2025 Photo Competition

The Winners of the 2025 MKNHS Photo Competition!

The 2025 MKNHS Photo Competition concluded this February, with the winners decided by popular vote at the Members’ meeting on February 23rd, held at the Cruck Barn in New Bradwell.

Our five categories—Birds; Plants & Fungi; Invertebrates; Other Animals; and Habitats, Astronomical, Geological—showcased an incredible array of talent. Congratulations to all the winners for their remarkable photos, and a heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated!

1st Prize and Winner of the Shield: Red-Backed Shrike – Bob Phillips

2nd Prize: Goosander take-off – Julian Lambley

3rd Prize: Merveille du jour – Janice Robertson

Entries

100 photos were submitted as entries in the 2025 photo competition. 

Photos are numbered sequentially from 1-100, beginning with 1 (in Birds) to 100 (in Habitats etc.).
These numbers and the photo title appear when you hover over the photograph

Please note that the website puts each photo icon in the same size and shape. To see the full photograph, you will need to enlarge it by clicking on the ‘magnifying glass’.  You can scroll through the photos in the ‘enlarged’ mode, if you wish to.

To vote, select your choice of the top 2 photos in each of the 5 categories, and email them to photocomp@mknhs.org.uk by 04 February. Please include the number of the photo and its title, as well as your name.

Voting is only open to current MKNHS members.

The Voting schedule is as follows:

  1.  Round 1 voting: Members have a week to decide their choice of top two per category for Round 1. Members send in their choices by email to the photocomp@mknhs.org.uk mailbox. (Round 1 votes to be received by 04 February 2025)
  2.  The votes are counted and the top 8 photos selected. The top eight photos are posted on the website one week after the deadline for voting in Round 1, i.e. by11 February 2025
  3.  Round 2 voting: Members have one week to send in their votes for the top three photos. (Round 2 votes to be received by 18 February 2025)
  4.  Votes are counted and the top 3 selected.
  5.  Winners will be announced at the evening MKNHS meeting on Tuesday 25 February 2025, one week after the deadline for voting for Round 2. The Winner will be awarded the Ron Arnold Shield

If you have any questions, please email photocomp@mknhs.org.uk

 Thank you for taking part.