Photographic Competition Winners 2016

   Northants Birds Away from the Nest

1st Place and Overall Winner, Dave Jackson - Nuthatch

2nd Place Martin Swannell - Dunlin, Hollowell 

3rd Place Jacob Spinks - Little Egret, Pitsford Water

Northants Birds in Flight

1st Place - Peter Gilbert - Great White Egret, Ravensthorpe

2nd Place - Dave Jackson - Skylark 

3rd Place Martin Swannell - Common Tern, Summer Leys

British Birds Away from the Nest

1st Place Robin Gossage - Wren

2nd Place Dave Jackson - Ringed Plover

3rd Place Jacob Spinks - Avocet, Titchwell

British Birds in Flight

1st Place Clive Bowley - Gannet, Bempton

2nd Place - Clive Bowley - Razorbill, Bempton 

3rd Place - Dave Jackson - Turnstone

Foreign Birds Away from the Nest

1st Place Dave Thomas - Crab Plover, Seychelles

2nd Place - Golden-headed Tanager, Cuba

3rd PlaceBarry Boswell - Griffon Vulture

Foreign Birds in Flight

1st Place Pete Gilbert - Great White Egret, The Gambia

2nd Place Barry Boswell - Griffon Vulture, Spain 

3rd Place Dave Jackson - Desertas Petrel, Madeira

Mammals

3rd Place Barry Boswell - Golden Jackal, Danube Delta, Romania

2nd Place Jeff Blincow - White Tent-making Bats, La Selva, Costa Rica

1st Place Dave Thomas - Mopane Buffalo, Pafuri, South Africa

Other Vertebrates

3rd Place Peter Gilbert - West African Crocodile, The Gambia

2nd Place Robin Gossage - Agami Flat Lizard, South Africa

1st Place Dave Jackson - Madeiran Rock Lizard, Madeira

Butterflies, Moths and their Caterpillars

3rd Place - Martin Swannell - Common Blue, Pitsford Quarry

2nd Place Dave Thomas - Butterfly sp., South Africa

1st Place Barry Boswell - African Monarch, South Africa

Other Invertebrates

3rd Place Clive Bowley - Green Lacewing Chrysoperla carnea Stortons GP

2nd Place Peter Gilbert - Snail-killing Flies Sepedon sphegea, Terra Botanica, France

1st Place Robin Gossage - Leaf-cutter Bee, Kingsthorpe

Insects in Flight

3rd Place Jacob Spinks - Migrant Hawker

2nd Place Robin Gossage - Red-tailed Bumblebee, Kingsthorpe

1st Place Robin Gossage - Common Darter, Salcey Forest

PLANTS &FUNGI

3rd Robin Gossage- Devils Bit Scabious.

                                           2nd Pete Gilbert- Flower sp Terra Botanica

  
                                                        1st Dave Jackson- Teasel

                                                         HABITAT

                                              3rd Dave Thomas - Loon Lake, Canada. 

                                           2nd Pete Gilbert - Berchesgarten, Bavaria.

                                       1st Dave Thomas - Lake Payto, Canadian Rockies.