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Stunning underwater images snap up wins at BWPA
The British Wildlife Photography Awards 2019 celebrate a decade of British Wildlife
To mark its tenth anniversary and help raise awareness about our coast; its incredible biodiversity and the threats it is facing BWPA have expanded the Coast and Marine category to include British and Irish Coastlines within four separate categories; Wales, Scotland, England, and Northern Ireland & the Coast of Ireland.
The British Wildlife Photography Awards proudly announce the winners for 2019. The awards celebrate both the work of amateur and professional photographers and the beauty and diversity of British wildlife. Winning images are chosen from thousands of entries in fifteen separate categories including a category for film and two junior categories to encourage young people to connect with nature through photography.
Winning Underwater Images
Animal Portraits
Peering Through the Darkness (Small-spotted catshark), Loch Fyne, Argyll and Bute, Mark Kirkland
Coast and Marine
Overall Coast and Marine winner & Winner of Scotland category
Seal in Seaweed Garden (Grey seal), Isle of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Argyll and Bute, Alex Mustard
Coast and Marine England
Stalked Jellyfish and Rissoa Snail, Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, Paul Pettitt
Coast and Marine Northern Ireland and Coast of Ireland
Mauve Stinger, Malin Beg, Donegal, County Donegal, Ireland, Trevor Rees
Coast and Marine Wales
Plaice Face (Plaice), Criccieth Beach, Gwynedd, Mark Thomas
12-18 Years
Spiny Starfish, Falmouth, Cornwall, Jacob Guy (Age 18)
These images have been published from British Wildlife Photography Awards 10 published by Ammonite Press, RRP £25, Available online here and from all good bookshops
The Exhibition Tour
Over 100 images including the winning and commended entries launches at the Mall Galleries, London, commencing Tuesday 17th September and is open until 1pm Sunday September 22nd. For a full list of exhibiting galleries please visit the website for more information about the venues.
The Book
British Wildlife Photography Awards 10 showcases the very best entries from the British Wildlife Photography Awards in 2019. This stunning coffee table book is a celebration of British wildlife as captured on camera by today’s best amateur and professional photographers.
Published by Ammonite Press, 15th September 2019, RRP £25
For more information about BWPA please visit their website by clicking here.
Over the next 12 months, specialist scuba holiday company Dive Worldwide will be supporting Bite-Back Shark & Marine Conservation with donations collected from client bookings to any one of its stunning dive destinations around the world. The independently-owned operator expects to raise £3000 for the UK charity.
Manager at Dive Worldwide, Phil North, said: “We’re especially excited to work with Bite-Back and support its intelligent, creative and results-driven campaigns to end the UK trade in shark products and prompt a change in attitudes to the ocean’s most maligned inhabitant.”
Bite-Back is running campaigns to hold the media to account on the way it reports shark news along with a brand new nationwide education programme. Last year the charity was credited for spearheading a UK ban on the import and export of shark fins.
Campaign director at Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “We’re enormously grateful to Dive Worldwide for choosing to support Bite-Back. The company’s commitment to conservation helps set it apart from other tour operators and we’re certain its clients admire and respect that policy. For us, the affiliation is huge and helps us look to the future with confidence we can deliver against key conservation programmes.”
To launch the fundraising initiative, Phil North presented Graham Buckingham with a cheque for £1,000.
Visit Dive Worldwide to discover its diverse range of international scuba adventures and visit Bite-Back to learn more about the charity’s campaigns.
MORE INFORMATION
Call Graham Buckingham on 07810 454 266 or email graham@bite-back.com
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