Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer Of The Year

Photographer Ron McCombe has been highly commended for his image Extreme foraging in the Behaviour: Birds category of Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year, the international competition recognised as the ‘Oscars’ of nature photography.



Paul Goldstein was highly commended for his image Taking Flight in the Behaviour: Birds category. Andy Rouse was highly commended for his image, Making an impression, in the Behaviour: Mammals category, and Ross Hoddinott was highly commended for his Territorial strut, in the Animal Portraits category.



The photographs by Ron McCombe, Paul Goldstein, Andy Rouse and Ross Hoddinott are among 108 images hand-picked by a jury of industry-recognised experts from a pool of almost 41,000 entries received from 95 countries.



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