AN exhibition of wildlife photographs on loan from the Natural History Museum in London will open at Jersey Zoo tomorrow.
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition will be on display at the Durrell Discovery Centre until Sunday 28 September.
It forms part of an international tour that will allow this year’s award-winning images to be seen by well over a million people.
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition was launched in 1965.
It this year received 59,228 entries from photographers of all ages and experience levels from 117 countries and territories.
During an intense week at the Natural History Museum in London, entries were judged anonymously on their creativity, originality, and technical excellence by an international panel of industry experts.
Judging panel chair Kathy Moran said: “These images represent the evolution of the competition through the years, from pure natural history to photography that fully embraces representation of the natural world – the beauty and the challenges.”
Durrell chief executive Rebecca Brewer added: “We’re really excited to have Wildlife Photographer of the Year return to Jersey Zoo again this year.
“These breathtaking and poignant images are a stark reminder that our work at Durrell is more important now than ever before; to protect the many species that face significant threats every day.”
The exhibition is open each day from 9.30am until 4pm.
It is free for members, but exhibition tickets are required for non-members.
