From a tourist goose on the Thames to a blue shark in Cornish waters... The beautiful award-winning photographs from this year's British Wildlife Photography Awards

Urban Wildlife winner: Lee Acaster’s ‘The Tourist’, greylag goose, London, England. Photograph: Lee Acaster/PA

WildPix Young People’s award (12-18) winner: 16-year-old Joshua Burch’s ‘On the Prowl’, fox, south London, England. Photograph: Joshua Burch/BWPA

Animals Portraits category winner: Steven Fairbrother’s ‘Shag Resting’, Northumberland.Photograph: Steven Fairbrother/PA

Habitat winner: Ruth Asher’s ‘A life at Sea’, nesting gannets, Shetland Isles, Scotland. Photograph: Ruth Asher/BWPA

British Seasons winner: Andrew Parkinson’s ‘Hares’, Derbyshire, England. Photograph: Andrew Parkinson/BWPA

Wild Woods winner: Peter Cairns’ ‘Autumn Jewels’, Woodland, Cairngorms, Scotland. Photograph: Peter Cairns/BWPA/Northshot

Close to Nature category winner: Jim Greenfield’s ‘Grey Seal Claw’, Lincolnshire. Photograph: Jim Greenfield/PA

Animal Behaviour winner: Richard Shucksmith’s ‘Otter and Puffin’, Shetland Isles, Scotland.Photograph: Richard Shucksmith/BWPA

Coast and Marine winner: Alexander Mustard’s ‘Big Blues’, blue sharks, Cornwall, England.Photograph: Alexander Mustard/BWPA

Hidden Britain category winner: Susie Hewitt’s ‘Window Gnat’ taken in County Antrim. Photograph: Susie Hewitt/BWPA

Under 12 Young People category, a dipper with grubs taken in Dumfries by William Bowcutt.Photograph: William Bowcutt/PA

British Nature in Black and White category winner: Alexander Mustard’s ‘Blue on Black’, a blue shark in Cornwall. Photograph: Alexander Mustard/BWPA

Botanical Britain category winner: ‘Green and Red Telephone Box’, covered in ivy taken in London by Philip Braude. Photograph: Philip Braude/BWPA

School Award winner: Michael Drayton Photograph: Michael Drayton /BWPA

Red Deer Stags Enduring Blizzard by Margaret Walker, winner of the Habitat category

Fallow Deer on Housing Estate by Jamie Hall, winner of the Urban Wildlife category

Winter in the Ptarmigan series by Tomasz Garbacz, winner of the British Seasons award

Autumn in the Ptarmigan series by Tomasz Garbacz, winner of the British Seasons award