British Wildlife Photography Awards 2010

Ben has won the habitat category for the second year running and received a highly commended in the seasons category with a portfolio of 4 Winter images.

Mountain hare resting in its form in the snow

Habitat category – winner

Long-tailed tits in snowfall

British Seasons – Highly commended

Grey seal in snowfall

British Seasons category – Highly commended

Red grouse in blizzard

British Seasons category – Highly commended

Mountain hare in snowfall

British Seasons category – Highly commended

British Wildlife Photography Awards 2009

Ben has won two categories and received two highly commended awards in the new British Wildlife Photography Awards.

Gannet portrait
Animal portraits category - Winner

Fallow buck at dawn
Habitat category - Winner

Gannet in flight
Coast and marine category – Highly commended

Red deer stags fighting at dusk
Animal behaviour category – Highly commended

‘Nature’s Best’ Windland Smith Rice International Awards (USA) 2008

Goldeneye displaying
Animal antics category – Highly honoured winner

‘Geographical’ Photographer of the Year 2007

Ben’s image of two great crested grebes courting at dawn recently won the wildlife category of ‘Geographical’ magazine Photographer of the Year. For more details, please see the February 2007 issue of ‘Geographical’.

Greast crested grebes courting at dawn
Wildlife category - Winner

Judges comments from “Geographical”

“Wildlife undoubtedly had the highest overall standard of all the categories and was the most difficult to judge. This image edged out the competition thanks to its combination of technical excellence, subtle detail and endearing subject matter” Colin Finlay

“Beautiful backlighting and a whisper of breath give this image a calm but captivating presence” Keith Wilson

‘Nature’s Best’ Windland Smith Rice International Awards (USA) 2006

Ben has received no less than six highly honoured awards in this years ‘Nature’s Best’ Photography Awards. This competition is one of the most prestigious of it’s kind in the world and attracted entries from over 28 countries. This is the greatest number of winning images that any one photographer has ever had in the history of this major international competition.

Dipper resting on waterfall
Birds category – Highly honoured winner

Great crested grebes courting at dawn
Birds category – Highly honoured winner

Mountain hare at dusk
Wildlife category – Highly honoured winner

Long-tailed tits in snowfall
Birds category – Highly honoured winner

Crocus and fly
Backyard habitat category – Highly honoured winner

Long-tailed tit feeding
Animal antics - Highly honoured winner

‘Birdwatch’ Digital Photography Awards 2006

Ben has won the Birds of Britain category of Europe’s ‘Birdwatch’ Digital photography Awards with his image of courting grebes. The awards ceremony took place in Cologne, Germany to coincide with the famous Photokina Photography Fair.

Great crested grebes courting at dawn
Birds of Britain category - Winner