{"id":467791,"date":"2026-03-10T12:59:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/467791\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:59:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:59:19","slug":"winning-images-from-the-british-wildlife-photography-awards-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/467791\/","title":{"rendered":"Winning images from the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">More than 12,000 striking images were submitted \u2014 including microscopic slime mould, a close-up of a bee and a glowing lobster \u2014 before the winners of the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2026 were announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">Paul Hobson was chosen as this year\u2019s grand prize winner for his inventive black and white image looking up at a toad kicking across a pond in Sheffield.<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive__Paragraph-sc-1pktst5-0 gaEeqC\">The Young <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bwpawards.org\" class=\"link__RespLink-sc-1ocvixa-0 csWvlP\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">British Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026<\/a> was awarded to Ben Lucas for his picture of a mute swan cygnet taking a nap on its sibling\u2019s back. He said: \u201cNature can often be so cruel, but tender moments like this warm my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A black and white image of a toad swimming in a pond, creating ripples on the water's surface, with reflections of bare tree branches visible through the water.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/\/3db6c5ad-4d81-44f6-96e3-fae8af905197.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The winning image, taken from the bottom of a pond surrounded by trees<\/p>\n<p>PAUL HOBSON\/BRITISH WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A young mute swan cygnet sleeping on a dark, feathery surface.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/\/90eb057f-49fa-4df6-8284-228469c5a505.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The top picture in the young photographer category of a peacefully sleeping cygnet<\/p>\n<p>BEN LUCAS\/BRITISH WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Dipper bird standing on a mossy rock in a river with cascading water.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/\/22bdf9b2-fca1-4cc0-9cce-1444c631cf8b.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A dipper, so called for their bobbing or dipping movements, perches on a rock as water flows fast around it in the Derbyshire Dales<\/p>\n<p>MARC HUMPHREY\/BRITISH WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Slime Moulds and a Water Droplet, a winning photo in the Botanical Britain category of the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2026.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/\/d4d608e9-5345-4c56-b5e2-ba4bbdd4b85d.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A water droplet caught on slime mould creates an otherworldly insight into the microscopic world around us<\/p>\n<p>BARRY WEBB\/BRITISH WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pine marten standing on its hind legs on a mossy rock.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/\/e4377475-de97-43f7-b3fc-8164a14b7e0b.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A pine marten, with its distinctive markings in perfect focus, is captured having spotted the photographer<\/p>\n<p>ALASTAIR MARSH\/BRITISH WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A spiny squat lobster glowing neon green under UV light, on a red and pink coral reef.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/\/a406b3ac-e4a0-44ed-8525-b2c4f1d15320.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A spiny squat lobster glows bright green during a night dive in Inveraray, Loch Fyne<\/p>\n<p>JAMES LYNOTT\/BRITISH WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Common frog tadpole inside a clear egg casing.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/\/5d2de8c0-4abb-43ba-abbb-361e04e03eab.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A snapshot of a common frog tadpole inside its clear egg. It still has its tail but has started to grow both sets of legs<\/p>\n<p>JULIAN TERREROS-MARTIN\/BRITISH WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A red fox curled up and sleeping on the driver's seat of an orange tractor.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/\/fbebb588-511d-4df0-9b92-bcbf137799b6.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>An opportunistic fox decided this alfresco driver\u2019s seat was the perfect place for a nap in Gloucestershire<\/p>\n<p>SIMON WITHYMAN\/BRITISH WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Close-up of a leaf-cutter bee in a hole.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/\/a7cc9bf4-ffce-42c5-9af6-54f71d78119a.jpg\" class=\"responsive-sc-1nnon4d-0 bAbKns\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A brilliantly detailed portrait of a leafcutter bee looking out from the hole it has made as its nest<\/p>\n<p>JAMIE SMART\/BRITISH WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 12,000 striking images were submitted \u2014 including microscopic slime mould, a close-up of a bee and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-467791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}