Scottish Wildlife Portrait Category &
Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year 2024

1st: Nicki Gwynn-Jones - Fulmar with Golden Raindrops

© Nicki Gwynn-Jones - Fulmar with Golden Raindrops

Nicki said: "I was stunned to receive the news that I had won the Scottish Wildlife Portrait category, as well as being the overall winner of the Scottish Nature Photography Awards 2024. As Scotland’s top nature photography competition, this is a huge honour, and I am delighted to be showcasing the beauty of Orkney. A huge thank you to both the organisers and the judges, and congratulations to all the winners.

 "Winter in Orkney can provide magical light for photography. I had gone out on a bitterly cold December day – one of those that brings rain, sleet, snow and sunshine seemingly all at once – hoping to photograph fulmars in flight at Longaglebe Geo. Even though it was the middle of the day, the sun was low in the sky, not much more than 10 degrees above the horizon, and I was desperately hoping for something special in those few moments when the raking winter light was producing deep shadows and gorgeous golden tones. It began to rain. I turned around and spotted a fulmar at rest in the geo behind me, and at the same moment the sun appeared from behind the clouds, bathing the fulmar in a shower of back-lit golden raindrops. Happy photographer.

"I have lived in Orkney for nine years and spend much of my time photographing our spectacular seabirds; their epic journeys and migrations a constant source of fascination and wonder."

2nd: Libby Penman - Glasgow Parakeet

© Libby Penman - Glasgow Parakeet

3rd: Edd Cottell - Downpour 

© Edd Cottell - Downpour

Shortlisted:

Tina Boswell
Mary Braddock
Robert Buchan
Gillian Donati
Monica Doshi
Paul Fowlie
Phil James
Sam Knight
Alison Lomax
Ron Macdonald
Liam McBride
Billy McCourt
Kevin Morgans
Ian Mountford
Rebecca Nason
Malcolm Nimmo
Gemma Norman
Sheena Ramsay
Zaneta Threlfall
Ian Todd
Rachael Turner
Richard Wells



Environmental category
Natural Abstract category
Scottish Botanical category
Scottish Landscape - The Land category
Scottish Landscape - Sea & Coast category
Scottish Landscape - Urban Greenspace category
Scottish Wildlife Behaviour category
Scottish Wildlife Portrait category
Junior category
Student category
Scottish Nature Video Award 2024
Favourite Scottish Nature Photography Book 2024