The Best of 2020 competition was held in January-March 2021. The results of member voting for the top five images in each category are listed here. This competition received good support from our members, with 340 images entered across the 3 competition levels by 106 photographers. The Winner is the image which received the most votes; and we also show the next four highest placed images, rating them as Highly Commended if they received at least 90% of the votes for the winning image, and Commended for scores less than that.
Advanced Level – Best of 2020
This category attracted 115 entries, from 34 photographers. 45 members voted, with the following result:
- Winner - Great Crested Grebe, by Jason Moore (Image ID 45006)
- Commended - Fairy Tern, by Cherilyn Corker (Image ID 44450)
- Commended - Yellow-billed Spoonbill, by Nathan Watson (Image ID 44874)
- Commended - Great Crested Grebe, by Peter Quinn (Image ID 44761)
- Commended - Yellow-billed Spoonbill, by Jason Moore (Image ID 45060)
Intermediate Level – Best of 2020
This category attracted 157 entries, from 48 photographers. 53 members voted, with the following result:
- Winner - Black Kite, by Les George (Image ID 44430)
- Commended - Welcome Swallow, by Jane Putland (Image ID 44408)
- Commended - Purple Swamphen, by Steven Roe (Image no longer available)
- Commended - Red-necked Avocet, by Jane Putland (Image ID 44890)
- Commended - Great Egret, by Jane Putland (Image ID 45192)
Entry Level – Best of 2020
This category attracted 72 entries, from 24 photographers. 47 members voted, with the following result:
- Winner - Rainbow Bee-eater, by Inigo Koefoed (Image ID 44818)
- Commended - Brown Thornbill, by Alison Bowling (Image ID 44583)
- Commended - Purple Swamphen, by Chunfang Liu (Image ID 44688)
- Commended - Golden-headed Cisticola, by Linda Waters (Image ID 44955)
- Commended - Willie Wagtail, by Indrani Pathirage (Image ID 44918).