Wild About Nature creative challenge

Winners announced!

After some careful deliberation by our judges the winners have been decided!

Category 1:  Pre-school 0-6 years

• Category 1 winner: Elise Dahl-Wheel
• Category 1 runner-up: Roly Lewis

Category 2: Primary school 7-11 years

• Category 2 winner: Sienna Tan
• Category 2 runner-up: Ibrahim Ali

Category 3: Secondary school 12-18 years

• Category 3 winner: Alex Wade-Martins
• Category 3 runner-up: Niamh Fitzgerald

Category 4: Judges special award

• Category 4 winner: Harry Lewis

Enter our 'Wild About Nature' creative challenge!

With everyone at home during the lockdown, we want you to create a piece of art that tells us how nature inspires you and why you think it's important to look after local wildlife. Get involved with our fun nature challenge!

Get creative and tell us why you are 'Wild About Nature'!

You could...

• do a drawing,
• make a unique bird feeder,
• take photos of wildlife in your garden,
• create a sculpture from recycled materials,
• paint a mural on your shed, 
• write a poem about why you love nature, or
• write a story about your favourite garden visitor! 

Submissions can be anything creative that you've made in the form of photos, poems, models, posters, stories or a piece of artwork.

The deadline for submitting your entry is Sunday 7 June.

Winners will be announced on Monday 15 June. All submissions are made online via the form below. Please submit a photograph of any artwork you make.

Entries will be judged by a panel of wildlife experts who will award winners based on artwork that best demonstrates a passion for nature. There are three age groups, each with different prizes.

Age groups and prizes

Category 1:  Pre-school 0-6 years

• Category 1 winner: Insect lore butterfly growing kit
• Category 1 runner-up: Insect lore big bug magnifying jar

Category 2: Primary school 7-11 years

• Category 2 winner: Insect lore butterfly growing kit
• Category 2 runner-up: Signed illustrated book by Yuval Zommer

Category 3: Secondary school 12-18 years

• Category 3 winner: A pair of Celestron Outland X 8x42 Binoculars
• Category 3 runner-up: Signed illustrated book by Yuval Zommer

By submitting an entry you agree to us using it for marketing purposes. We will only contact you via details provided in relation to the competition unless you have signed up to hear from us.