Round-leaved sundew by Paul Olive, Sole Common Pond, Berkshire
Photo Competition 2024
Now open!
BBOWT Photography Competition 2024
It's time to give it your best shot to win top prizes.
Our annual photography competition celebrating the wildlife and wild places of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire is open for entries until 26 August 2024.
One overall winner will be chosen from nine category winners and - new for this year’s competition - we will invite the public to select their favourite photo for our People’s Choice Award.
The competition is free to enter but we welcome donations to the Nature Recovery Fund - the biggest fundraising appeal in BBOWT's history.
Categories
Entrants will be required to submit their image(s) under one of the following categories:
1. Children (ages 6–11) *
2. Teens (ages 12–17) *
3. Birds
4. Mammals
5. Butterflies and other insects
6. Our nature reserves
7. Urban nature *
8. Taking action for nature *
9. Mobile phone photography
Photos must be taken on a BBOWT nature reserve. Exceptions (*) are the Children, Teens, Urban nature, and Taking action for nature categories which can be taken anywhere in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire or Oxfordshire.
Please refer to our terms and conditions for full details.
Prizes
Overall winner: Technaxx Bird Feeder Camera Station
People's choice winner: Nexcam Solar Powered Wildlife Camera
Category winners: Workshop with Steve Gozdz of GG Wildlife Experiences, copy of BBOWT’s 2025 wildlife calendar, and certificate.
Runners up: Calendar and certificate.
Highly commended: Certificate.
Schools: Children and teen entrants can win a bundle of nature books for their school!
Category winning images will feature in BBOWT's 2025 wildlife calendar.
Dates
28 July 2024: closing date for entries into the people's choice award
26 August 2024: closing date for main categories
Winning photographers will be notified in the first two weeks of October. Entrants must provide an email address and telephone number when submitting images for this purpose. In the event that a winner is non-contactable, their entry will be forfeited and another chosen.
The results of the competition will be made public shortly after the photographers have been contacted and the winning photographs will be announced at the BBOWT AGM.
Terms and conditions
Click below to read the full terms and conditions. Please note:
- You may enter up to four images
- Photos must be taken on a BBOWT nature reserve. Exceptions are the Children, Teens, Urban nature, and Taking action for nature categories which can be taken anywhere in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire or Oxfordshire.
- Entries must be in a landscape format (not portrait or square)
- Image filenames must take the format surname-location-category eg smith-wells-farm-butterflies.jpg
How to enter
View this year's categories and read our T&Cs then click below to enter.
Competition winners 2023
Be inspired by the wonderful winning images from 2023.
White-legged damselfly by Harry Berks, Woodford Bottom & Lamb's Pool Nature Reserve, Oxfordshire
Dartford warbler by Darren Prestoe, Greenham Common Nature Reserve, Berkshire
Conservation volunteers by Gill Cornelius, Weston Turville Reservoir, Buckinghamshire
Bank vole by Andrew Kelsick, Warburg Nature Reserve
Common frog by Jessica Crumpton, Letcombe Brook, Oxfordshire
Hummingbird hawk-moth by Colin Lamb
Hoverfly on scabious by Fern Gregory
Dock bug by Anton Poon
Round-leaved sundew by Paul Olive, Sole Common Pond, Berkshire
Common earthball by Paul Morgan-Russell, Wildmoor Heath, Berkshire
Grangelands & The Rifle Range Nature Reserve, Buckinghamshire by Gill Cornelius
Grey heron by Danny Kidby-Hunter
With thanks to our sponsor GG Wildlife Experiences
Ready to enter?
We can't wait to see your submissions!