THE WINNERS of this year’s Worcestershire Wildlife Trust calendar competition have been revealed.
And Redditch photographer Carl Harris’ ‘Meadow Brown’ taken in the borough has been selected for August.
Carl Harris’ Meadow Brown was selected for August. sThere is more Redditch representation in September with the ‘Kingfisher’ image – it was taken by Bromsgrove photographer Rebekah Nash but in Redditch borough.
The overall winner – decided by a public vote advertised across the trust’s social media channels – was ‘Brown hare, The Lenches’ by Nick Thompson from Cheltenham.
The overall winning image – Brown Hare by Nick Thompson. sEvery year the WWT challenges photographers to enter pictures of Worcestershire’s wonderful wildlife.
More than 200 images were submitted by 40 photographers.
All trust staff are involved in the initial judging before previous winners, professional wildlife photographer Pete Walkden (Pete Walkden Photography) and semi-professional wildlife photographer Jason Curtis (Wyre Wildlife), helped to choose 12 winners.
Anil Patel’s swans feature on February. sWinners each receive a copy of the charity’s fund-raising calendar, which features a different winning image each month.
Carl said: “Out early morning, I spotted this beautiful meadow brown butterfly perched on a grass head with wings fully spread taking in the sun.
“Moving behind it to capture the underside I lay on the ground to be level with the butterfly itself, added in the surroundings to the frame and took the shot.”
Frogspawn (March) by Richard Clifford. sRebekah added: “Learning the flight pattern and favourite spots of this kingfisher was a pleasure, so to sit patiently in the rain, away from people,
“I felt privileged as this beautiful bird stayed with me fishing for over 20 minutes, an emotional experience.”
Winner Nick thanked everyone who voted for his picture and said “I am over the moon – I can’t believe it.”
Competition organiser Wendy Carter congratulated the winners and runners-up and thanked everyone who entered and judges Peter and Jamie.
“Whether you’re watching wildlife in your garden, your local park, in the town or the countryside, it’s always worth having a camera to hand. You never know what you might spot,” she said.
January’s picture of choice is Winter Sunrise Footprints by Linda Jones. sEach winning photograph features as an A4 image in the trust’s 2023 calendar. A further 24 images by runners-up appear as smaller inserts.
Autumn Woodland by Gillian Smith is October’s image. sThe image was voted as the overall winner in a public vote advertised across the Trust’s social media channels.
The calendar costs £8 and is available to buy online from worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/shop. All proceeds directly benefit the trust’s work to protect Worcestershire’s wildlife and wild places.
Photographers can visit flickr.com/groups/ worcestershirewildlifetrust or facebook.com/worcestershirewildlifetrust to stay up-to-date with the trust’s activities.
Alternatively, go to twitter.com/WorcsWT
