Scottish nature winners
The Scottish Nature Photography Awards winners were published, showcasing a new crop of landscape and wildlife images that emphasize Scotland’s environmental diversity. PetaPixel ran the full winners roundup on Apr. 1, highlighting prizewinning captures and categories. (petapixel.com)
Toby Houlton of Invergordon was named Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year 2025 for “Dance of the Gnats,” a long‑exposure image of swarming gnats shot at Little Garve in Ross‑shire that also took the Wildlife Behaviour category. (petapixel.com) Fourteen‑year‑old Kiran Simpson from Dunfermline won Junior Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year 2025 with “The Leaf Eater,” a garden‑spider macro shot taken outside his kitchen door, marking his second consecutive year as junior champion. (petapixel.com) University student Rob Henderson captured the Student Scottish Photographer of the Year 2025 title for his portfolio “In the Time Between.” (petapixel.com) The competition’s main Scottish Nature Photographer of the Year section is judged across eight categories — Environmental, Natural Abstract, Scottish Botanical, Scottish Landscape (Land, Sea & Coast, Urban Greenspace), Wildlife Behaviour and Wildlife Portrait — alongside separate Junior, Student and Scottish Nature Video awards. (scottishnaturephotographyawards.com) Winners from the 2025 competition will be featured in the SNPA Portfolio Yearbook 2025 and on the touring exhibition of 2025 winners scheduled to run in 2026. (scottishnaturephotographyawards.com) Judge Niall Irvine singled out Houlton’s image for its inventive technique and the patterned trails created by multiple wingbeats in a slow‑shutter exposure, praising the image’s drama and subtle woodland context. (petapixel.com)
