{"id":232045,"date":"2025-02-05T03:26:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T03:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/ian-woods-no-access-snap-of-badger-wins-this-years-wildlife-photographer-peoples-choice-award\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T03:26:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T03:26:02","slug":"ian-woods-no-access-snap-of-badger-wins-this-years-wildlife-photographer-peoples-choice-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/ian-woods-no-access-snap-of-badger-wins-this-years-wildlife-photographer-peoples-choice-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Wood’s ‘No Access’ snap of badger wins this year’s wildlife photographer people’s choice award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An “ambling Eurasian badger,” lava coming from a Chilean volcano, an owl flying out of a barn, a stoat blending into the snow and a prickled honey badger all made the top five for a prestigious Natural History Museum award.<\/p>\n

Ian Wood, from the UK, is this year’s winner with his snap No Access – showing a badger glancing at badger graffiti in St Leonards-on-Sea.<\/p>\n

Members of the public were asked to vote on their favourite of 25 shortlisted pictures<\/strong><\/a> for the People’s Choice Award of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year<\/strong><\/a> prize<\/p>\n

The picture was described by the Natural History Museum (NHM) as: “An ambling Eurasian badger, illuminated by a streetlight, appears to glance up at badger graffiti on a quiet road in England, UK.”<\/p>\n

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Mr Wood said the “outpouring of badger love” since his photo’s nomination “has been beautifully overwhelming,” but added: “Finding out that it has won is truly humbling.”<\/p>\n

Four other pictures were highly commended, including Francisco Negroni’s Earth and Sky.<\/p>\n

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The NHM said: “A double lenticular cloud is illuminated at nightfall by the lava emitted from the Villarrica volcano, Chile.”<\/p>\n

Other highly commended pictures included Edge of Night by Jess Findlay, from Canada.<\/p>\n

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“A ghostly barn owl exits the hayloft window of a derelict barn to hunt in fields outside Vancouver, Canada,” the NHM said.<\/p>\n

Michel d’Oultremont’s Whiteout was also commended, showing the moment when a stoat “sits up and observes its territory as it blends perfectly into a snowy landscape in Belgium”.<\/p>\n

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Lastly, another British photographer David Northall was commended for Spiked – showing “a bloodied yet determined honey badger returns to finish off a Cape porcupine, which earlier had tried to defend itself”.<\/p>\n

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