The best of the competition Bird Photographer of the Year 2018

Photo Library Nature Photographers Ltd and organization The British Trust for Ornithology held a competition for the title of the bird's Photographer of the Year. Shortlist already published and the winners will be called on August 20 in Rutland at the event Rutland Birdwatching Fair.

Applications for the competition are accepted in several categories:. "Best Portrait", "Birds in flight", "The behavior of the birds", "birds in the environment", etc. In this collection, we offer a look at the best pictures of birds, which have a chance to win. Work of all participants of the competition can be viewed on Bird Photographer of the Year 2018 site (BPOTY).

Gerbils to stop during migration, Asturias, Spain

Photo by: Mario Suarez Porras.

Water shepherd, Salamanca, Spain

Photo by: Mario Cea.

Diving kingfisher, Spain

Photo by: Mario Cea Sánchez.

whooper swan, Janakkala, Finland

Photo by: Antti Siponys.

Giant Cowbird cleans ticks of the capybara, Pantanal, Brazil

Photo by: Peter Bambousek.

Alexandria parrot standing on a nest of swallows

Photo by: Georgina Statler.

Dalmatian Pelican, Lake Kerkini, Greece

Photo by: Johan Siggesson.

Toco Toucan, Pocono, Brazil

Photo by: Peter Bambousek.

Northern Gannet, Bampton Cliffs, United Kingdom

Photo by: Janine Lee.

oxpecker (krasnoklyuvye voloklyui) on Impala, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Photo by: Edmund Aylmer.

Griffon Vulture, Alaska

Photo by: Pedro Jarque Krebs.

ruddy duck, British Columbia, Canada

Photo by: Jess Findlay.

The gray heron, Hungary

Photo by: Bence Mate.

White Owl, Canada

Photo by: Markus Varesvuo.

white-backed vulture, Simang, South Africa

Photo by: Clint Ralph.

Northern Gannet with discarded network in its beak, Helgoland, Germany

Photo by: Peter Bambousek.

White-tailed Eagle, Hortobagy National Park, Hungary

Photo by: Ben Hall.