{"id":418049,"date":"2026-04-30T08:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/418049\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T08:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:38:18","slug":"comedy-wildlife-awards-peoples-choice-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/418049\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedy Wildlife Awards People\u2019s Choice winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmojx8c3s000x2cp7180wc3my@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A photo of a gannet with grass blowing over its face has been voted winner of the People\u2019s Choice award at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/12\/10\/travel\/comedy-wildlife-awards-winners-2025-scli-intl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmojylssx000a356qykotnck3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cNow which direction is my nest?\u201d by Alison Tuck captures the scene on a windy day at Bempton Cliffs in Yorkshire, England, during nesting season. It \u201cwon convincingly in the public vote\u201d out of a shortlist of 41 photographs, according to a statement from the competition organizers, published Wednesday.\n    <\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1-overall-winner-alex-walker-s-serian-mammal-award-winner-mark-meth-cohn-high-five.jpg\" alt=\"This young gorilla dancing in Rwanda's Virunga Mountains earned the top award in this year's contest for photographer Mark Meth-Cohn.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>      Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmojywa0s000m356q7m7yzdhs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Tuck took the photograph on a \u201cvery breezy day,\u201d she said in the statement.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmojyx2xd000o356qp6stxz3f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThere was an onshore wind which meant we couldn\u2019t shoot from the boat, however the wind played to our favour as the gannets were being pushed towards and up the cliffs giving us ample opportunity to get some lovely close-up images of them collecting grass for their nests,\u201d she added.\n    <\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/04-christy-grinton-bad-hair-day.jpg\" alt=\"\" bad=\"\" hair=\"\" day=\"\" class=\"image_large__dam-img image_large__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_large__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"2001\" width=\"3000\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmojyqbvb000d356qf0bjssg6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Tuck said it was \u201creally exciting\u201d for the photo to have been featured among the Highly Commended images from the wider 2025 awards, which saw British photographer Mark Meth-Cohn win the top prize in December with an image of a dancing gorilla.\n    <\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/07-geoff-martin-hornbill-in-a-hurry.jpg\" alt=\"\" hornbill=\"\" in=\"\" a=\"\" hurry=\"\" class=\"image_large__dam-img image_large__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_large__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"2121\" width=\"3000\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmojys39w000f356qjc3pmwf0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cHowever, being awarded this category is something else and I am really chuffed and grateful to all the people who voted for me,\u201d she said in the statement.\n    <\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/09-henry-szwinto-peekaboo.jpg\" alt=\"\" peekaboo=\"\" class=\"image_large__dam-img image_large__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_large__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"2809\" width=\"3000\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmojyw20u000k356q9nzplgl0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Other shortlisted images include a squirrel having a bad hair day; a southern yellow-billed hornbill making a panicked escape from an approaching Harris\u2019s hawk; and a Sri Lankan elephant playing peek-a-boo with his ears.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A photo of a gannet with grass blowing over its face has been voted winner of the People\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[85,46,141,386],"class_list":["post-418049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}