Gallery of Entries in 2026
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Bath's Beautiful Botany - Jane King
Beautiful botanical delights in Bath
A Heron in Bath - Jane King
A hunting heron in Bath
A Beetle in Bath - Jane King
An emerald-coloured rose chafer nestled in a rose
Mating Butterflies - David Barrett
Butterflies creating the next generation in Charlcombe Nature Reserve.
Juvenile Whitethroat - David Barrett
Juvenile Whitethroat awaiting feeding in the Charlcombe Nature Reserve.
Young Buzzard - Derek Smith
A young buzzard sits on a roof, presumably calling to its parents
Pheasant in Weston - Derek Smith
A pheasant in Weston
Sleeping Ladybird - Hazel Roberts
Taken in my garden in upper Wellsway. Ladybird is resting on one of my russet apples. It stayed on the apple for a long time
Flies are Pollinators Too - Anna Ferguson Montague
A fly on Feverfew in my Lower Weston garden. Pollinators are responsible for the cycle of all life on earth.
Dark-green fritillary - Katie Styles
A dark-green Fritillary embodies life's cycle: transformation, renewal and the fleeting beauty of a new beginning.
Owlets - Katie Styles
Two young tawny owlets nestled together, symbolising new life, growth and the beginning of the next generation.
Loo with a view - Howard Nash
A goat atop his house in bath City Farm, an oasis for humans and nature.
Fuzzy Caterpillar - George Strang
A fuzzy caterpillar along the canal
Snow-like grasses - George Strang
Snow-like seed heads of a grass
God's Promise - Rebecca Hannan
This rainbow reminded me of God's promise to Noah
Important Snail - Rebecca Hannan
Don't overlook me - I'm a very important snail!
Staying cool - Rosanna Silver
A Jersey Tiger moth cool in the shade on a hot day, so striking with its stunning wing patterns contrasted against the vibrant ivy
Hanging out - Rosanna Silver
This dragonfly was hanging out on my washing line whilst the washing was hanging out-a moment of peace and beauty in the mundane
Cycles within Cycles - Ruth Jones-Pooley
I love patterns repeating from tiny shells to galaxies, on this simple woolly thistle its bracts are arranged in Fibonacci Curves
Buzz Off! - Ruth Jones-Pooley
Mating; These buzzards, got entangled, while courting and fell. Fortunately they were discovered and successfully separated.
Wild Spider in Henrietta Park - Emily Jayne Hyde
A close up of a wild black and yellow striped spider in its silver web habitat near green plants in Henrietta Park Bath
Little ears and blackberries - Ekaterina Korzon
I spotted this wonderful tiny eared caterpillar as I started my walk into the wild, what joys a moment of beauty can bring.
What is this beautiful flower? - James Hogg
Spotted in neighbours meadow walking my dog
Ermine Moth caterpillars - George Strang
Caterpillars with voracious appetites on the leaves of a shrub on the canal path, Bathampton. Fortunately, not in our garden!
Pheasant - Anita Hassall
Male pheasant in mating plumage
Kingfisher - Anita Hassall
Kingfisher
Juvenile Jay - Anita Hassall
Juvenile Jay
You looking at me? - Clive Abbott
Lesser black-backed gull on Bath Spa platform
Rooted Together - Joanne Drew
Spotted whilst walking through Rainbow Woods. Made me think of my roots in Christ.
Common Spotted Orchid - Joanne Fletcher
Common spotted orchid nestling in the grass amid the undergrowth at Combe Hay near Bath. Early summer.
Teasel & Red Admiral. Corsham - Joanne Fletcher
A lovely summer. Statuesque teasels in full bloom and swarming with all sorts of butterflies and insects, like this red admiral.
Unexpected Guests - David Jewel
These mating damselflies joined us at the lunch table, distracting us from the crossword.
The forest's recycler - Alison Humphrey
Multiple different colors of fungi growing layered onto decaying wood.
Chameleon spider - Alison Humphrey
Four-spot orb weaver spider that changes colour to camouflage with it's natural brown/green surroundings.
Grass snake circles - Chris Absolon
Grass snake in our pond and her eggs in our compost heap - full circle.
School snack time - Wendy Falk
Squirrel caught in the act of foraging for lunch in a school bin
Cloud inversion over Bath - Keith Reynolds
A winter cloud inversion sitting over Bath while the sun rises to herald a new day, a new beginning
Rape Field or Ukranian Flag? - Keith Reynolds
Rape Field North East of Bath
Sunset over Bath - Vikki Yeates
Taken from Rainbow woods one evening, during the heat wave.
