Soaring Winners of the 2022 Bird Photographer of the Year Competition

Attention to Detail, Gold Award Winner – Andy Pollard, “Sleeping Beauty.” © Andy Pollard | Bird Photographer of the Year
“While most images of King Penguins seem to be of striking adult birds, there is a definite cuteness to the chicks in their brown ‘teddy bear’ plumage. This chick was asleep at Volunteer Point in the Falkland Islands, and I took the opportunity to capture the details around the beak, eye and ear, the latter seldom seen.”