Badger admiring art wins wildlife photographer of the year public vote | Wildlife photographer of the year
Ghor received a quick look at a copy of the walls of itself with the Award for the Natural History Museum of this year’s wildlife photographer.
The image was taken by a British photographer, Ian Wood, on a quiet road in Saint -Leonard On C, East Sussex.
After the residents began leaving food scraps on the sidewalk for foxes, Wood noticed that Al -Badger from a close settlement was also heading to the feed.
When seeing one walking along the sidewalk next to him one night, he set up a small hide on the edge of the road to pick up the animal that reaches food, which illuminates only the light from a lamp.
The Natural History Museum said that the resulting image won 24 other pictures listed in the brief list after calculating 76,000 votes from all over the world.
Dr. Douglas Gore, director of the museum, said: “The Ian image, which was timid without shame, offers a unique glimpse of nature’s interaction with the human world, which confirms the importance of understanding the urban wildlife. His exceptional image is a strong reminder that the local nature and wildlife are often outside our homes, It can inspire us and captivate us. “
Wood said that winning the award was “really modest”, but he also highlighted the “darker side” of the image and called for the extent that addiction to addiction in the UK, which aims to control the spread of tuberculosis.
He said: “I live in the rural shaft, as I am on the task of re -direction to strengthen habitats for a huge group of wildlife.” “The coil – which is still continuing – dismantled their numbers and I am afraid that unless the wheel is stopped, so we only see the Badger in urban areas in several parts of England.
“My hope is that this image raises awareness of the devastating effect of Badger Cull and helping to press for change.”
The brief menu was chosen to choose people from approximately 60,000 posts in this year’s wildlife photographer competition.
Four other pictures of wildlife lovers, including the image of Francisco Nigerone of a double Adisi cloud over the Villarika volcano in Chile, and the photography of Jess Vendley, a snapshot of the ghost owl that comes out through the Hiloft window from the abandoned barn.
The image of Michelle Diolumont for Villaurat also won from a hall that sat to monitor its territory through a snowy scene in Belgium on voters.
All five images will be shown online and at the Natural History Museum in London until June 29.
