We are thrilled to announce that Chris’s photograph “Song of the Silver Meadow” of a singing sedge warbler in morning light has been awarded first prize in the “Birds in the Environment” category of the inaugural Bird Photographer of the Year competition. Prizes were awarded by Chris Packham at the Birdfair on 20th August 2016. The full list of winning and commended images can be viewed here.

Many thanks to the British Trust for Ornithology, Swarovski Optik, and Alamy, in particular, for supporting this new competition.