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In pictures: Scottish nature photo awards 2024

Nicki Gwynn-Jones The fulmar is perched on a grassy ledge in a golden light. There are raindrops turned golden by sunlight.Nicki Gwynn-Jones
Nicki Gwynn-Jones' Fulmar with Golden Raindrops won the awards' top prize. Nicki captured the scene at Longaglebe Geo in Orkney.

The 15th annual Scottish Nature Photography Awards winners have been announced.

Nicki Gwynn-Jones, who lives in Orkney, won the main prize with a picture of a fulmar in a rain shower on a cold December day.

She said it was the middle of the day and the sun was low in the sky.

"I was desperately hoping for something special in those few moments when the raking winter light was producing deep shadows and gorgeous golden tones," said Nicki.

Kiran Simpson The robin has its wings spread as it rises from water, leaving ripples across the surface. Kiran Simpson
Kiran Simpson won the junior Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year award with this picture called Feathers and Ripples.
Callum McKenzie The puffin on the left has its beak open as if shouting at the puffin opposite it. The birds' beaks are brightly coloured - red, blue and yellow. They are sitting on a grassy cliff top, the blue sea in the background.Callum McKenzie
Callum McKenzie's photograph called Puffin Protest was part of a portfolio that won him the student prize.
Douglas Bruce A large area of sand stretches towards a silvery-blue sea. Evening light illuminates a line of sand.Douglas Bruce
Douglas Bruce won the sea landscape category with Evening Light, which was taken at Luskentyre, Harris.
Anthony Robson The image has been taken from inside a concrete building, which has an open space that lets natural light down into the space below.Anthony Robson
The urban prize was awarded to Anthony Robson's Paved Paradise, Put Up a Parking Lot - lyrics in Joni Mitchell's song Big Yellow Taxi. The picture was taken in Edinburgh.
James Lynott Long lengths of seaweed swaying underwater. Light from above makes the water appear light blue in colour.James Lynott
The botanical award went to James Lynott, whose picture was called Fifeness Shallow Seaweeds.
Brian Nicholson Bubbles on the frozen surface of the loch appears as white circles. There is some green algae in the frozen ice.Brian Nicholson
Brian Nicholson's study of the surface of a frozen Gladhouse Reservoir in Midlothian won the natural abstract category.

Edinburgh filmmaker Richard Nicholls won the video award with a short film called 19th July 2022, which looked at climate change and Scotland.

He was filming in Edinburgh on Scotland's hottest day when the unusually high temperature spurred him into embarking on a project on the climate crisis.

Richard Nicholls A barren peatland landscape with mountains, clouds and blue sky in the backgroundRichard Nicholls
Richard Nicholls' concern about climate change inspired him to make a film

The film documents his journey working with NatureScot's Peatland Action team to raise awareness of the need to restore peatland.

Ruaridh Mitchell Three northern gannet on the rocky face of a sea cliff. Below them, tangled in fishing rope, is dead and entangled gannet.Ruaridh Mitchell
Ruaridh Mitchell's environmental category-winning image of a dead gannet entangled in fishing gear was taken at Isle of Noss, Shetland.
John Cobham Almost 20 wasps are clustered together on a wooden surface. There are four small mushrooms growing up from the wood.John Cobham
John Cobham scooped the behaviour award with a wasp feeding frenzy. The picture was taken while John was on holiday in Ardnamurchan.
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