General Winner: “In the Forest of the Monarchs” by Jaime Rojo (ES)
The Society for Nature Images eV (GDT) has introduced the winners of the 2024 European Nature Photographer of the Yr competitors, highlighting the beautiful variety captured by nature photographers throughout Europe. Jaime Rojo earned the highest prize for his breathtaking picture, *Within the Forest of Monarchs*, showcasing monarch butterflies of their ethereal magnificence and pure habitat.
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Birds – Winner: “Approach” by Luca Melcarne (FR)
Birds – Runner up: “Angry bird by Kjell” Vikestad (NO)
Mammals – Winner: “Twilight wanderer” by Robert Canis (GB)
Mammals – Runner up: “Shaking off the snow” by Daniel Valverde Fernandez (ES)
Different animals – Winner: “Christo was here” by Theo Bosboom (NL)
Different animals – Runner up: “Fireworks” by Ingo Arndt (DE)
Crops and Fungi – Winner: “Curtain” by Svetlana Ivanenko (RU)
Crops and Fungi – Runner up: “Final glow” by Katarzyna Gubrynowicz (PL)
Landscapes – Winner: “Blaze of colours” by Verify My Dream (FR)
Landscapes – Runner up: “Of sand and wind” by Ugo Mellone (IT)
Underwater World – Winner: “Nightcrawler” by Angel Fitor (ES)
Underwater World – Runner up: “Blue and Red” by Francesco Visintin (IT)
Man and Nature – Winner: “Nurturing hope” by Jaime Culebras (ES)
Man and Nature – Runner up: “New World” by Grzegorz Długosz (PL)
Atelier Natur – Winner: “Flowers at the bottom of the lake” by Ádám Fáth (HU)
Atelier Natur – Runner up: “Flamingo” by Jan Leßmann & Hermann Hirsch (DE)
Youth as much as 14 years – Winner: “The young guardian” by Alberto Román Gómez (ES)
Youth 15 – 17 years – Winner: “Great spotted woodpecker meeting” by Louis Werner (DE)
Rewilding Europe Award: “Iberian lynx” by Staffan Widstrand