Foreword by Chris Packham This beautiful book accompanies the photographic competition celebrating some of the best bird photography of the year.

(Over 150 colour photographs) • Now in its third year, the competition proved to be hugely successful in previous years, with thousands of images entered from all four corners of the globe. • Foreword by Chris Packham, BTO President and head judge of the competition. A well-known TV presenter and naturalist, Chris is a wildlife expert, photographer and author with a passionate concern for conservation and the environment. He has 229k+ Twitter followers and appears regularly on Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch on BBC Two. • Published to coincide with the British Bird Fair 2018, ‘the Glastonbury of the birdwatching world’, to which over 30,000 bird enthusiasts flock every year. The announcement of the winners and the prize presentation will take place at the UK’s Rutland Birdfair on Saturday 18th August 2018. Chris Packham will be hosting the event and revealing the winning images. He will also be signing copies of the book after the presentation. • Will appeal to general wildlife enthusiasts and supporters of the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the Natural History Museum (the tie-in book TCMs nearly 20k copies year-on-year). • Close collaboration with both Nature Photographers and the BTO (British Trust for Ornithology) ensures a broader reach. • The prize is supported by Swarovski Optik, Alamy Images, Birdwatching and Digital Photographer magazines, among many others.