部類 went to U.S snapper Carolina Fraser for this picture of a 広大な／多数の／重要な northern diver in British Columbia, Canada

Indian photographer Yashodhan Bhatia earned an honourable について言及する in the portrait 部類 for this picture of a little swift on 最高の-急速な／放蕩な manoeuvres in Gujarat

This hypnotic image of a 広大な／多数の／重要な egret in Sweden landed Swedish photographer Hans Olsson an honourable について言及する in the birds in the 環境 部類

軽食 attack: A 広大な／多数の／重要な white pelican opens wide for a fish at London zoo. This image earned Peruvian photographer Pedro Jarque Krebs an honourable について言及する in the creative imagery 部類

A welcome swallow in South Australia snapped by Georgina Steytler. It earned the Australian a silver award in the birds in flight 部類

This snap of a little egret in Hungary won silver in the attention to 詳細（に述べる） 部類 for?Csaba T?k?lyi (left).?Diana Andersen, from Australia, earned an honourable について言及する in the attention to 詳細（に述べる） 部類 for this image of an Australian pelican (権利)

The gold 勝利者 in the attention to 詳細（に述べる） 部類, 発射 in No rway by?Pal Hermansen (left).?Bird Photographer of the Year 勝利者 Caron Steele (権利)