Wildscape competition Wokingham winners revealed
A snap happy resident has captured the Wokingham borough’s natural heritage and wonderful countryside with a close up of a Dunnock bird in the Wokingham Wildscapes competition.
Bill Watts, from Earley, scooped the top spot in the annual photography competition, which was run by Wokingham Borough Council’s countryside service, with his snap of the bird, also known as a hedge sparrow, perching on a tree at Lavell’s Lake in Dinton Pastures Country Park.
More than 220 photographs of sunsets, birds, wildlife, trees and flowers were all submitted as part of the competition but it was Mr Watt’s shot of the Dunnock which took first prize, when the winners were selected by the countryside service on Thursday (January 10).
A singing wren, captured by Wokingham resident Ron Simpson near Black Swan Lake in Dinton Pastures, took second prize and rays of autumn sunlight encasing Joel Park was the third place photograph, which was taken by Rodney Hart from Wokingham.
One of the winning photographs will be featured on the front-cover of Wokingham countryside service’s annual What’s On guide, when it is created this spring. The top three photographs and nine runner-up pictures will be displayed in the reception area of the Council’s Civic Offices in Shute End, Wokingham, in April and afterwards will be put up at the Dragon Fly Café in Dinton Pastures for park-lovers to enjoy.
Lynn Yardley, Wokingham countryside ranger who organised the competition, said: “It’s always difficult picking the winners from such a wonderful selection of photographs but the beauty of the Dunnock was captured so well by Mr Watts that we had to award it the top spot.
“I’d like to thank everyone who took part because there were some really stunning scenes sent in as part of the competition.”
Cllr Simon Weeks, executive member for environment, added: “I was really impressed by all the entries, we have some very talented photographers in the borough who captured some simply wonderful and rare sights.
“Yet again this competition has shown just how lucky we are in the Wokingham borough to have such a diverse range of wildlife and landscape, which is available for everyone to enjoy.”
Wokingham Borough Council
Bill Watts, from Earley, scooped the top spot in the annual photography competition, which was run by Wokingham Borough Council’s countryside service, with his snap of the bird, also known as a hedge sparrow, perching on a tree at Lavell’s Lake in Dinton Pastures Country Park.
More than 220 photographs of sunsets, birds, wildlife, trees and flowers were all submitted as part of the competition but it was Mr Watt’s shot of the Dunnock which took first prize, when the winners were selected by the countryside service on Thursday (January 10).
A singing wren, captured by Wokingham resident Ron Simpson near Black Swan Lake in Dinton Pastures, took second prize and rays of autumn sunlight encasing Joel Park was the third place photograph, which was taken by Rodney Hart from Wokingham.
One of the winning photographs will be featured on the front-cover of Wokingham countryside service’s annual What’s On guide, when it is created this spring. The top three photographs and nine runner-up pictures will be displayed in the reception area of the Council’s Civic Offices in Shute End, Wokingham, in April and afterwards will be put up at the Dragon Fly Café in Dinton Pastures for park-lovers to enjoy.
Lynn Yardley, Wokingham countryside ranger who organised the competition, said: “It’s always difficult picking the winners from such a wonderful selection of photographs but the beauty of the Dunnock was captured so well by Mr Watts that we had to award it the top spot.
“I’d like to thank everyone who took part because there were some really stunning scenes sent in as part of the competition.”
Cllr Simon Weeks, executive member for environment, added: “I was really impressed by all the entries, we have some very talented photographers in the borough who captured some simply wonderful and rare sights.
“Yet again this competition has shown just how lucky we are in the Wokingham borough to have such a diverse range of wildlife and landscape, which is available for everyone to enjoy.”
Wokingham Borough Council
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