Wild shots: Scottish Nature Photography Awards winners

Image source, DARREN COLE

Image caption, Darren Cole's image Ice and Fire won the environmental and overall prizes

30 March 2022

The winners of the Scottish Nature Photography Awards 2021 have been announced.

The overall winner is landscape photographer Darren Cole, whose winning image portrays a dramatic scene of a muirburn fire, a controlled fire to burn away dead vegetation, below snow-covered peaks near his home on the Isle of Harris.

The picture - called Ice and Fire - also won the environmental category.

There is more information on the winners and the competition on the awards' .

Image source, James Dewar

Image caption, Blue Hour Shells by James Dewar, of Fife, won the natural abstract category

Image source, John Macfarlane

Image caption, John Macfarlane, of Loweswater, Cumbria, won the botanical award with his photograph of autumn rowans and lichens

Image source, Graham Niven

Image caption, The land award in the landscape category was won by Graham Niven, of Nethy Bridge, with his shot Cairngorm Squall

Image source, Pete Stevens

Image caption, The landscape sea and coast award went to Gourock Paddling Pools by Pete Stevens, of Greenock

Image source, Connor McLaren

Image caption, Perth Lightning won Connor McLaren, of Perth, the urban greenspace award in the landscape category

Image source, Sandy Gilmour

Image caption, Glasgow's Sandy Gilmour won the wildlife behaviour prize with his picture Mallard Duckling Chasing a Mayfly

Image source, Norman Watson

Image caption, Norman Watson, of Insch, took the wildlife portrait award with his image Fox Cub King

Image source, Kaitlyn Clark

Image caption, Kaitlyn Clark, 11, from Inverness, was named Junior Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year

Image source, Murronrose Dunn

Image caption, Murronrose Dunn, of Glasgow and an HND Photography student at New College Lanarkshire, won the Student Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year accolade with the portfolio Passing Time

Image source, Pat Douglas

Image caption, Springtime in the Pond: The Toads won the video category for Pat Douglass, of Rosemarkie