I am delighted to announce that I have won the Animal
Behaviour category in this year’s British Wildlife Photography Awards. It’s two months to the day that I was told
the news, when competition organiser Maggie Gowan phoned me up and charged me with
the mighty task of keeping it confidential until now.
The picture of a male pheasant displaying was taken in April
of this year in fields just at the front of my house. I would listen for the call through the open
windows and walk out across the fields and through the woods in search of them.
Congratulations to all the photographers of winning and
commended images, and particular thanks to my wonderful colleagues at Leeds
College of Music who have kindly agreed to cover my teaching on Wednesday in
order to allow me to attend the awards ceremony and book launch.
A selection of the winning and commended images are now
available to view online.
