A photograph of a gannet with grass blowing over its face has been voted winner of the People’s Choice award on the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards.
“Now which direction is my nest?” by Alison Tuck captures the scene on a windy day at Bempton Cliffs in Yorkshire, England, throughout nesting season. It “won convincingly in the public vote” out of a shortlist of 41 images, based on an announcement from the competitors organizers, revealed Wednesday.
Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025
Tuck took the {photograph} on a “very breezy day,” she mentioned within the assertion.
“There was an onshore wind which meant we couldn’t shoot from the boat, however the wind played to our favour as the gannets were being pushed towards and up the cliffs giving us ample opportunity to get some lovely close-up images of them collecting grass for their nests,” she added.
Tuck mentioned it was “really exciting” for the photograph to have been featured among the many Highly Commended pictures from the broader 2025 awards, which noticed British photographer Mark Meth-Cohn win the highest prize in December with a picture of a dancing gorilla.
“However, being awarded this category is something else and I am really chuffed and grateful to all the people who voted for me,” she mentioned within the assertion.
Other shortlisted pictures embrace a squirrel having a nasty hair day; a southern yellow-billed hornbill making a panicked escape from an approaching Harris’s hawk; and a Sri Lankan elephant taking part in peek-a-boo along with his ears.