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Face of a robin with open beak

Robin by Peter Hines

BBOWT Photo Competition 2025

People's Choice Award

Voting closed

The annual BBOWT Photography Competition includes a People's Choice Award, with the winning image being selected for the front cover of our 2026 wildlife calendar.

 

Voting was open to the public and closed on 14 September 2025. 

We received over 2,200 votes and would like to say a big thank you to everyone who took part! The winning photographer will be announced at a special BBOWT Celebration event at Didcot Civic Hall on Saturday, 25 October. Click below for information on how to attend.

BBOWT Celebration & Photography Awards

Shortlisted images

Sparrowhawk perched on a branch, balancing on one leg

Sparrowhawk by Omesh Ehsan Shah

Bee flying to a flower with bright yellow 'pollen baskets' on it's back legs

Bee and pollen by David Maw

Two great grested grebe chicks on parent's back

Great crested grebes by Thomas Roberts

Macro image of a bog bush-cricket

Bog bush-cricket by Wayne Bull

Common tern hovering in the sky

Common tern by Helaine Cadman

Bee taking flight from a lavender flower

Bee and lavender by Ben Jones

Speckled wood butterfly on bracken

Speckled wood butterfly by Matthew Carrington

Robin perched on a camera

Robin by Omesh Ehsan Shah