First take a look at Wildlife Photographer of the Year 61

Every 12 months, the pink deer stags in Bradgate Park, UK, collect to compete for the females. As Jamie walked by means of the lengthy grass, she needed to stretch herself up tall to get simply the precise place to seize this stag as he raised his head to bellow.

Each deer sheds and regrows its antlers yearly. The variety of factors on this male present that it’s an skilled male who’s seemingly competed many instances earlier than.

Ice Edge Journey by Bertie Gregory

Bertie caught the second when a gaggle of fledgling emperor penguin chicks had been about to take a 15-metre plunge from an ice cliff down into the freezing Antarctic Ocean.

Every 12 months, penguin chicks should make the perilous solo journey from the nesting grounds to the water’s edge. As the Antarctic warms due to the local weather disaster, this journey is turning into increasingly perilous.

Toxic Tip by Lakshitha Karunarathna

A solitary elephant navigates its manner by means of a waste disposal website in Sri Lanka.

Lakshitha has been recording the battle that arises between individuals and the roughly 7,500 elephants on the island. Unfortunately, this commonly consists of those who forage for meals amongst Sri Lanka’s open garbage dumps.

Pink Pose by Leana Kuster

The intensive wetlands of Camargue in southern France are a haven for every kind of waterbirds, together with considered one of Europe’s most recognisable avian residents: the better flamingo.

As Leana watched these elongated birds transfer gracefully by means of the shallows, she couldn’t miss the second when one raised its lengthy legs to sate an itch on its head.

Deadly Lesson by Marina Cano

This arresting picture reveals the brutal nature of how the world’s quickest land predator learns its survival expertise.

Three younger cheetah cubs had been practising how one can hunt in Samburu National Reserve, Kenya, when considered one of them caught an unlucky dik-dik antelope. Not lengthy after Marina took this picture, the little animal was rapidly dispatched by the siblings.

Fragile River of Life by Isaac Szabo

By wrapping his toes round a drowned tree to remain regular, Isaac documented a scene that has been occurring virtually unchanged in Florida’s rivers for some 100 million years.

Longnose gar and their relations have been round for the reason that time of the dinosaurs, making this second during which a feminine spawns within the crystal-clear waters all that extra particular.

Wake-up Call by Gabriella Comi

Two of Africa’s most spectacular predators come nose to nose within the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

The scene unfolded in entrance of Gabriella, as a pair of sleeping lions had been awoken by a cobra slithering in the direction of them over the rocks. Within seconds, one of many cats was going through down the snake, giving Gabriella the right shot.

Jelly Smack Summer by Ralph Pace

Swimming by means of a mass, or ‘smack’, of jellyfish gained’t attraction to many individuals. But for Ralph it offered the right setting for an other-worldly picture of swarming sea nettles.

Smearing each little bit of uncovered pores and skin with petroleum jelly, Ralph was capable of float among the many animals protected against their trailing stinging tentacles.

Nature Reclaims Its Space by Sitaram Raul

Sitting in complete darkness as he might really feel the bats flying throughout him, Sitaram pointed his digital camera and targeted it the place he hoped the animals can be.

A flash of sunshine reveals the chaotic flutter of fruit bats as they go away their roost within the ruins of a historic monument in Banda, India. No matter how massive our city constructions, nature will ultimately reclaim them.

Clouds of Gold by Jassen Todorov

The nonetheless waters of San Francisco’s salt ponds kind a crystal-clear mirror, reflecting the rolling clouds and golden gentle above.

Salt has been collected on this area for the reason that 1800s. In the final twenty years, conservation initiatives have returned this intertidal surroundings to the salt marshes that had been initially there.

Essence of Kamchatka by Kesshav Vikram

As the Iliinsky volcano rises within the background by means of a curtain of cloud on the Kamchatksa Peninsula, a solitary brown bear strolls alongside the shoreline.

Despite putting a lonely determine on the seaside, the bear was on its option to be part of many different members of its species. Every 12 months the caldera lake is the spawning floor for stockeye salmon on which the bears collect yearly to feast.

No Place Like Home by Emmanuel Tardy

Emmanuel waited for the crowds to disperse earlier than taking this image of a poor, confused brown-throated three-toed sloth. It had simply crossed a street and made a beeline for the very first thing that resembled a tree.

Unfortunately, because the sloth’s forest properties grow to be extra fragmented, extra of them should descend from the security of the timber as they transfer round. The Costa Rican authorities is now working to assist set up aerial bridges to guard them.

A Tale of Two Coyotes by Parham Pourahmad

Don’t be fooled by these wily coyotes, as there are literally two on this picture taken in Bernal Heights Park, San Francisco.

While following this pair of siblings throughout the rocky hillside, Parham managed to get the right shot during which the brother’s amber eyes had been framed by the sister’s black-tipped tail.

Slime Family Portrait by Kutub Uddin

Looking a bit like blueberries on a stalk, these completely shaped slime moulds caught the eye of Kutub as he was exploring Slindon Wood, UK.

Measuring simply a few millimetres throughout, the moulds are literally a neighborhood of single-celled amoeba-like organisms that come collectively to search out meals and reproduce.