Cholsey Marsh by Martin Wheeler
Photography Competition 2024
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 2024 photography competition
Photographer: Luke Chambers
Category: Butterflies & other insects
Subject: Armed nomad bee
Location: Dry Sandford Pit, Oxfordshire
First prize: Technaxx bird feeder camera
Armed nomad bee by Luke Chambers
People's Choice Award
New for 2024, we held a People's Choice Award with the lucky winner receiving a Nexcam solar-powered trail camera.
Voting was open to the public and attracted nearly 2,000 votes.
Congratulations to Peter Hines for his winning image of this chirpy robin!
Robin by Peter Hines
Category winners
Photographers could choose from nine categories. View the winning entries below.
Red admiral by Logan Brown
Brown hairstreak by Harry Huie
Marsh tit by John Kearns
Bank vole by Mark Lauri
Armed nomad bee by Luke Chambers
Cholsey Marsh by Martin Wheeler
Kingfisher by David Thirlwall
Hedgehog by Graham Bonham
Thatcham Reedbeds by Jennifer Stevens
- Children (ages 6-11) - Red admiral by Logan Brown
- Teens (ages 12-17) - Brown Hairstreak by Harry Huie
- Birds - Marsh tit by John Kearns
- Mammals - Bank vole by Mark Lauri
- Butterflies and other insects - Armed nomad bee by Luke Chambers
- Our nature reserves - Cholsey Marsh by Martin Wheeler
- Urban nature - Kingfisher by David Thirlwall
- Taking action for nature - Hedgehog by Graham Bonham
- Mobile phone photography - Thatcham Reedbeds by Jennifer Stevens
Category winners receive a workshop with wildlife photographer Steve Gozdz from GG Wildlife Experiences, a winners certificate and a copy of the 2025 BBOWT wildlife calendar featuring their winning image.
Runners-up & highly commended images
With such high-quality entries, the following images were also rewarded.
Glistening inkcap by Henry Webb
Red kite by James Lloyd
Mute swan by Grace Miller
Rabbit by David Byrne
Grasshopper by Andrew Bristow
Round-leaved sundew by Peter Smith
Honey bee by Eddie Leslie
Barn owl by Richard Hopkinson
College Lake rainbow by Emma Stone
Daisies by Matilda Larking
Great spotted woodpecker by Beth Lefort
Barn owl by Wayne Weedon
Damselfly by Neil Richards
Bee orchid by John Cawkwell
Orange-tip butterfly by Colin Lamb
Runners-up
Each receiving a BBOWT calendar and certificate.
- Children (ages 6-11) - Glistening inkcap by Henry Webb
- Teens (ages 12-17) - Red kite by James Lloyd
- Birds - Mute swan by Grace Miller
- Mammals - Rabbit by David Byrne
- Butterflies and other insects - Grasshopper by Andrew Bristow
- Our nature reserves - Round-leaved sundew by Peter Smith
- Urban nature - Honey bee by Eddie Leslie
- Taking action for nature - Barn owl by Richard Hopkinson
- Mobile phone photography - College Lake rainbow by Emma Stone
Highly commended
Each receiving a competition certificate.
- Children (ages 6-11) - Daisies by Matilda Larking
- Teens (ages 12-17) - Great spotted woodpecker by Beth Lefort
- Birds - Barn owl by Wayne Weedon
- Butterflies and other insects - Damselfly by Neil Richards
- Our nature reserves - Bee orchid by John Cawkwell
- Urban nature - Orange-tip butterfly by Colin Lamb
We are so grateful to everyone who entered the 2024 photography competition.
Your amazing images will be used to encourage and inspire more people like you to act for nature. We will be back next year for another wild competition!
With thanks to our competition sponsor GG Wildlife Experiences
