In pictures: Finalists from the world's 'funniest wildlife photography competition'
A collection of 40 standalone images, three portfolio entries and 10 funny video entries made it to the finals of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Award.
| Updated: 23 Oct 2025
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'Now which direction is my nest?' is the name of Alison Tuck's picture of a very disoriented Gannet on a windy day on Bempton Cliffs during the nesting season.
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Alison Tuck/ Nikon Comedy Wildlife
By Lucy Harvey
The finalists of the 2025 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards, dubbed the funniest wildlife photography competition in the world, have been revealed.
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The competition highlights exceptional wildlife photography and the positive power of humour.
The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Award was started by Paul Joynson-Hicks MBE and Tom Sullam in 2015 in a bid to help promote the conservation of wildlife and habitats, with jaw-dropping and laugh-out-loud photos.
British photographer Mark Meth-Cohn said he spotted this one young male gorilla "keen to show off his acrobatic flair; pirouetting, tumbling, and high kicking" while trekking through the misty Virunga Mountains in Rwanda.
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Mark Meth-Cohn/Nikon Comedy Wildlife
A violent thunderstorm ended up creating a cute scene for this pair of lions in Serengeti National Park in Tanzania.
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Massimo Felici/ Nikon Comedy Wildlife.
American photographer Ralph Robinson spent hours lying in wait on Volunteer Point in the Falkland Islands for this shot. Volunteer Point is notable for having about 2000 pairs of breeding king penguins.
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Ralph Robinson/Nikon Comedy Wildlife
This year saw a record record number of entries, with just under 10,000 in total from 108 countries, all competing to win the top prize of a one-week safari in the Masai Mara.
A collection of 40 standalone images, three portfolio entries and 10 funny video entries, have made it to this year’s finals.
Photographer Grayson Bell has named this shot of two male Green frogs fighting in Maine, USA 'Baptism Of The Unwilling Convert'.
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Grayson Bell/ Nikon Comedy Wildlife.
'Landing gears down' by Erkko Badermann shows a Red-throated Loon making an expertly smooth landing in Finland.
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Erkko Badermann/Nikon Comedy Wildlife.
Among the contenders for the funniest wildlife image of 2025 is a dancing gorilla, a choir of lions, a smoking duck and some frog teamwork.
Jenny Stock captured this smiley little Bluestriped Fangblenny fish while on a scuba dive in the Philippines.
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Jenny Stock/Nikon Comedy Wildlife
We’ve all seen a flamingo, but have you ever seen a flamingone? Here's one on a Caribbean beach.
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Miles Astray/Nikon Comedy Wildlife
This one year old Brown bear in Finland definitely wasn't camera shy!
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Valtteri Mulkahainen/ Nikon Comedy Wildlife.
Photographer Paula Rustemeier captured these Red foxes in the Netherlands, saying she saw them "fight, hunt, sleep, groom - and of course play".
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Paula Rustemeier/Nikon Comedy Wildlife.
Photographer Lars Beygang saw this mallard perched on a fence, calling out into the frosty morning air in Germany, a photo he calls 'Outdoor smoking zone'.
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Lars Beygang/Nikon Comedy Wildlife
