Ryan Stalker says his photograph of a soccer ball floating in the ocean with a colony of goose barnacles growing off it highlights the problems with marine waste.
Organisers of the British Wildlife Photography Awards have announced the winners of this year's competition.
The picture, taken by Ryan Stalker, is reminiscent of viral images of icebergs that reveal the shocking size of the clump of ice under the surface of the water."But below the waterline is a colony of creatures."More rubbish in the sea could increase the risk of more creatures making it to our shores and becoming invasive species.""I do wonder about the journey the ball has been on," Stalker said.
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