The prestigious Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) competition, now in its fifth year, has released the stunning winning photos for 2020.

End of the Day, Bird Photographer Of The Year winner and Gold Award for Best Portrait category: European Shag Gulosus aristotelis, Vardø, Norway. MAJED ALZA’ABI, KUWAIT

On the Run, Best Portfolio winner: Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus, Hopetoun, Western Australia. GEORGINA STEYTLER, AUSTRALIA

On the Attack, Best Portfolio Winner: Great Crested Grebe, Podiceps cristatus, Perth, Western Australia. GEORGINA STEYTLER, AUSTRALIA

Hoopoe Flight at Low Speed, Gold Award Winner: Birds in Flight Category, Common Hoopoe, Upupa epops, Israel. GADI SHMILA, ISRAEL

Touch and Go, Silver Award Winner, Birds in Flight category: Pallid Swift, Apus pallidus, Athens, Attica, Greece. NIKOS FOKAS, GREECE

Fairy Landing on Earth, Bronze Award Winner, Birds in Flight category: Whooper Swan Cygnus, Sanmenxia, Henan, China. SHU QING, CHINA

Swifts over Iguazú Falls, Gold Award Winner, Birds in the Environment category: Great Dusky Swift Cypseloides senex, Iguazú Falls, Misiones, Argentina. FRANCESCO FILIPPO PELLEGRINI, ITALY

Hawk in a Mountain Forest, Silver Award Winner, Birds in the Environment category: Northern Hawk-owl, Surnia ulula, Golsfjell mountain region, Norway. PÅL HERMANSEN, NORWAY

A New Beginning, Bronze Award winner, Birds in the Environment category: Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis, Kaziranga National Park, India. SWAYAMSIDDHA MOHAPATRA, INDIA

Nutcrackers Fighting in the Snow, Gold Award Winner, Bird Behavior category: Northern Nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes, Sofia, Bulgaria. ROELOF MOLENAAR, NETHERLANDS