The German Society for Nature Photography (GDT) has selected its Nature Photographer of the Year 2020. Here: Winner, Birds. Flurin Leugger – Takeoff. A coyote panics geese. (Photo by lurin Leugger/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)





Third place, Birds. Hermann Hirsch – Stony Dipper. An American dipper, California. (Photo by Hermann Hirsch/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)





Winner, Other animals. Jens Cullmann – Danger in the Mud. Crocodile in a drying pool. (Photo by Jens Cullmann/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)





Third place, Other animals. Henry Jager – School of mackerel, Cocos Island. (Photo by Henry Jager/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)





Overall winner. Peter Lindel – A Hare’s Dream. European hare in the north of Dortmund. (Photo by Peter Lindel/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)





Second place, Mammals. Mohammad Murad – Glowing Fox. An Arabian red fox kitten explores Kuwait City at night just outside its den. (Photo by 2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)





Fourth place, Mammals. Jan Piecha – Curious Glances. Raccoons, North Hesse. (Photo by Jan Piecha/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)





Winner, Landscapes. Benjain Waldmann – Magic Light. Tree in the mist at the Albtrauf. (Photo by Benjamin Waldmann/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)





Second place, Landscapes. Jose Fragozo – Masai Mara sky. (Photo by Jose Fragozo/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)





Fifth place, Landscapes. Axel Gomeringer – Yukon Gold Rush. Tombstone territorial park. (Photo by Axel Gomeringer/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)





Winner, Nature’s Studio. Jan Piecha – Flooded With Light. A blackbird in North Hesse. (Photo by Jan Piecha/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)





Second place, Nature’s Studio. Stephan Fürnrohr – The White Coastline. A meltwater lake in Greenland. (Photo by Stephan Fürnrohr/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)





Winner, Special Category Award: Water. Britta Strack – The Play of Water. Hraunfossar Island. (Photo by Britta Strack/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)





Second place, Special Category: Water. Sandra Bartocha – Milk and Honey. Reflection of the chalk coast. (Photo by Sandra Bartocha/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)