2024 BirdLife Australia Photography Awards open now

Calling all bird photographers!

The BirdLife Australia Photography Awards are back in 2024 – and entries are open now!

For more information and to enter the competition, visit the BirdLife Australia Photography Awards website. 

You have until August 5 to enter, but if you enter before July 5 you’ll be eligible for an early bird discount.

To enter the competition, you’ll first need to log in or create a BirdLife Australia account.

Categories and special theme

This year, we’re back with another special theme: Land of the Parrots! This category is a celebration of Australia’s charismatic and colourful lorikeet and parrot species. Photos entered into this category must contain one or more parrot or lorikeet (but not cockatoo!) species, and you can find a full list of eligible species here.

The categories for the 2024 competition are:

• Bird Portrait
• Birds in Flight
• Bird Behaviour
• Backyard Birds
• Human Impact
• Birds in the Landscape
• Special theme: Land of the Parrots
• Youth
• Portfolio

Sponsors and prizes

The 2024 BirdLife Australia Photography Awards are proudly sponsored by Nikon Australia and Lake Cowal Foundation.

Thanks to their generous support, the winners of each category will receive $1,000 in prize money – while the very lucky winner of the Portfolio Prize will receive a Nikon Z 8 digital camera valued at $7,449 RRP, courtesy of our Principal Sponsor Nikon Australia.

Nikon Australia is an Australian leader in digital imaging and optics, and is the proud Principal Sponsor of the 2024 BirdLife Australia Photography Awards.

Lake Cowal Foundation (LCF) is a not-for-profit Environmental Trust, established to protect and enhance the nationally-significant wetlands of Lake Cowal in New South Wales. LCF is a proud sponsor of the 2024 BirdLife Australia Photography Awards Birds in the Landscape category.

Ethical bird photography

Remember – the welfare of birds always comes first, and no winning shot should see birds losing out. All entries must adhere to BirdLife Photography’s Code of Ethics.

Good luck, and happy snapping!

Need some inspiration? Check out the winning and shortlisted entries from last year’s BirdLife Australia Photography Awards here. 

The Photography Awards are a collaboration between BirdLife Australia and BirdLife Photography. One of BirdLife Australia’s special interest groups, BirdLife Photography welcomes all bird lovers with a passion for photography and aims to inspire and support photographers of Australian birds.