Picturing Bird Photographer of the Year 2018 and its greatness. Awards has been announced by Nature Photographers and the British Trust for Ornithology. Here we gathered a few of the entries in the running for the awards, which will be announced by Chris Packham in August at the annual Rutland Birdwatching Fair.

From giant cowbird taking ticks from a capybara, Pantanal, Brazil to white-backed vulture, Zimanga, South Africa, all these photos will amaze you.

Check them out for more information and start to see our world through photos!

Giant cowbird taking ticks from a capybara, Pantanal, Brazil
Photograph: Petr Bambousek

Water rail, Salamanca, Spain
Photograph: Mario Cea

Kingfisher diving, Spain
Photograph: Mario Cea Sanchez

Alexandrine parakeet standing on swallows nest
Photograph: Georgina Steytler

Dalmatian pelicans, Lake Kerkini, Greece
Photograph: Johan Siggesson

Toco toucan, Poconé, Brazil
Photograph: Petr Bambousek/BPOTY/Cover Image

Whooper swans, Janakkala, Finland
Photograph: Antti Siponen

Northern gannet, Bempton Cliffs, United Kingdom
Photograph: Janine Lee

Red-billed oxpecker on an impala, Kruger National Park, South Africa
Photograph: Edmund Aylmer

White-tailed eagle, Hortobágy, Hungary
Photograph: Ben Hall

Sanderling wading birds stop during migration, Asturias, Spain
Photograph: Mario Suarez Porras

Griffon vulture, Alaska
Photograph: Pedro Jarque Krebs

Ruddy duck, British Columbia, Canada
Photograph: Jess Findlay

Grey heron, Hungary
Photograph: Bence Mate

Snowy owl, Canada
Photograph: Markus Varesvuo

White-backed vulture, Zimanga, South Africa
Photograph: Clint Ralph