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2008 Photographic Competition
Celebrating Ecology
The overall winner received £750 and the overall runner-up received £250. The Student award winner received £100. Winning entries for each category are exhibited at the BES Annual Meeting, and published in the December 2008 BES Bulletin.
We would also like to thank the Oxford University Press for kindly sponsoring £30 worth of book vouchers to each winning entry that did not receive the overall, overall runner-up or student prize.
Overall Winner and winner of the "Whole Organism and Populations" category.
King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus ) at Volunteer point, Falkland islands.
A calm moment in the centre of a violent winter storm casts a surreal light making the penguins appear as if on a tropical beach. The picture is deceptive and disguises the sub-zero temperature and imminent blizzard.
Dr Hamish Campbell
Overall Runner Up and Runner Up of the "Whole Organism and Populations" category
Leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) completely at ease with the harsh landscape of the Lemaire Channel, Antarctic Peninsula.
Miss Orea Anderson
Winner of the "Ecosystems and Communities" category
Herring gull (Larus argentatus) chasing great skua (Stercorarius skua) over sea cliffs, Fair Isle, Shetland.
Mr Adam Seward
The Runner up entry for the "Ecosystems and Communities" category
Benthic microbial communities in linear lakes of different salinities in the Western Australian wheatbelt.
Dr Jennifer Davis
Winner of the "Student" Category
Winter morning with frosted birch and ferns.
Mr Markus Ruhsam
Runner up entry for the "Student" Category
Puffin (Fratercula arctica) bringing sand eels in for chicks at Fair Isle, Shetland.
Mr Adam M Seward
Winner of the "Ecology in Action" category
Testing endemic duck (Awas Bahamensis Galapagensis) for bird flu. We had to work during the night in order catch them.
Mr Arnaud Bataille
Runner up entry for the "Ecology in Action" category
Teaching kids the importance of conservation of wildlife in Malaysia. (Rhinocerous) beetles and butterflies are caught on large scale in the virgin jungle of Malaysia. Specimens taken by government from illegal poachers are shown to the kids and the life of these insects is explained during a walk in the jungle.
Mr Anthony Van der Ent
Winner of the "Ecology and Society" Category
Thrush Nesting in a Traffic Light. A Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorous) returning with food for the chicks in its traffic light nest.
Mr James Rosindel
Runner up entry for the "Ecology and Society" category
Shooting guide checks bear bait cage provisioned with horse carcasses in W Romania. This highly controversial practice used to be carried out to attract bears for shooting from a small hunting lodge nearby.
Dr Silviu Petrovan
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