Honey bee by Paul Jaskulski
Photography Competition 2025
Photo Competition Winners Announced
Thank you to everyone who entered this year's competition and congratulations to our fantastic winning photographers!
First place in the 2025 photography competition
Photographer: Peter Smith
Category: Mammals & other animals
Subject: Common frog
Location: Letcombe Valley, Oxfordshire
Common frog by Peter Smith
People's Choice Award
The winner of this year's People's Choice Award will appear on the front cover of our 2026 calendar. Voting was open to the public and attracted over 2,200 votes!
Congratulations to Thomas Roberts for his beautiful image of a great crested grebe with humbug chicks.
Great crested grebes by Thomas Roberts
Category winners
Photographers could choose from eight categories. View the winning entries below.
7-spot ladybird by Ben Gray
Great crested grebes by Tom Eastwood
Honey bee by Paul Jaskulski
Dogwood by John Cawkwell
Autumn leaves by Paul Jaskulski
Common frog by Peter Smith
Winter waterfowl, Nature Discovery Centre by Craig Allen
Tufted duckling by Grace Miller
- Children & teenagers - 7-spot ladybird by Ben Gray
- Birds - Great crested grebes by Tom Eastwood
- Butterflies & other insects - Honey bee by Paul Jaskulski
- Flowers & fungi - Dogwood by John Cawkwell
- Landscapes & people - Autumn leaves by Paul Jaskulski
- Mammals & other animals - Common frog by Peter Smith
- Mobile phone photography - Winter waterfowl by Craig Allen
- Nature on your doorstep - Tufted duckling by Grace Miller
Runners-up & highly commended images
With so many high-quality entries, the following images were also rewarded.
Birch shieldbug by Everly Admans
Little egret by Tom Eastwood
Brimstone butterfly by Denis Kennedy
Green-winged orchid by Gladys Perrier
Autumn path, College Lake by Christian Kyriacou
Bank vole by Gladys Perrier
Bee and heather by Rebecca Cyriac
Green bottle fly by Jeremy Denton
Rabbit by Anton Poon
Cormorant by Tom Eastwood
Common blue butterflies by Philip Townsend
Grasshopper by Gareth Fish
Bracket fungus by Gareth Fish
Snelsmore Common by Leighton Brant
Mallard duck by Christopher Dunn
Runners-up
- Children & teenagers - Birch shieldbug by Everly Admans
- Birds - Little egret by Tom Eastwood
- Butterflies & other insects - Brimstone butterfly by Denis Kennedy
- Flowers & fungi - Green-winged orchid by Gladys Perrier
- Landscapes & people - Autumn path, College Lake by Christian Kyriacou
- Mammals & other animals - Bank vole by Gladys Perrier
- Mobile phone photography - Bee by Rebecca Cyriac
- Nature on your doorstep - Green bottle fly by Jeremy Denton
Highly commended
- Children & teenagers - Rabbit by Anton Poon
- Birds - Cormorant by Tom Eastwood
- Butterflies & other insects - Common blues by Philip Townsend
- Butterflies & other insects - Grasshopper by Gareth Fish
- Flowers & fungi - Bracket fungus by Gareth Fish
- Landscapes & people - Snelsmore Common by Leighton Brant
- Nature on your doorstep - Mallard duck by Christopher Dunn
We are grateful to everyone who enters our annual photography competition - your amazing images are encouraging more people to act now for nature.
With thanks to our competition sponsor GG Wildlife Experiences
