A REMOTE capture shot of a red squirrel in a drey has been highly commended in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award.
The photo, taken by Neil Anderson near his home in Carrbridge in the Highlands, shows the squirrel asleep in a box Anderson had put up in one of the pine trees near his home.
The winner of the award was a dramatic aerial shot of a line of fire tearing through the Australian landscape.
The drone image was captured by Robert Irwin, son of wildlife conservationist Steve Irwin. It received 55,486 votes to win the People’s Choice Award in the annual international competition.
The shot reveals a 50-50 split between pristine conservation area on one side of the line of the blaze and blackened devastated remains on the other.
In all, the competition received 49,000 submissions.
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