Press Photographers Ireland CLG

Nature & The Environment
2023

1ST PLACE WINNER
Nature & The Environment 2023

HERON ON THE HUNT

by Nick Bradshaw

Heron being chased by a mallard after snatching her duckling on the Upper Lake, UCD. This site is a biodiversity hub where you can see wildlife in action.

2ND PLACE
ABANDONED HOTEL

By ABANDONED HOTEL

Foliage explodes from a bed in an abandoned hotel on the West Coast of Ireland. The hotel closed six years ago and is now only visited by urban explorers.

3RD PLACE
SEA BIRD

By Maura Hickey

A dead gannet on the seabed, Baginbun, Co. Wexford. One of many gannets to have died around the coast from avian flu.

SHORTLISTED
BETWEEN THE REEDS

By James Crombie

A swan amongst the reeds on Lough Ennell, Co. Westmeath.

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DRAGONFLY

By Marc O’Sullivan

A dragonfly in flight over the River Camac in Kilmainham.

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IT’S BEHIND YOU

By James Crombie

A deer in the background as participants pose for a photo during the 2022 Darkness into Light walk in Killarney National Park.

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EYES ON THE SKY

By Fran Veale

A gannet peers towards the sky on Ireland’s Eye. Gannets have excellent binocular vision, which allows them to spot fish from high above the water.

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ARE YOU SURE THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY!

By Damien Eagers

A mallard duck attempts to lead her ducklings over the weir on the River Dodder at Rathfarnham, Dublin.

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WAVE RIDER

By Frank McGrath

A windsurfer makes the most of the high winds at the South Bull Wall, Dublin.

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RAZORBILL

By Fran Veale

A razorbill slows itself to land on the cliffs of Ireland’s Eye.

SHORTLISTED
MINKE WHALE SPOUTING OFF

By Valerie O’Sullivan

A minke whale lunge feeding on schooling prey with Skellig Beag, an UNESCO Heritage Site, providing the backdrop 12km off the coast of south Kerry, as gannets get ready for the catch.

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CHAFF

By Donal O'Leary

George Love of CK Farms, Castletownroche, Co. Cork, blowing off the chaff as he checks on the quality of the crop while harvesting winter wheat.