The WildPhotos 2013 speakers and their finest photos – in pictures

A Siberian tiger on the sea shore, as photographed by Toshiji Fukuda, who has been snapping wildlife in the Russian far east since 1990, and had a major solo exhibition this year Photograph: Toshiji FUKUDA/WildPhotos 2013

A pond skater silhouetted against sun reflected in water, taken in Kent by Jodie Randall, another of this weekend's speakers Photograph: Jodie Randall/WildPhotos 2013

Mark Carwardine's photo of a grey whale in the San Ignacio Lagoon, Mexico. Carwadine is a zoologist, conservationist, award-winning writer, presenter and a widely published wildlife photographer Photograph: Mark Carwardine/WildPhotos 2013

Despite the beautiful reflection, these vast lakes are toxic and completely unlined, and nearly a dozen of them lie on either side of the Athabasca River in Alberta, Canada. Garth Lenz took this photo, another of the WildPhotos 2013 speakers Photograph: Garth Lenz/WildPhotos 2013

A male hoopoe gives his mate a courtship gift, as captured by award-winning photographer and environmental biologist Grzegorz Lesniewski Photograph: Grzegorz Lesniewski/WildPhotos 2013

An image of a lioness in Kenya by professional photographer Greg du Toit, a South African photographer whose WildPhotos session is titled Camera, Action, Pan Photograph: Greg du Toit/WildPhotos 2013

A cock fight on Palawan, Philippines. This photo was taken by David Tipling, wildlife photographer and author of more than 40 books on birds and wildlife Photograph: David Tipling/WildPhotos 2013

A common loon incubating her eggs at dusk. Connor Stefanison took this photo, he speaks at WildPhotos 2013 on Sunday Photograph: Connor Stefanison/WildPhotos 2013

BBC presenter and nature expert Chris Packham is also handy with a camera too – he captured his image of African elephants in Botswana Photograph: Chris Packham/WildPhotos 2013

A magnificent snap taken by Fabrice Cahez, who speaks about fieldcraft and photography on Sunday Photograph: Fabrice Cahez/WildPhotos 2013

A sandwich tern silhouetted against the Dorset sky, photoed by Bertie Gregory, the final speaker of this year's WildPhotos 2013 Photograph: Bertie Gregory/WildPhotos 2013