Clash of the great tits by Justin Evans (2024 winner)
Photography Competition
Celebrating Staffordshire's Wildlife
Thank you to everyone who entered the 2025 competition, entries are now closed. We had so many beautiful entries, which made judging very tough! After much deliberation the winning 12 images have been chosen. Congratulations to this year's winners!
A public vote to choose the overall winner ran until Monday 11 August. Thank you to everyone who voted. The winner will be revealed when we unveil our 2026 calendar, with the winning image taking pride of place on the front cover.
The photographer of the winning image will also win the incredible chance of seeing beavers up close when we release them in 2026.
Our 2025 competition winners
The 2026 SWT calendar photographs (https://youtu.be/GRzGkKwx6Qg?si=0s2bbgNCBOpqs9zs)
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January's image is called Snow Queen and features a red deer doe among frosty vegetation by Julia Mawby.
February's image is called Jewel of the Trent and features a kingfisher as it takes off from a branch by Ian Eardley
March's image is called Coils and is an adder by Adrian Clarke
April's image is called Badger among the bluebells by Graham Burrows
May's image is called In flight snack, it features a siskin in flight with sunflower seeds in its beak, by Mike Ladd
June's image is called Ladybug and features a ladybird atop an unfurled fern by Elaine Henshaw
July's image is called Vole Patrol and features a barn owl hunting over fields in golden sunlight by Rob Bendelow
August's image is called Delicate duo and shows a canary thorn and dusky thorn moth feeding on yarrow by Darron Matthews
Septembers image is called The Mermaid Pool at sunset by Kimberley Kirby. It shows a small pool/lake in the moorlands with the sunsetting in the sky above.
October's image is called Balancing act by Jacqui Gray. It features a wood mouse eating a seed as it balances between two stems.
November's image is called Call of the wild by Oliver Cadman. It features a red deer stag calling with its breath creating mist in the cool autumn air.
December's image is called Winter warmer by Oliver Cadman and features a robin sat on a tree branch which is heavy with snow, snow also falls around the robin.