The winners of the European wildlife photographer of the year awards, run by the German Society for Nature Photography, have been chosen, with a shot by Angel Fitor of Spain pipping around 19,000 entries.
A lone male alpine ibex. Usually during summer in the French Alps, male ibex spend their time in large groups staying near summits to feed and avoid the heat of lower altitudes EMILE SÉCHAUD/GDT EWPY 2021
Children in Ntoroko, Uganda, help carry the metal sheets and barrels that are used while harvesting nsenene at night JASPER DOEST/GDT EWPY 2021
Thick hoar frost covers a birch tree on Tisa Rocks in the Czech Republic TOBIAS RICHTER/GDT EWPY 2021
Since the 1990s, the biannual nsenene harvest has become a vital business to an increasing number of Ugandans. But in recent years, with a changing environment and a growing number of nsenene harvesters competing for the same catch, it has become harder for harvesters to make a profit on their investment JASPER DOEST/GDT EWPY 2021
An ibex (Capra ibex) facing the wind of winter in France EMILE SÉCHAUD/GDT EWPY 2021
Night view of nsenene harvest containers in Uganda. When collectors increased the brightness and heat of the containers, more nsenene would arrive at their sites JASPER DOEST/GDT EWPY 2021
A Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus) was photographed in Kuusamo, Finland, after cheese was placed on certain branches to get the bird to fly over the camera LASSE KURKELA/GDT EWPY 2021
It was a tradition that women would collect nsenene for their husbands and in return they would get new gomasi — traditional dress for women in Buganda. After electric lights started being used to trap the insects, both men and women became involved in their collection JASPER DOEST/GDT EWPY 2021
Every winter off Baja California in the Pacific Ocean, predators gather at a specific time of year with a common goal: hunting huge schools of mackerel FABRICE GUERIN/GDT EWPY 2021
Thousands of pink-footed geese head to their breeding grounds on the Svalbard Islands, Norway. They arrive earlier each year and the ground where they feed is covered by snow TERJE KOLAAS/GDT EWPY 2021
The sunset illuminates the side of a baobab tree (Adansonia digitata) in Ruacana Falls, Namibia ANETTE MOSSBACHER/GDT EWPY 2021
A stag shakes water off himself after heavy rainfall in the UK DANNY GREEN/GDT EWPY 2021
Jellyfish (Cotylorhiza tuberculata) move just below the water’s surface in Spain ANGEL FITOR/GDT EWPY 2021
The head of a colony of gannets watches the seabirds return from their hunts on the Saltee Islands off the coast of County Wexford FRANCIS DE ANDRÉS/GDT EWPY 2021
Sharks in the Bahamas, including this tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) are a protected species but still attract divers from all over the world MAGNUS LUNDGREN/GDT EWPY 2021
