Vote for your favourite to win
The public vote will be open for a month, so you have until 19 January 2025 to vote for your favourite.
Vote for your winner
Thank you to everyone who entered and shared their inspiring images with the Trust, choosing the winners was no easy feat but our panel of judges have chosen the following six category winners. Now it’s up to you to vote for the overall winner of Essex Wildlife Trust’s Photography Competition 2024.
The winner will be announced on our social media channels in January 2025. The Essex Wildlife Trust Photography Competition will be opening in September 2025, so make sure to keep taking those wonderful Essex images!
A Wildlife Motion Picture: ‘Oystercatcher acrobatics’ – Peter Jackson
Gardener’s World: ‘Azure damselfly’ – Viki Paterson
Coastal Captures: ‘Playing the clarinet’ – Andrew Jacobs
Captivating Colours: ‘Wrinkled peach mushroom’ – Darren Taczynski
A Wilder Essex: ‘Rabbit love’- Vai Meng Chan
Young Blood: ‘Peekaboo!’ – Leah Bloom
Runners-up 2024
For each of the six categories, a runner-up was also chosen. Scroll through to see all of the stunning images.
Lewis Ballard - Beauty in the eye of the beholder
Coastal Captures Runner up: Sanderling under the glow - Brett Andrews
A Wildlife Motion Picture: Tippy toes - Nathan Martin
A Wilder Essex Runner up: Swallow in the rain - Michael Pountney
Gardener's World Runner up: The best of friends - Kath Aggiss
Young Blood Runner up: Weasel - Yashika Praveen
Highly Commended 2024
Here are some of the judges' favourites that were picked out as highly-commended images.
Roger Hance - ‘Two turtle doves in flight’
Bee orchid - Brian Phillips
'Rainbathing' - Claire Norman
Breeding frogs in pond - Kate Marie
Waxwing berrical - David Pallash
Badger among dandelions - Vicky Kinsman
Winning images will be displayed at High Chelmer Shopping Centre in Chelmsford during an exhibition in the spring of 2025. Thank you to High Chelmer for sponsoring this year's competition.
