1. Red admiral butterfly by Jo Brown
Photo Competition 2025
BBOWT Photography Competition 2025
It's time to give it your best shot!
Our annual photography competition celebrating the wildlife and wild places of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire is open for entries until 31 August 2025.
With a great selection of prizes to be won, we can't wait to see your images!
The competition is free to enter but we welcome donations to the Nature Recovery Fund - our biggest ever fundraising appeal.
Categories
You can submit up to four photographs across eight categories.
Taken anywhere in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire or Oxfordshire:
- Children & teens: all images of nature
- Nature on your doorstep: garden/urban/local wildlife
Taken on a BBOWT nature reserve:
- BBOWT reserves: landscapes & people: views, visitors and volunteers
- Mammals & other animals: from hares and hedgehogs to lizards and frogs
- Birds: incl. portraits, action shots and birds in flight
- Butterflies & other insects: beautiful butterflies and insect life
- Flowers & fungi: colourful blooms and fantastic fungi
- Mobile phone photography: landscape views and wildlife photos
In addition, up to 10 images will be selected from across all categories for a public vote. This People’s Choice winner will feature on the cover of BBOWT's 2026 wildlife calendar.
Prizes
Free to enter and open to all ages, this is your chance to win a bundle of great prizes and feature in the BBOWT 2026 wildlife calendar.
Overall winner:
A photography workshop with Steve Gozdz of GG Wildlife Experiences
A fantastic selection of bird-feeding goodies from Vine House Farm
Smart bird feeder camera with AI bird species recognition
Collins Complete Guide to British Wildlife
People's Choice winner:
Front cover of the 2026 BBOWT calendar
Tasco Essentials 8x42 binoculars
Collins Complete Guide to British Wildlife
Children and teens:
Younger entrants can win a bundle of nature books for their school!
All category winners, runners up, and highly-commended photographers will receive a copy of our 2026 calendar, a certificate, and BBOWT tote bag. Category winners will also be invited to a photography workshop with Steve Gozdz of GG Wildlife Experiences.
Terms & conditions
Prize bundle
Our 2025 prize bundle includes:
- A photography workshop with Steve Gozdz of GG Wildlife Experiences
- Bird-feeding goodies from our friends at Vine House Farm
- A smart bird feeder camera with AI species recognition
- Tasco Essentials 8x42 binoculars
- Collins Complete Guide to British Wildlife
- BBOWT certificates, calendars and tote bags
One of the participants on BBOWT's 2023 Youth Nature Photography Project at the Nature Discovery Centre. Picture: Emma Gray
Children & teens
A chance for budding young photographers to show off their skills. Our young winner will be invited to a photography workshop and will receive a BBOWT certificate and tote bag, plus a selection of nature books for their school.
We want to inspire a lifelong love of nature - discover wonderful wildlife through the lens of your camera!
Images must be taken in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire or Oxfordshire.
Hedgehog by Graham Bonham
Nature on your doorstep
Celebrate nature near you - from birds at your feeder and frogs in your pond, to backyard bugs and urban foxes.
Wildlife can be found all around, in our towns and cities, allotments, gardens and green spaces. Introduce us to your wild neighbours!
Images must be taken in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire or Oxfordshire.
Conservation volunteers by Gill Cornelius, Weston Turville Reservoir, Buckinghamshire
BBOWT nature reserves
Help promote our wonderful reserves with your best landscape and people pictures. Show us your favourite view, families having fun, or inspiring images of volunteers in action.
Additional categories:
- Mammals & other animals
- Birds
- Butterflies & other insects
- Flowers & fungi
- Mobile phone photography
Images must be taken at a BBOWT nature reserve.
Ready to enter?
Once you've read the terms and conditions, complete our online entry form.
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