Winners of bird photographer of the year 2026 – in pictures

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Winners of bird photographer of the year 2026 – in pictures | Photography | The Guardian Skip to main content Skip to navigation Close dialogue 1 / 26 Next image Previous image Toggle caption Print subscriptions Newsletters Sign in US US edition UK edition Australia edition Europe edition International edition The Guardian - Back to home The Guardian News Opinion Sport Culture Lifestyle Show more Hide expanded menu News View all News US news US politics Midterms 2026 World news Climate crisis Middle East Ukraine US immigration Soccer Business Environment Tech Science Newsletters The Filter Wellness Opinion View all Opinion The Guardian view Columnists Letters Opinion videos Cartoons Sport View all Sport Soccer NFL Tennis MLB MLS NBA WNBA NHL F1 Golf Culture View all Culture Film Books Music Art & design TV & radio Stage Classical Games Design a better world Lifestyle View all Lifestyle The Filter Wellness Fashion Food Recipes Love & sex Home & garden Health & fitness Family Travel Money Search input google-search Search Support us Print subscriptions Newsletters Download the app Search jobs Digital Archive Guardian Licensing Live events About Us The Guardian app Video Podcasts Pictures Inside the Guardian Guardian Weekly Crosswords Wordiply Corrections Tips Search input google-search Search Search jobs Digital Archive Guardian Licensing Live events About Us View image in fullscreen Winners of bird photographer of the year 2026 – in pictures Photographers from all over the world entered more than 24,000 images into the world’s largest bird photography competition , with an image of a northern gannet bursting through the ocean’s surface taking the grand prize Overall winner: Sunball Rocket by Henley Spiers. All photographs courtesy of Bird Photographer of the Year Tue 22 Sep 2026 01.00 EDT Share View image in fullscreen Best portrait – gold: Radiant by Thomas Deliberto from the US A male greater sage-grouse during its courtship display in Utah, US. As the sun was rising over the shadowed sagebrush hill behind him, it illuminated the bird’s tail feathers such that they appeared to radiate light Photograph: Thomas Deliberto Share View image in fullscreen Best portrait – silver: Sunset Puffin by Volker Widmann from Germany Atlantic puffin on Skomer Island, UK. I spent several days on Skomer to photograph the puffins in the early morning and late evening, when the day tourists had left the island and you had the birds almost to yourself Photograph: Volker Widmann Share View image in fullscreen Best portrait – bronze: Tiny Dancer by David Stowe from Australia A male western parotia dances in the rainforest of West Papua, Indonesia, in a dazzling attempt to attract a female Photograph: David Stowe Share View image in fullscreen Birds in flight – gold: Eye-to-Eye with a Short-Eared Owl by Ivan Sjögren from Sweden A short-eared owl courses over the salt marshes of British Columbia’s Fraser River delta. This was a magical evening, with five owls feeding around me as dusk fell Photograph: Ivan Sjögren Share View image in fullscreen Birds in flight – silver: Patterns by Alex Pansier from the Netherlands A mesmerising swarm of guillemots in flight in Hornøya, Norway. What first appears as an Escher-like illusion is nature’s own design, organised chaos in motion Photograph: Alex Pansier Share View image in fullscreen Birds in flight – bronze: Lord of the Reedbeds by Patryk Kurc from Poland A bittern flying from reedbed to reedbed in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland, captured from a floating hide against the light of the rising sun Photograph: Patryk Kurc Share View image in fullscreen Black and white – gold: An Ostrich Horizon by Rahul Sachdev from India An ostrich makes its way towards the dry lake bed of Amboseli in Kenya. In black and white, the stark landscape emphasises the bird’s solitary journey across the dust and heat Photograph: Rahul Sachdev Share View image in fullscreen Black and white – silver: Grass Tree by Raoul Slater from Australia At our neighbour’s gate in Pomona, Queensland, is a grass tree, also known as a xanthorrhoea. These slow-growing succulents are native to Australia, and there are 30 species. They produce spectacular flower spikes that drip with nectar, attracting creatures like this little wattlebird, butterflies and native bees Photograph: Raoul Slater Share View image in fullscreen Black and white – bronze: Promenade Preening by Julian Terreros-Martin from Spain A little penguin walks this Tasmanian promenade during the night to reach its burrow tucked safely away in the nearby shrubs Photograph: Julian Terreros-Martin Share View image in fullscreen Bird behaviour – gold: I’m Keeping Everyone Dry by Donald Chin from Australia Rain threads through the forest in Perth, Australia. Camouflaged against bark and shadow, a fledgling tawny frogmouth stretches its wings and appears to be covering its siblings from the water droplets Photograph: Donald Chin Share View image in fullscree