Photography Competition 2024

Scorpion Fly

Scorpion Fly ©Amy Lewis

Photography competition

Get Snapping! 📷

Cheshire Wildlife Trust has launched a photography competition to find 12 stunning images for our 2025 calendar - and we need YOUR photos!

Check for wildlife in your garden or head out into our beautiful countryside and start snapping. From birds to butterflies and gardens to nature reserves, we're looking for the special creatures and wild places you can find in our fabulous region.

We're also looking for that iconic Cheshire view. Whether that be The Edge in Alderley Edge, Bickerton Hill, Kerridge Hill, Peckforton, Frodsham, the Cloud, or White Nancy. Unleash your inner photographer!

ENTER THE PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

Inspiration

Amaze us with your photos!

Bluebells c. Neil Aldridge

Bluebells c. Neil Aldridge

Bluebells covering a woodland floor

Ladybird

false - Jon Hawkins - Surrey Hills Photography

Insects in your garden

Sparrow at Great Sankey by David Gillespie

Sparrow at Great Sankey by David Gillespie

Birds taking a bath

Bickerton

Christopher Hilton

An iconic Cheshire view

What do I win?

There can only be 12 winners and each of these wins a full page A4 position in our calendar as well as a copy of the calendar. The overall winner will see their photo on the front cover of the calendar and will also feature in Your WildLife magazine, our weekly e-newsletter and on Cheshire Wildlife Trust’s website and social media.

12 runner up photos will be featured throughout the calendar.

Keep up to date with us through our Facebook page, Twitter feed and Instagram.

Who are the judges?

The competition will be judged by our Vice-President and award-winning photographer Ben Hall and Digital Media Officer and nature photographer Rachel Bradshaw.

How do I enter?

Through the website

To enter, please fill in the entry form at the top of this page and upload your photograph(s). There is a maximum of three photos per photographer.

If you're having trouble with the online form, please email rbradshaw@cheshirewt.org.uk.

Image size: Images should be landscape and MUST be 300dpi, 12"x8" (A4) jpeg images. Images not submitted at this size cannot be considered.

Closing date for all entries is Friday 31st May 2024.

Terms and Conditions

  • Closing date for all entries is Friday 31st May 2024.
     
  • Images must be accompanied by an entry form where the entrant signs to agree to their use by Cheshire Wildlife Trust as described. Photographers will always be credited.
     
  • Images must be landscape and be 300dpi, 12"x8" (A4) jpg images.
     
  • Images not submitted as landscape and at this size cannot be considered.
     
  • Images must have been taken in the wild in Cheshire and locations noted (covers Cheshire, Warrington, Wirral, Halton, Stockport, Tameside and Trafford). We do not accept photos of pets or from Chester Zoo.
     
  • A maximum of three images per person can be entered into the competition.
     
  • Judges will be looking for 'natural' photos, so entrants should avoid too much post-processing and the use of post-camera effects.
     
  • Winners and runners up will receive one FREE copy of the 2025 calendar and announced on social our media channels as well as in our Autumn members’ magazine.

Don’t forget

Welfare of the subject is top priority. Please don’t stress a subject just for a photo; the wildlife is more important than the image.

Make sure you stay on paths or within designated areas.

Closing date for entries is Friday 31st May 2024!

SUBMIT YOUR ENTRY

Last year's overall winner

2023 photography competition winner!
The overall winner – which features on the cover and for the month of July - Stonechat in flight by David Shaw

Stonechat in flight - 2024 cover winner by David Shaw

Wherever you watch nature, make sure you've got your camera to capture it.