When Naples Daily News and Fort Myers News-Press photojournalist Andrew West is not documenting events, high school sports or assignments for news, he enjoys documenting nature.

Southwest Florida certainly does deliver in its preserves, estuaries, Gulf shore and throughout even the hi-rises and subdivisions.

West monitors a remote camera trap system that he has set up at Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed where he captures all kinds of wildlife from Florida panthers to opossum. Beyond that, he is always on the lookout for the beauty that Southwest Florida has to offer.

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Take a look back at some of his best nature images from 2025.

A flock of roseate spoonbills come in for a landing at New Pass between Lovers Key and Bonita Springs beach on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025.

A flock of roseate spoonbills come in for a landing at New Pass between Lovers Key and Bonita Springs beach on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025.

A tri colored heron preens at J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge’s Bailey Tract on Sanibel on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025.

A tri colored heron preens at J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge’s Bailey Tract on Sanibel on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025.

A collared male Florida panther passes through Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed in early May of 2025. Photographed with a remote camera trap system. The rare cats use CREW as a hunting grounds and wildlife corridor.

A collared male Florida panther passes through Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed in early May of 2025. Photographed with a remote camera trap system. The rare cats use CREW as a hunting grounds and wildlife corridor.

A fish is tossed in the air by a hungry anhiinga on Sanibel on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.

A fish is tossed in the air by a hungry anhiinga on Sanibel on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.

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A wayward coyote made its way onto the ledge of the parking garage at the Luminary Hotel in downtown Fort Myers on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. Members of the Fort Myers Police Department, Fort Myers Fire Department and Florida Fish and Wildlife responded to the scene along with a crowd of curious onlookers. The coyote jumped back into the garage and made its way safely out of the garage and was seen heading towards Fort Myers.

A wayward coyote made its way onto the ledge of the parking garage at the Luminary Hotel in downtown Fort Myers on Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. Members of the Fort Myers Police Department, Fort Myers Fire Department and Florida Fish and Wildlife responded to the scene along with a crowd of curious onlookers. The coyote jumped back into the garage and made its way safely out of the garage and was seen heading towards Fort Myers.

A mother otter and her pups feed and frolick in the waters at Six Mile Cypress Slough in Fort Myers on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.

A mother otter and her pups feed and frolick in the waters at Six Mile Cypress Slough in Fort Myers on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.

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This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: Southwest Florida’s wildlife photographed in 2025 by Andrew West