Winners of the 2024 Bird Photographer of the Year awards

Image: Bird Photographer of the Year/Princeton University Press

Yesterday, we got to see the winners of the 2024 Ocean Photographer awards. Today, we're taking to the opposite domain; the winners of the 2024 Bird Photographer of the Year awards have been announced.

The competition, which has been running since 2016, drew over 23,000 submissions, according to its organizers. Photographer of the Year is partnered with Birds on the Brink, a charity that gives grants to bird conservation efforts.

The winning images will be on display at various venues throughout the United Kingdom over the next year.

You can view the silver and bronze finalists, as well as honorable mentions for each category, on the Bird Photographer of the Year website. The site also shows the winners of the Portfolio and Conservation Awards, which are given for a series of images rather than a single image.

Bird Photographer of the Year Winner - Patricia Homonylo, Canada

Image: Patricia Homonylo

The overall winner this year is Patricia Homonylo for her photo entitled When Worlds Collide. According to the organizers, the image depicts over 4,000 birds that died from running into windows in the city of Toronto.

Homonylo works with the Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP), a charity that aims to save birds who have run into windows after mistaking reflections for the sky. FLAP also works to raise awareness of the issue and ways to make homes safer for migratory birds.

The photo also won the Conservation (Single Image) category.

Young Bird Photographer of the Year - Andrés Luis Domínguez Blanco, Spain

Image: Andrés Luis Domínguez Blanco, age 14

Title: Perspective

Best Portrait - Alan Murphy, USA

Image: Alan Murphy

Title: Winter Pink

Birds in the Environment - Kat Zhou, USA

Image: Kat Zhou

Title: Immersion

Bird Behaviour - Nathaniel Peck, USA

Image: Nathaniel Peck

Title: Scavenger

Birds in Flight - Hermis Haridas, India

Image: Hermis Haridas

Title: Dawn's Whispers

Black and White - David Stowe, Australia

Image: David Stowe

Title: Hippo Impression

Urban Birds - Grzegorz Długosz, Poland

Image: Grzegorz Długosz

Title: Treacherous Journey

Comedy Bird Photo - Nadia Haq, USA

Image: Nadia Haq

Title: A Modern Dancer

15-17 years - Emil Wagner, Germany

Image: Emil Wagner

Title: Human and Nature

11 and under - Julian Mendla, Germany

Image: Julian Mendla

Title: Turbulent Fish Hunt

Video Award - Malkolm Boothroyd

Image: Malkolm Boothroyd

Our slideshow tool doesn't support videos, but you can watch this year's winner, titled Into a World of Ice, below.