Overall Winner 2018
Bastien Riu (Fr) | Flight
Category Birds
Bence Maté (HUN) | Meeting point
Category winner
Jayesh Joshi (IND) | Freedom
Runner-up
Dimas Serneguet Belda (ESP) | Fly
Highly Commended
Jonathan Lhoir (FR) | Crow
Highly Commended
Pere Soler Isern (ESP) | The meeting
Highly Commended
Piet Haaksma (NL) | I see you…..
Highly Commended
Category Mammals
Pere Soler Isern (ESP) | Orix escape
Category winner
Kevin Morgans (UK) | Bad hair day
Runner-up
Marc Costermans (BE) | Catching fruits
Runner-up
Andreas Hemb (SWE) | Old Buffalo and the moon
Highly Commended
Marc Mol (CH) | Leopard scout
Highly Commended
Marco Gaiotti (IT) | Storm
Highly Commended
Rupert Kogler (AUT) | His holiness
Highly Commended
Category Other Animals
Bastien Riu (Fr) | Flight
Category winner
Radomir Jakubowski (GER) | Gomero wall gekko
Runner-up
Giuseppe Bonali (IT) | Parachute
Runner-up
Yong Miao (CHN) | Hide
Highly Commended
Rubén Pérez (ESP) | Novo Sinous road
Highly Commended
Category Plants and Fungi
Bart-Siebelink (NL) | Protea
Category Winner
Andrés Miguel Domínguez (ESP) | Thaw
Runner-up
Csaba Daróczi (HUN) | Twins
Highly commended
Uge Fuertes Sanz (ESP) | Foam in the river
Highly commended
Salvador Colvee Nebot (ESP) | Magic forest
Highly commended
Category Landscape
Pere Soler Isern (ESP) | Frozen world
Category Winner
Daisy Gilardini (CAN) | Arctic reflections
Runner-up
Fabrizio Moglia (ITA) | Colostral salt pond
Highly commended
Audun Rikardsen (NOR) | Colours after a storm
Highly commended
Jorge Ruizdel Olmo (ESP) | Moonrise over Pico Astun
Highly commended
Leonardo Papèra (ITA) | The last breath of light
Highly commended
Uge Fuertes Sanz (ESP) | Autumn river
Highly commended
Category Underwater
Marchione Giacomo (ITA) | The balcony
Category Winner
Songda Cai (CHN) | Get out of my house
Runner-up
Adriano Morettin (ITA) | Under the stars
Highly commended
Audun Rikardsen (NOR) | Killer whale in polar night
Highly commended
Songda Cai (CHN) | Bubbles
Highly commended
Category Nature Art
Uge Fuertes Sanz (ESP) | Sisimbrium from above
Category Winner
Hernan Bua (ESP) | The green river
Runner-up
Henri Koskinen (FIN) | Crystals of citric acid
Highly commended
Csaba Daróczi (HUN) | Two forests
Highly commended
Jayesh Joshi (IND) | Geometry In nature
Highly commended
Category Man and Nature
Aaron Gekoski (UK) | Urang utang in bikini
Category Winner
Murcia Requena Francisco Javier (ESP) | Life among garbage
Runner-up
Paolo Meroni (ITA) | Kestrels window
Highly commended
Terry Whittaker (UK) | The fox and the commuter train
Highly commended
Tom Schandy (NOR) | The tiger cub and the paparazzi
Highly commended
Category Black and White
Dvir Barkay (USA) | Sidelit Shoebill
Category Winner
Shane Kalyn (CAN) | Painted Cormorans
Runner-up
David Lloyd (UK) | Lions at breakfast
Highly commended
David Lloyd (UK) | Hippo Drama
Highly commended
Category Yought
Carla Rivas (ESP) | Polar fox in evening light
Category Winner
Sitara Karthikeyan (IND) | Sweet dreams
Runner-up
Agasthya Karthikeyan (IND) | Walking on cloud nine
Highly commended
Carlos Perez (ESP) | Naval Jump in the canopy
Highly commended
Grzegorz Długosz (POL) | Ballet dancer
Highly commended
Category Fred Hazelhoff Portfolio Award
Neil Aldridge (UK) | Cruisin
A red fox (Vulpes vulpes) known as Foxy travels with his head out of a car window on his way to being walked in woodland east of London by his veterinarian owner/carer. Foxy was found abandoned as a tiny cub but now lives a semi-wild life.
Neil Aldridge (UK) | Justice?
A farmer holds the dead body of a fox (Vulpes vulpes) and the two hens that it killed at a free range poultry farm in the West of England.
Neil Aldridge (UK) | Coup de Grace
A gamekeeper performs a coup de grace on a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) by cutting its throat with a knife after shooting it with a rifle during a night time fox control patrol on an estate in rural Scotland. Foxes are routinely controlled in rural Britain by farmers, gamekeepers and, controversially, wildlife conservation organisations. Shooting and other measures of control are carried out in efforts to protect populations of other species, often ground nesting birds which are shot for sport.
Neil Aldridge (UK) | Horses, Hounds and Huntsmen
The master and his hounds lead England’s oldest fox hunt – the Berkeley Hunt – out from the town of Thornbury to the applause of local country folk. Fox hunting was outlawed in Britain in 2005 but many hunts defy the law and keep the tradition alive in the belief that it will soon be legalised once again.
Neil Aldridge (UK) | Standing Up for the Ban
Conservationists and supporters of animal rights march in London to protest against the British Government’s plans to vote on repealing the ban on fox hunting and plans to expand the controversial badger cull.
Neil Aldridge (UK) | Nocturnal Neighbour
A young red fox (Vulpes vulpes) steps out from its den behind a shed in a garden in a suburb of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Urban fox populations often suffer from mange outbreaks and this youngster is showing early signs of the disease in its coat and eyes, making its future uncertain. The health, size and a boldness of Britain’s urban fox population draws great debate, but their adaptability has made them successful in their modern environment, meaning that we must learn to live alongside them.
Neil Aldridge (UK) | Traffic Casualty
A red fox (Vulpes vulpes) lies dead on a country road after being hit by a car. Road deaths are one of the biggest killers of foxes and one of the greatest causes of cub abandonment.
Neil Aldridge (UK) | In caring hands
A badly injured male fox (Vulpes vulpes) which was found after being hit by a vehicle is checked over before being given treatment for his wounds at the Fox Project in Kent.
Neil Aldridge (UK) | Feeding Time
A tiny red fox (Vulpes vulpes) cub is hand fed at a vet surgery east of London after being found abandoned by its mother.
Neil Aldridge (UK) | Living with Foxes
‘Sweetie’ the rescued red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is dried off after his bath by his owner/carer Mike.
Neil Aldridge (UK) | Return to Freedom
A wild-born red fox (Vulpes vulpes) prepares to leave a cage and return to the wild in North Somerset after being found abandoned at a young age and rehabilitated at a wildlife rescue centre.