Doing our part

Since its inception, the international photo competition Bird Photographer of the Year (BPOTY) has had the twin aims of celebrating bird photography and inspiring people to care about the natural world through stunning imagery. More recently, in early 2020 the team established the grant-awarding charity Birds on the Brink, a U.K. nonprofit that now owns BPOTY.

Birds on the Brink was borne of a passion for wildlife and in particular birds, but also out of a sense of despair: a response to the seemingly unstoppable process of human environmental exploitation and biodiversity’s steady progression toward