Public given chance to vote for favourite wildlife image from ‘exceptional’ list

A 25-strong shortlist of images taken from entries to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest is being put to a public vote.

By contributor By Emily Beament, PA Environment Correspondent
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A beluga whale rubs on a shallow river bottom to exfoliate its skin (Mark Williams/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA)

The public are being urged to vote for their favourite nature image from an “exceptional” shortlist for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year people’s choice award.

A determined honey badger trying to catch a spiky meal, a beluga doing a spot of exfoliating, an Indian wolf pack pausing in play and an image of a cheetah cub waiting to be sold at a market, are among the 25 images shortlisted for the public vote.

A European roller bird flying upside down defending its territory from a little owl sitting on a branch
A European roller bird defends its territory from a little owl in Kiskunsag National Park, Hungary (Bence Mate/Wildlife Photographer of the Year/PA)

They have been selected from the 59,228 entries to this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, in addition to the contest’s 100 winning images announced in October, by the Natural History Museum, London, and an international judging panel.