The annual Wiki Loves Earth photo contest has announced its winners. As usual, 10 photos won in the Ukrainian section.
A total of 124 photographers took part in the contest, uploading over 7,400 photos taken in Ukraine's protected areas. They show animals in their natural habitat and nature itself — picturesque and untouched.
EcoPolitics invites you to find out where the winning photos in Wiki Loves Earth 2025 were taken.
Source: wikilovesearth.org.ua
A hare was captured on camera in the Seretsky Hydrological Reserve in Ternopil region. Photographer – Lyubomyr Matviiv.
Source: wikilovesearth.org.ua
A charming but very skittish roe deer was finally caught in the frame. Location – Zherebkivskyi Reserve in Ternopil region. Photographer – Lyubomyr Matviiv.
This is a grey hare in Halych Botanical Garden, also in Ternopil region. The animal was photographed among medicinal plants by Lyubomyr Matviiv.
The diverse grasslands of Donetsk region are the focal point of another winning photo. Oleksandr Ryzhkov captured a vibrant sunset in the Hektova Balka Botanical Reserve.
The struggle between a grass snake and a gull over a catch is shown in Oleg Martsun's photo. The action took place in the Tuzlivski Limbany National Park in Odesa region.
This photo is also from the Odesa limans. Here, a snake caught a fish in Lake Maly Sasyk. Photographer – Oleg Martsun.
The white avian chaos was photographed by Oleg Martsun in the Tuzlivski Limbany National Nature Park in Odesa region.
Multicolored patterns of fields and meadows along the edge of a fairy-like ravine were captured by Oleksandr Ryzhkov. The location is Kyiv region.
This islet with a small bridge, resembling a tree, is located in Sofiyivka Park, Cherkasy region. Photographer – Oleksandr Ryzhkov.
Mountain peaks shrouded in sweet morning mist. This picturesque portrait of the Carpathian Mountains in Transcarpathia was taken by Volodymyr Burdyak.
You can view the best photos from the 2024 Wiki Loves Earth contest by following this link.
EcoPolitics also published photos from the winners of this year's Nature inFocus contest.
