Review of 2010 wildlife photographic awards

Eric Hosking award - Winner 'A marvel of ants' When Bence first tried to photograph leaf-cutter ants in action, he thought it was going to be easy. It wasn’t, but relishing the challenge, he found out as much as he could about their complex society and spent hours watching and following them in the Costa Rican rainforest        Photograph: Bence Máté/Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010

British wildlife photography awards. A herring gull taken by Steve Young which won the top prize Photograph: Steve Young/British Wildlife Pho/PA

British wildlife photography awards. A mountain hare taken by Marcin Zagorski which won the Animal Portraits category at the British wildlife photography awards. Photograph: Marcin Zagorski/British Wildlife/PA

British wildlife photography awards 2010 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2010/oct/06/british-wildlife-photography-awards-2010 EMBARGOED TO 0001 THURSDAY OCTOBER 7. Undated handout photo issued by British Wildlife Photography Awards of a wood mouse taken by Phillip Thomas which won the Wildlife in my Backyard category at the British Wildlife Photography Awards. Photograph: Phillip Thomas/British Wildlife/PA

Landscape photographer of the year 2010. Corfe Castle, Dorset by Antony Spencer Photograph: Antony Spencer/Landscape Photographer of the Year

Landscape photographer of the year awards. Valley of Light, Newlands Valley, Cumbria, England by Adam Burton (Commended, Take a view 2010) Photograph: Adam Burton/Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards

Landscape photographer of the year awards. South Downs near Kingston, East Sussex, England by Slawek Staszczuk (Commended, Take a view 2010) Photograph: Slawek Staszczuk/Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards

Landscape photographer of the year awards. Hordron rainbow, Derbyshire, England by Adrian Ashworth (Commended, Take a view 2010) Photograph: Adrian Ashworth/Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards

British Society of underwater photographers. Winner: Black-faced blenny by Arthur Kingdon Photograph: Arthur Kingdon/guardian.co.uk

Highly commended: Sea hare by Robert Bailey Photograph: guardian.co.uk

BirdGuides photo of the year 2009 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2010/jan/29/wildlife-birds Common Kestrel pursuing Barn Owl Photograph: guardian.co.uk

BirdGuides photo of the year. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2010/jan/29/wildlife-birds Air-braking Puffin Photograph: guardian.co.uk

BirdGuides photo of the year. Greater Spotted Eagle, Qatar Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Timor-Leste scuba photo competition 2010. Around 30 mainly amateur photographers took part in East Timor's inaugural scuba photo competition from October 11 to 15, President Jose Ramos-Horta's latest project to kick-start tourism in his tiny, fragile state Photograph: Kandis Semidang/AFP/Getty Images

GDT European wildlife photographer of the year 2010. Overall winner Britta Jaschinski Ghostly Cheetah, Ndutu, Ngorogoro Conservation Area,Tanzania, Africa Photograph: Britta Jaschinski/Action images

GDT European wildlife photographer of the year 2010 Other Animals, winner: 'Phototaxis im Frühjahr', Csaba Gönye, Hungary Photograph: Csaba Gönye/European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010

GDT European wildlife photographer of the year 2010. The prize of the audience went to David Allemand and Christophe Sidamon-Pesson (France) for their image 'Snowy Owl - Harfang de neiges', which was highly commended in the category Birds Photograph: David Allemand/Christophe Sidamon-Pesson /GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2010

The world's best underwater photographs 2010 'Hitting Sailfish' - Sailfish attacking schooling fish in Port St Johns, South Africa Photograph: Alexander Safonov /Barcroft Media

The world's best underwater photographs 2010. Stargazer in Blue Heron Bridge, Florida Photograph: Keri Wilk/Barcroft Media

The world's best underwater photographs 2010. 'Underwater Sadness' - Sea turtle in Sea of Cortez, Mexico Photograph: Ramon Dominguez/Barcroft Media