Photo competition 2023: Finalists

Congratulations to all of this year's finalists and winners!

This year's photo competition has been bigger and better than ever, with 21 shortlisted entries, seven category winners and an overall winner. 

For the first time, we handed the voting for the overall winner over the the public, with nearly a thousand of you taking part to choose your winner. 

Check out the shortlisted entries and category winners below.

Macro moments

1. First place - Bee Bunkhouse by Ciaran Clark
2. Second place - Brimstone caterpillar by Robert Bryant
3. Third place - My first sighting of new life by Teresa Farr

Citizens of nature

1. First place - Looking up by Katie Harper
2. Second place - Belle among the bluebells by Steph Gore
3. Third place - Hedgehog by Alycia Timmis

Comedy snaps

1. First place - Getting a better view by Terry Stevenson
2. Second place - Bad hair day by Alan Waterman
3. Third place - Hide and seek with a hairy-footed flower bee by Teresa Farr

My favourite nature reserve

1. First place - Conservation grazing in action by Richard Gibbs
2. Second place - Into the mist by Ritchie George
3. Third place - Three of a kind by Eden Tanner

Wildlife encounters

1. First place - Sawbill's grip by Jonathan Bull
2. Second place - Target acquired by Rich Garner
3. Third place - Wood mouse in its den by Chris Newton

Plants and fungi

1. First place - Slime time by Anthony James Wojcik
2. Second place - Hellebore by Hollie-Anne Prior
3. Third place - Tree fungi at Soudley Ponds by Kate Townley

Wild youth

1. First place - Orange-tip by Cara Ennis
2. Second place - Juvenile swallows by William Lambourne
3. Third place - The Blossom Blackbird by Hope Whittaker

If you missed this years competition and are waiting to enter into next years, here are some other actions you can take for nature in the meantime.