The gallery 60 years of the wildlife photographer of theyear

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

Photographing a single subject repeatedly can be just as rewarding as chasing ‘ticks’, writes Rob Read

The APOY judges choose their favourite images that didn’t make the top ten of our People & Portraits category

Round Two People & Portraits

10 things you can shoot this month, from guitars and wild heather to kestrels and harbours… and yourself

How did your career start? I took an interest in birds when I was around four, saved money for my first binoculars at seven, got my first SLR at 12 and shot my first nature pictures for a national mag