The shortlist for the 2018 Bird Photographers of the Year Competition has been announced by the Nature Photographers Association and the Uk's Ornithological Foundation. Presented here are some of the finalists who will compete for the Grand Prix, and the final list of winners will be announced by Chris Packham (BBC programme host and conservationist) at the annual bird watching fair in August. Photographer Petr Bambousek took this photo of a giant bull oriole catching lice for a capybara in the Pantanal Wetlands of Brazil.
This is a regular buzzard photographed by photographer Mario Cea in Salamanca, Spain.
This is a kingfisher photographed by photographer Mario Cea Sanchez in Spain ready to dive.
An Alexander long-tailed parrot is standing outside its nest, photographed by photographer Georgina Steytler.
This is a photograph of Dalmatian pelicans by photographer Johan Siggesson in Lake Kerkini in Greece.
This is a toucan of Togo photographed by photographer Petr Bambousek in Pokone, Brazil.
This is the giant swan photographed by photographer Antti Siponen in Avikara, Finland.
This is a northern gannet photographed by photographer Janine Lee at the Hampton Cliffs in the UK.
This is the scene photographed by photographer Edmund Aylmer in Kruger National Park in South Africa, where two red-billed cow starlings are searching for food on a impala.
This is a white-tailed sea eagle photographed by photographer Ben Hall in Hortobagy National Park in Hungary.
A flock of wading birds, the three-toed sandpiper, rests on the water during their migration, photographed by photographer Mario Suarez Porras in Asturias, Spain.
This is a vulture photographed by photographer Pedro Jarque Krebs in Alaska, USA.
This is a brown hard-tailed duck photographed by photographer Jess Findlay in British Columbia, Canada.
This is a heron photographed by photographer Bene Mate in Hungary.
This is a snowy owl photographed by photographer Markus Varesvuo in Canada.
This is a white-backed vulture photographed by photographer Clint Ralph in the Zimanga Nature Reserve in South Africa.
This is the scene captured by photographer Petr Bambousek on the German island of Helgoland, where a northern gannet is clutching a discarded fishing net in its mouth.
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