Annual Photographic Competition

Each year the Fylde Bird Club invites members to submit their best images from the previous 12 months to be judged by the membership in the annual photographic competition.

The competition will take place during April.
Voting will take place entirely online.
There are three categories open for entries:

Fylde (Fylde Bird Club recording area)
British Isles (excluding the Fylde)
World (excluding British Isles)

A prize will only be awarded to the winner of the Fylde category in this year’s competition. The ‘prize’ will be a donation to a bird conservation charity of the winners choosing.

The Rules

A maximum of TWO images for the Fylde category per photographer.
Only ONE image for the British Isles category per photographer.
Only ONE image for the World category per photographer.
All photographs must have been taken between 1st January 2022 and 31st December 2022.
No photographs taken at the nest.
No photographs of captive or trapped birds.
Please submit digital photographs only; slides/hard copies/prints will not be accepted (but may be submitted as scanned images).
Individuals may only enter the competition if they were a member of Fylde Bird Club in 2022 and/or 2023.

Please email your entries to paul.ellis24@btopenworld.com. Please remember to include the species, date, and location for each entry in the email.

Competition Schedule

The deadline for submissions is midnight Wednesday 5th April.

Voting will open on Monday 10th April.
Links to 'Google Photos' galleries to view all the entries will be emailed out to all members once all the entries have been received.
Voting will be by email to malcolmevans433@btinternet.com.

Voting will close at midnight on Monday 17th April.

The results will be announced on Tuesday 25th April at the Fylde Bird Club's physical and online Zoom meeting.

Good Luck !

The winning photos from each of the previous year's competitions can be seen below

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016