Wild at art

The striking picture by Steve Young, from St Mary’s on the Isles of Scilly, scooped the 5,000 prize from among thousands of shots taken by photographers across the UK.

The award for Young British Wildlife Photographer was won by 14-year-old Adam Hawtin, from Packwood, Solihull, for his stunning picture of a blue-leaf beetle.

Winners of other categories in the competition include Thomas Littlewood, from Athelstan Community Primary School, in Leeds, whose photo of a coot, left, clinched the School Youth and Community Group award. Shots of Canada geese and mallards wandering through the snow, mountain hares, a black and white portrait of frogs and a shot of dragonflies in dew also picked up awards.