PPAI

Nature & The Environment
2020

1ST PLACE WINNER
Nature & The Environment 2020

ON REFLECTION

by Niall Carson

A cormorant in Dublin’s Grand Canal during a spell of mild weather

2ND PLACE
DROPS

By Marc O’Sullivan

Raindrops resting on moss on a city wall

3RD PLACE
PEEK A BOO

By Paul Nicholls

The Dodder Vixen – a wild fox which lives on the Dodder River and raises a family every year

SHORTLISTED
A HERON’S PATIENCE PAYS OFF

By Nick Bradshaw

A heron with a brown trout in the Dodder River, Milltown

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BLUE BIRDS AT DAWN

By Michael Mac Sweeney

Cormorants warm up in early morning sun on The Lagoon, Rosscarbery, Co. Cork

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ILLEGAL DUMPING

By Joe O’Shaughnessy

A man involved in a local area clean-up looks over a wall at illegally dumped rubbish in the Fána Glas area at Ballybane, Galway

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SEASCAPE

By Denis Minihane

Yachts off Kinsale Harbour, Co. Cork, in the afternoon sunlight

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CHEEKY CROWS

By Alan Betson

A few cheeky crows help themselves to tufts of molting hair from fallow deer in Dublin’s Phoenix Park

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LAST SURF OF THE DECADE

By Naoise Culhane

A lone surfer enjoying the final sunset of the year over the Atlantic Ocean at Carrowniskey Strand, near Louisburgh, Co. Mayo