{"id":357656,"date":"2025-12-19T05:43:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T05:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/357656\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T05:43:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T05:43:19","slug":"20-of-the-best-entries-for-the-rspca-young-photographer-awards-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/357656\/","title":{"rendered":"20 of the best entries for the RSPCA Young Photographer Awards 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>20 of the best entries for the RSPCA Young Photographer Awards 2025    <\/p>\n<p>, The Times<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Silhouette of a stag exhaling breath illuminated by golden light against a black background.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\/e2e348a0-d36d-4753-95d4-2702d3692c6a.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Golden stag: Thomas Durrant, 17, of London, was declared the overall winner for this picture taken in Richmond Park. \u201cEverything came together \u2014 the stag, the light, the positioning,\u201d he said. \u201cI live near Richmond Park so I\u2019m often there taking photographs of the red deer. I\u2019ve spent hours there perfecting my shots of them and over time, you get to know them. They\u2019ve all got individual personalities and attitudes\u201d<\/p>\n<p>THOMAS DURRANT<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Badger leaping in a field of golden stubble, illuminated by the low sun.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\/17ffe03e-a061-4c15-85bb-61db954a60ee.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Leaping into the golden wild: Shelby Grant, 15, of Hatfield, won the 12-15 category for this shot of a badger running through a newly cut field at sunset<\/p>\n<p>SHELBY GRANT<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A robin with an open beak, perched on a branch surrounded by pink cherry blossoms.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\/b0579518-7bd4-4dc9-85ad-562278fb4e9b.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A blossom perch: Sam Morris was commended in the 12-15 category for this picture of a robin<\/p>\n<p>SAM MORRIS<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Barn owl with white face and grey and brown spotted feathers, looking over its shoulder against an orange and green blurred background.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\/45a3be62-9481-437a-83cf-233920c6adba.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Golden hour barny: James Clark\u2019s barn owl was commended in the 12-15 category<\/p>\n<p>JAMES CLARK<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A cormorant with a fish in its beak, surrounded by water droplets against a dark background.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\/6ec68aac-38a3-4d0e-b5b0-022e2f0069be.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Splash of survival: Ben Lucas was commended in the 16-18 category<\/p>\n<p>BEN LUCAS<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A tiny, dark-feathered baby bird with a light beak rests in a blue crocheted nest next to a bottle of Troy B-Complex.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\/31620e37-56e6-4dbd-a26b-a9c2ef1802f9.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Crochet comfort: Jamie Smart was runner-up in the Better World for Animals category with this picture of a rescued baby bird<\/p>\n<p>JAMIE SMART<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A red-backed shrike perches amidst green leaves and white-pink flowers.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\/a72c484b-2380-423b-9a6a-8241ebfa46f2.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Red-backed shrike in Cambridgeshire: Jack Brackley, 13, was the Better World for Animals winner with his picture of a rare red-backed shrike at RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes, the first to be spotted in the county since 2021 and only the 22nd since 1980<\/p>\n<p>JACK BRACKLEY<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A close-up of a bat being fed by a syringe, with its tongue out.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\/5e08540f-d683-4641-a031-0b74f5ac961a.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Caped crusaders: Jamie Smart, 10, of Llandrindod Wells, Wales, was the inaugural winner of the Documenting Animals category. The brief was three photos which told a story, and one of them was this shot of a grey-headed flying fox being rehabilitated at Australia Zoo in Queensland<\/p>\n<p>JAMIE SMART<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Black bird with white head flying with an egg in its mouth over a cliff and the ocean.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\/8e30c6c1-466c-42b8-b84d-94a1ff9192d8.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Life and death on the cliffs: Eilidh Shannon was the Documenting Animals runner-up with her shot of an egg theft<\/p>\n<p>EILIDH SHANNON<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A hiding hedgehog peeks out from under a colorful blanket, resting on newspaper.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\/16c3a69f-a461-4b42-bb48-c23dd5bec319.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A hiding hedgehog: Polly Bradbury was commended in the Mobile Phone and Devices category for this cosy picture<\/p>\n<p>POLLY BRADBURY<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A dog looking down into a hole in the sand.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\/c9ecb306-c901-4799-b4c9-f00514a7d12a.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dig, dig, dig: Casper White was runner-up in the Mobile Phone and Devices category<\/p>\n<p>CASPER WHITE<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A dog lying on its back in the grass with its mouth open, seen from a low angle.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\/c0e56244-d826-428f-bf95-25ed5dd11a6f.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Garden goof: Satsuki Whittle, 13, of Newcastle, won the Pet Personalities category with this snap of her dog, Rex, lounging in the garden<\/p>\n<p>SATSUKI WHITTLE<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A guinea pig with brown and white fur, named Pip, looking at the camera.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\/ed374618-a78e-41b7-b5ad-df87fdffc44c.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Pip: another triumph for Jamie Smart, who was Pet Portraits runner-up. Entries were judged anonymously, underlining Jamie\u2019s achievement<\/p>\n<p>JAMIE SMART<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Close-up of a bee on a white flower with an orange center, surrounded by other white flowers.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\/716bccab-9e29-422a-9f98-3efe6669daf0.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Autumnal bee: Thomas Easterbrook was commended in the Small World category<\/p>\n<p>THOMAS EASTERBROOK<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Close-up of a baboon embracing a younger baboon.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\/daa1a64d-f224-41d5-b6f0-8883087bdb6a.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Motherly love: Jamie Smart was runner-up in the Under 12 category with this picture of a mother baboon and her baby<\/p>\n<p>JAMIE SMART<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Happy Hugo, a turtle with a light shell, swims towards the camera.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\/17dc4f81-3284-4b22-8d40-8b2376ced036.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Happy Hugo: Jamie Smart, commended in the Under 12 category<\/p>\n<p>JAMIE SMART<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A small brown bird with its beak open wide, perched on a barbed wire fence.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\/7feb03ba-9f2a-4cda-baa2-ae3ed18a6584.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Open wide: another commended for Jamie Smart in the Under 12 category<\/p>\n<p>JAMIE SMART<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A small bird with brown and white feathers peeking out from a circular pipe opening in a stone wall, next to a green plant.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\/44324bff-b882-4c33-a518-0c012bfe4ab0.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Looking out into a concrete jungle: Sam O\u2019Donnell, 17, of London, won the Urban Animals category with his shot of a sand martin at his local reserve in Walthamstow Wetlands<\/p>\n<p>SAM O\u2019DONNELL<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A white egret splashing in water, seen from above, its reflection visible, against a dark background.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/\/77e4efc0-861a-49ac-a9a6-09cb2e88bfce.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The ethereal egret: Fred Wall was commended in the 16-18 category for this shot of an egret breaking the surface of water<\/p>\n<p>FRED WALL<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">For more pictures from The Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thetimes\/\" class=\"link__RespLink-sc-1ocvixa-0 csWvlP\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">follow us on Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"20 of the best entries for the RSPCA Young Photographer Awards 2025 , The Times Golden stag: Thomas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-357656","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}