2023 emerged as a year of highs and lows in the natural world, marked by the hottest summer in recorded history and a litany of extreme weather events, as well as a historic United Nations treaty to protect the world’s oceans. In the midst of it all, nature photographers deftly captured the universal beauty and resilience of our planet for all to see.
Alex Hyde focussed on the mesmerising details of a beetle’s scutellum, while Mateusz Piesiak brought us an awe-inspiring panorama of the Swiss Alps, from the perspective of an alpine chough. Transitioning between the minutest of details to the most expansive of landscapes, this collection of our favourite nature photographs taken in 2023 is a stunning tapestry of colours, textures and emotions that define the year’s most exceptional nature photography.
Each image is a celebration of the wonders that surround our busy lives, and a testament to the skillful lensmanship of those who bring such scenes to our attention. As we prepare to bid farewell to 2023, what better way to reflect on the past year than through the lens of nature photography?
NATURE’S ART
BIRDS
ANIMALS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT
INVERTEBRATES
MARINE WILDLIFE
MAMMALS
LANDSCAPES
FISH
ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
PLANTS & FUNGI
REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS
CUTE ANIMALS
COMEDY WILDLIFE
MORE OF OUR FAVOURITES
If you’d like to see more of our favourite images from the past year, you can view the full collection right here.
And from all of us at Nature Picture Library, we wish you a restful Christmas and happy fortunes in the coming year!
