Nature charity asks you to crown favourite 2025 photo

The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) has opened public voting to select the People’s Choice Award winner of its annual photography competition.                                    

Nature lovers of all ages have sent in their best shots of birds, bees and butterflies from across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.

The Trust introduced its People’s Choice Award category for the first time in 2024, seeing nearly two thousand votes cast across the shortlisted images. The prize was claimed by Peter Hines for his extreme close-up capture of a robin.

‘Britain’s favourite bird’ returns in this year’s selection of eight shortlisted images, alongside other wildlife captures such as a scratching sparrowhawk, busy bees, and great crested grebe chicks hitching a ride on their parent’s back.

This year’s winner will not only enjoy their photo’s pride of place on the front cover of BBOWT’s 2026 calendar, but also receive a pair of Tasco binoculars and a copy of Collins Complete Guide to British Wildlife, perfect prizes for the victorious nature lover.

Votes for the shortlisted photographs can be cast by visiting bbowt.org.uk/peoples-choice-award-2025 which will remain open until Sunday 15 September.

Lily O’Neill, BBOWT’s Head of Events, said:
“After our first-ever People’s Choice Award received such enthusiasm from the public last year, we knew we had to bring the category back for 2025. Each year we’re thrilled by the entries we receive, celebrating the incredible wildlife we encounter across our counties – and this year might be the best yet. We’re looking forward to finding out who the public crowns as the winner this time around, and I can’t wait to get hold of my 2026 calendar!”

The People’s Choice Award winner will be announced at the 2025 BBOWT Celebration on Saturday 25 October, alongside the other category winners and the Trust’s volunteer awards. Attendees can register their place at bbowt.org.uk/celebration-2025