Gr8at: London from the rooftops

It wasn’t the sunniest of days (for most of it) but when I had the chance to take a set of photos from the top of three different London rooftops I had to take it. First off was Horizon 22, which is even higher than the Shard. Then it was London’s highest public garden. Among the many flowers and plants in The Sky Garden are African Lily, Red Hot Poker and Bird of Paradise – alongside fragrant herbs such as French Lavender. Finally, it was time for The Garden at 120 on Fenchurch Street.

Gr8at: #BirdPhotographeroftheYear2023

It’s great when my love of nature and photography come together. So when I saw these wonderful photographs on The Guardian from the winning entries of the Bird Photographer of the Year 2023, I just had to share them. Which is your favourite?

Parenting goals by Thomas Vijayan, Canada
Blue-footed fishing dive by Henley Spiers, UK
Urban paradise by Xiaoke Wang, China
Staring at the river by Stefan Gerrits, Netherlands
Glistening green by Nicolas Reusens, Spain
Sunflower paradise by Mateusz Piesiak, Poland
Blue hour and red moon by Anton Trexler, Germany
More fish please! by Levi Fitze, Switzerland

Photography: Ocean Photographer of the Year 2021

AIMEE JAN / OCEAN PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

As someone who grew up a huge fan of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I just had to share this incredible shot of one from the Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia. It was taken by specialist underwater photographer Aimee Jan, and won the Ocean Photographer of the Year 2021, as run by Oceanographic Magazine.

Gr8at: World Nature Photography Awards 2020

As I often say, nature really is incredible. And a big part of nature is the wonderful wildlife. So please enjoy these winners from 2020. Do you have a favourite? Can you guess the overall winner?

Animals in their habitat category – Thomas Vijayan
Black and white category – Harry Skeggs
People and nature category – Naomi Rose
Animal portraits category – Nick Dale
Behaviour – Amphibians and reptiles category – Vittorio Ricci
Nature art category – Dipanjan Pal
Black and white category – Robert Nowak
Animals in their habitat category – Vladimir Cech

Gr8at: BBC Winterwatch

BBC nature show Winterwatch has encouraged viewers to send in photographs of the winter wildlife. These are the ones I prefer most. Do you have a favourite?

Alister Kemp took this image of a mountain hare in the Scottish Highlands.
Adam Walters photographed this frosty fungi.
Photographer Chris Draper spotted these four wonderful stags
This was taken by Lisa Wood in Nairnshire, Scotland
Raymond Leinster captured this red squirrel in the snow
This striking mage is from Gaz m from Lincolnshire.
DJH Flickr captured said that this little stonechat bird.
Anniison photographed the multicolour winter leaf.