Our panel of judges convened for the final time on Sunday 29th June to not only choose the winners for the Spring section of the calendar, but to also pick the image that will appear on the cover.

It soon became apparent that picking the winning images for the Spring section was going to be hard work due to the quality of images entered but after lengthy discussions a decision was reached and we can announce that Laura Payton (Blue Tit Preening) and Amanda Prescott (Whispers of Nature) were successful in the adult category and Iris Weaver (Hello Flutterby) took the top prize in the under 10 category.

It proved equally as difficult for the judges to pick a winner for the cover competition. It was narrowed down to three images and after much deliberation a decision was finally reached and John Devries came out on top with his image Kingfisher Flight. 

The organisers would like to thank our three judges (Karen Ellis, Guy Border and Alex George) for giving up their time to carry out this very important task. We would also like to thank Susie Comaish and her team at the visitor centre for accommodating us over the last year, we really appreciate it. Finally, thank you to everyone that has entered the competition and congratulations to those who's images have made it into the calendar, well done!!