Stunning Wildlife Photographer of the Year entries as adorable macaque among winners

From a young falcon hunting a butterfly to an adorable macaque cuddling its mum, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year contention has gad immoderate breath-taking entries again

A macaque snuggling successful its mum's arms is simply a winning representation from the Wildlife ­Photographer of the Year competition. The picture, taken successful Sri Lanka by Hikkaduwa Liyanage Prasantha Vinod, triumphed successful the Behaviour: Mammals category.

But it was a swarm of tadpoles captured by Shane Gross successful Canada that claimed the wide crown from a record-breaking 59,228 entries, successful what was the 60th twelvemonth of the Natural History Museum's contest. Kathy Moran, chairwoman of the ­competition jury, said: "Over the past fewer years, the contention has highlighted environments and taxon that are often overlooked."

So without further ado, present are immoderate of the champion close-up snaps of animals from astir the satellite feataured successful the Wildlife Photographer of the twelvemonth competition.