The greatest of those is LOVE - Julia Phillips
The young hand of our granddaughter Libby cradling a heart shaped stone she found on the shoreline in Dorset
Incy wincy spiders - Alison Humphrey
A collection of many very tiny spiders measuring less than 2cm across in total.
A hoverfly on Wildflower - Emily Jayne Hyde
A yellow/Black Hoverfly on a white wild flower surrounded by green plants. Taken at Lyncombe Hill Fields, Bath
Camouflaged death trap - Lilla Rakosi
This photo was taken along the Skyline walk path by Freefield Woods, just above Prior Park College.
Ombre of seasons - Lilla Rakosi
This photo was taken by the Royal Crescent last Autumn on a beautiful sunny day.
Whispers of Spring - Lilla Rakosi
This photo was taken last spring on a path leading down to Monkton Combe village, near Shaft Road, on a wet and misty day.
A Back Garden in the village - Rosalind Meryon
In Combe Down
Glorious Spring Beauty - Rosalind Meryon
Final Landing - Kate Stone
A beautiful dragonfly dying on the pavement.
Morning over Monkton Combe - Diana Le Tall
Wintertime - first morning flight
A splash of crimson - Sarah Knedel
A single common poppy stands out as a splash of red amidst a field of green barley swaying in the breeze in South Stoke.
Springtime at Prior Park - Sarah Knedel
This woodland scene captures a carpet of daffodils beneath a canopy of budding springtime trees at Prior Park Landscape Gardens.
The colour of new beginnings - Sarah Knedel
The storm has passed and new life emerges bringing hope and vitality.
Hummingbird Hawkmoth, Bathwick - Victoria Strang
Apparently its wings beat 80 times per second as it flits around, fuelling its chubby body through a long proboscis.
Mandarin settlers - Richard Mason
Mandarin duck and ducklings on a brook near Bath
Our new garden ornament - Diana Le Tall
Cock pheasant on garden wall, Monkton Combe
Cathedral of Spores - David Le Tall
Suspected Pheasant Back
Winter Larder - David Le Tall
Redwing on holly in Monkton Combe
The Painted Traveller - David Le Tall
Painted lady butterfly feeding on lavender in South Stoke
Threads of Renewal - Patricia Corcoran
Bee pollinating Verbena bonariensis
A Life Within A Life - Patricia Corcoran
Bee in rose
No Mow May Surprise - Simon Coppen
Wild bee orchids growing in no mow patch on lawn
Hello Skyline Spring - Simon Coppen
Heading onto the Skyline in Spring
Water drops - Simon Coppen
Water droplets on leaf at American Museum Gardens
Friendly sparrow - Chris Wayte
Visitor to our table at Newton Farm shop, Newton St Loe
Cheeky House Sparrow - Chris Wayte
Seen on visit to Newton Farm in Newton St Loe
Perfectly Adapted - Mark H
Grey squirrel poised to flee
Unintended consequences - Beth Mitchell
A hover fly lands on a flower, collecting nectar for itself and unintentionally pollinating the flower it leaves behind.
Deadly Beauty - Catherine Turner
A female Flower Crab Spider captures a fly on Lavender
New Beginnings - Catherine Turner
Female and male Marbled White butterflies mating in the sun
New Life - Catherine Turner
Tiny spiderlings make their way into the world
The dining Bee - Dannielle frost
In a busy and noisey , world, sits one of nature's finest Bees dining out in the wild
Strength in depth - John Ker-Reid
Rainbow wood, Combe Down - a cascade of roots
A Wild Mushroom on tree stump - Emily Hyde
A landscape image featuring a wild mushroom (beige and speckly colour growing on a tree stump in south stoke plateau.
Swan Family - Jill Domin
Swan parents and cygnets on the towpath in Bath
Hoverfly in My Garden - Jill Domin
A Syrphus ribesii hoverfly on an Oxeye daisy flower in my garden
Leafcutter Bee in my Garden - Jill Domin
A leafcutter bee on the perennial sweet pea in my garden.
Hairy Chappie - Sue Crooks
Found this little chap having a walk on my table.
The plants become me - John Ker-Reid
Humour and artifice in ragged planting and seasonal colour change
Rain kissed rose - Louise Load
A delicate rose after a downpour the calm after the storm
Generations of Whitethroats - David Barrett
Whitethroats in the Charlcombe Nature Reserve.
