Bird Photographer of the Year 2026 Winners Announced

Bird Photographer of the Year 2026 has named its winners from a field of more than 24,000 entries. Henley Spiers won the overall prize with 'Sunball Rocket', an underwater image of a northern gannet mid-dive off the Shetland Islands, shot from below the surface as the bird hit the water at up to 86km/h. Full results are on the Bird Photographer of the Year website.