Wildlife Photo 2025 Results
This year we ran a local wildlife photo competition during May and June.
You can see all entries here:
… and here are the results, kindly judged by Bryony Herrod-Taylor.
“Wonderful to see all the photos and thank you to everyone entering. It is never easy to choose a winner in competitions and there are plenty of beautiful photos.”
Bryony Herrod-Taylor
Results
Category: 17+ years
Winner:
‘A touch of Summer Colour‘ – great photo showing the full colours of the yellowhammer, the darker sky also helps to contrast the vibrant colours of the bird.
Title: A touch of summer colour
Photographer: Mike Stamp
Place: Hayes Barton, Jacobstowe
Description: Yellowhammer
Runners up:
‘Broad Bodied Chaser‘ – stunning detail to show off the lace wings and patterns.
Title: Broad-boddied Chaser
Photographer: Roy Wyatt
Place: Garden in Petersmarland
Description: Dragonfly (Libellula depressa)
‘Getting Ready‘ – I love the contrasting textures and patterns in the photo, as well as the benefit of helping out the nesting materials.
Title: Getting ready
Photographer: Lyn Whitworth
Place: Glascott Close
Description: Jackdaw helping itself to dog hair we put out for nest building birds
Category: 12-16 years
Winner:
‘Buttercup is having fun‘ – These gorgeous dragonflies often don’t settle for long and can blend in, so often not easy to photograph and this shows off the full striped body and is enhanced by the diagonals in the picture.
Title: Buttercup is having fun
Photographer: Alicia-Rose Janowski
Description: Jackdaw perched on lichen covered gravestone surrounded by wild flowers
Place: Hatherleigh vicks meadow
Runners up:
‘Web of Life‘ – I love the way the light shows through the spiders web, illuminating the small offspring. Well done to spot this little nest of life.
Title: Web of Life
Photographer: Charlie Anderson
Place: Meadow near Hatherleigh
‘Tiny night time visitor‘ – a lovely picture of a secretive little garden visitor, well done on getting down to her level, as is gives a great perspective as she moves across the lawn.
Title: Tiny nightime visitor
Photographer: Maisie Perkins
Place: In our garden in Hatherleigh
Description: A little hedgehog in our garden
Category: 0-11 years (primary)
Winner:
‘Dragonflies‘ – Lovely to see the delicate wings on the dragon flies. Well done for capturing these beautiful insects on the wing.
Title: Dragonflies
Photographer: Pip Snellgrove
Place: Meeth nature reserve
Description: Three dragonflies
Runners up:
‘Recycling?‘ – Wonderful crisp photo of a young jackdaw, contrasting wild nature with a domestic recycling box.
Title: Recycling?
Photographer: Anya Hill
Place: Backyard in Bridge Street
Description: A baby jackdaw fell into our backyard
‘Quarry Fish‘ – The camouflage of these small fish against the rocks in the stream can be very hard to photograph, congratulations on getting this image.
Title: Quarry Fish
Photographer: Pip Snellgrove
Place: Meeth Nature Reserve
Description: Tiny fish swimming past the edge of the lake at Meeth
Thank you for all the wonderful entries!
