Animal magic: The best of RSPCA Young Photographer Awards as this year's deadline approaches

Molly Tollson, aged 14 from Biggar in Scotland, photographed the surreal moment she saw a lamb take flight. (SWNS)

Gideon Knight, aged 18 from Essex, captured this comic photo of a seagull. (SWNS)

Kathryn Walton, aged 12 from Northampton, took this warm fuzzy photo in 2020 and won the runner up prize for the aged 12-15 mobile phone and devices category. (SWNS)

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Snapped for the under 12 mobile and devices category in 2020, 10-year-old Wilfred Maidment from Cranbrook,Kent, shot this heart-wrenching photo of his dog Buda, looking very sad and guilty for getting caught taking a nap on the sofa. (SWNS)

Daniel Zhang, aged 15 from Hendon in London, won the aged 12-15 category in 2019 for snapping this bird looking for his supper. (SWNS)

Joshu Myers, aged 15 from Sheffield, shot this incredible but terrifying photo in 2018 and claimed the runner up position in the aged 12-15 category. (SWNS)

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A hilarious pet portrait taken by Demmi Havenhand, aged 18 from Bedlington in Northumberland, for the 2022 Young Photographer Awards. (SWNS)

Hugo Napier, aged 10 from York, photographed this lovely moment of human-animal connection as an orphaned squirrel is given a feed and a warm blanket. (SWNS)

Young photographer Hattie Pearce, aged 18 from Solihull, was commended in the 2022 Pet Personalities category for her photo of a joyful puppy enjoying some summer sand. (SWNS)

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Clara Drycz, aged 15 from Rochdale, caught the longing in her puppy's eyes in the snow. (SWNS)

The tender moment between two puffins was captured by Jake Kneale, aged 16 from Pewsey, in Wiltshire. (SWNS)

The RSPCA is calling on young people with a good eye to submit their most amazing animal photos, with the deadline for submissions for the 2023 RSPCA Young Photographer Awards looming.

To encourage some late entries from those aged 18 and under, the RSPCA is celebrating some of its most stunning images from previous years.

They range from an adorable pooch giving puppy dog eyes to a pair of puffins.

Budding photographers have until 15 August to enter the awards, which are now celebrating their 33rd year.

Award winning wildlife photographer and judge, Emma Jacobs, said: "You might want to have a tissue ready for looking through our pick of some historic entries.

"Some will make you cry with laughter, others will make you weep from the emotion radiating from them - they all showcase what the RSPCA Young Photographer Awards is all about!"

There are ten different categories, including Pet Portraits and mobile phone and devices, and all creatures are welcome, from pets to wildlife, insects, farm animals and more.

TV presenter Chris Packham, president of the RSPCA, said: "I am really excited about this year’s RSPCA Young Photographer Awards and I hope many young people will get outside and photograph their favourite animals or bugs for this fantastic competition."

The winners will be announced in December 2023 at a ceremony hosted by Packham at the Tower of London.