2024 winners announced
BirdLife Australia and BirdLife Photography are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 BirdLife Australia Photography Awards!
The 2024 competition saw thousands of entries from some of Australia’s best bird photographers – and after much deliberation, our judges have decided the nine winners of each category. Congratulations to this year’s winners!
Sponsors and prizes
The 2024 BirdLife Australia Photography Awards are proudly sponsored by Nikon Australia and Lake Cowal Foundation.
Nikon Australia is an Australian leader in digital imaging and optics, and is the proud Principal Sponsor of the 2024 BirdLife Australia Photography Awards.
Lake Cowal Foundation (LCF) is a not-for-profit Environmental Trust, established to protect and enhance the nationally-significant wetlands of Lake Cowal in New South Wales. LCF is a proud sponsor of the 2024 BirdLife Australia Photography Awards Birds in the Landscape category.
Thanks to their generous support, the winners of each category will receive $1,000 in prize money – while the very lucky winner of the Portfolio Prize will receive a Nikon Z 8 camera valued at $7,449 RRP, courtesy of our Principal Sponsor Nikon Australia.
2023 Winners
Check out the winning entries from last year’s BirdLife Australia Photography Awards!
Where there is smoke there is fire by Martin Anderson
Winner of the 2023 Portfolio Prize
Funds for bird conservation
Photographers aren’t the only winners in the competition! Your entry fees support BirdLife Australia’s bird conservation work, and in 2024, proceeds will go to our work with migratory shorebirds.
In 2023, proceeds went to our Birds on Farms project in central west NSW – helping landholders protect, restore and revegetate threatened woodland bird habitat on their properties.
About
The BirdLife Australia Photography Awards are a collaboration between BirdLife Australia and BirdLife Photography.
Started in 2018, the BirdLife Australia Photography Awards see thousands of entries every year from photographers of all ages and experiences – including some of Australia’s finest.
Photo credits from top (left to right):
Pied Heron by Sharon Jones
Eastern Curlew by Simon Blanchflower
Australian Magpie by Muneer Aishanti Fairy Tern by Claire Greenwell
Crested Tern by Craig Greer
Royal Penguin by Duade Paton
Black Swans by Russell Wiltshire
Spotted Harrier & Brown Falcon by Martin Anderson