Where's my dinner? - Bonny Noad
Our regular visitor, our fox called "Tommy" who calls every evening for his dinner.
The cycle of life - Nigel Batty Battrick
A heron feeding on a perch
Life on the canal - Nigel Batty Battrick
Heron catching its dinner
The Dryad's Smile - John Ker-Reid
Symbiosis of tree and squamose, edible for human's (early) then beetles and then paper - a Dyadic wave, a passing smile
The Promise of Summer - Louise Load
Blackberry blossoms beginning to open with the promise of summer
Veins of Violet - Louise Load
A common mallow flower blossing with Striking purple veins leading to the heart of the flower. Twerton, Bath
The flight of a bumble Bee - Luanne Gibbons
I was able to capture the bee taking off after its work on the Sunflower
The end of a Bee-sy day - Luanne Gibbons
A busy bee preparing to leave after feeding on the Sunflower
A Perfect Match - Luanne Gibbons
Passed Down - Pieter Jan Eyskens
Near Bathampton Mill, this female kingfisher passes a fish to one of her fledgelings.
A Little Fluffball - Pieter Jan Eyskens
This tawny owlet had emerged from the nest for one of its first glimpses of the outside world, beginning its own cycle of life.
Double Take - Pieter Jan Eyskens
A pair of otter juvelines cautiously investigate me along the Avon, only a few minutes walk from where I live in Larkhall, Bath.
Night blooms - Julija Seremetjeva
Flowers under night sky
Gentle pinks - Julija Seremetjeva
Beautiful stand alone cosmos
'I'm very hungry!' - Anne Selby
A Great Spotted Woodpecker defeating a roamwild feeder
Water cycle of life - Becca
Our beautiful river Avon creates a cycle of life for our landscape.
Damselflies dating! - Anne Selby
Two damselflies 'entwined' on a small boat travelling along the Kennet and Avon Canal.
Spider - Sean Upham
Garden spider (Araneus diadematus) on a web.
Butterfly - Sean Upham
Basking butterfly.
Spider - Sean Upham
False widow spider (Steatoda nobilis).
Caterpillar at the farm - Lidia Ramos
Mullein Moth (Cucullia verbasci) found in a farm in the outskirts of Bath.
Keeping Cool - Charmian Kingswell
These rock doves have been regular visitors all through the hot weather, waiting for the bird bath to be topped up each day.
Learning the ropes - Richard Mason
Mother kestrel teaching one of her offspring the ways of the carnivore
Herons - Barry Savell
Heron - Bath - 21 Mar 26
Photographing Nature - Barry Savell
Photographing Nature - Charlcombe Nature Reserve - 13 June 26
Robin - Barry Savell
Robin - AngelFish Cafe - 12 Aug 26
Cluster of Bellflowers - Anna K
A close-up of purple Bellflowers in Combe Down
Under the ivy at Rainbow Woods - Anna K
A cluster of small mushrooms growing under ivy leaves in Rainbow woods
Grape Hyacinth at The Firs - Anna K
A purple grape hyacinth and a green shoot grow from an old tree stump at The Firs
Colour experiment - Immanuel F.
A tree in full bloom
Golden hour sparrow - Noah H.
A male house sparrow in the golden hour light taken on Drynham lane Trowbridge
Perched starling - Noah H.
A beautiful starling perched on a feeder taken on Holbrook lane Trowbridge
Goldcrest - Noah H.
A goldcrest perched in a fir tree
Heir to the throne - Bud T.
This is an Emperor dragonfly laying eggs in a pond in Hampton Court Palace which is the reason I chose the title for this image.
Wings in the Wild - Mabel H.
I found this moth at Forest School and loved its patterns and colours. It made me realise how much wildlife is all around us.
The butterflies and the bees - Amaya
We were looking at the mint in the garden and I saw a butterfly and bee land on a flower. I asked to take a photo and snap!
Busy bee - Zachary
Taken in our garden, watching the bees enjoy our lavender
The story of the leaf - Jemimah
Fig leaf
The joy of rain - Milana
Tiny creature rejoices at the precious drops of rain, just as the flowers drink it up.
Angel moth - Lucas
White plume moth on a blade of grass
The Slow Cycle of Life - Conor
A slow worm
Life in the Making - Conor
Grass snake eggs
Changing Seasons - Eva
Beautiful petals fade away while the flower quietly makes seeds for the next generation
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