Winning and shortlisted images from this year’s competition, from awe-inspiring action shots to charming portraits, featured in a new book celebrating some of the best bird photography of the year Main image: Bird Photographer of the Year Awards 2017: Grey heron Photograph: @ahmadalessa.Com/Ahmad Al-essa Thu 31 Aug 2017 10.04 BST Last modified on Fri 29 Oct 2021 12.46 BST Pink flamingo feeding the