“Photographing the lake during the winter months can be fascinating as you never know what you are turning up to. I planned to capture the sun rising so got up early, had not anticipated the mist but this made the final shot mystical.”

“I was excited to photograph these waxwings as it has been around a decade since they were last seen in my local area. I took this photo after hours of watching two waxwings perched high in some trees. Every so often they would fly down and feast upon rowan berries. I was delighted to capture one mid-munch!” 

“Spring produces a lot of robin activity as they sing and fight for territory in the garden. Also the morning light on shiny leaves gives highlights that make a pleasing backdrop and the backlit cobweb was a lucky finishing touch.”

“For me, the emergence of the hairy-footed flower bees marks the beginning of spring. Out of the hundreds of photos I’ve taken of them I was especially pleased to capture this image of a male approaching a patch of wallflower because I like the autumnal colour tones and his determined attitude makes me smile.”

“Daily walks during bluebell season paid off with beautiful lighting and a magical atmosphere.”

“This colourful little group of young bugs caught my eye as I was doing a butterfly count for the Heart of England Forest. This whole group of about 40 bugs were only about 1cm across so it was a tricky shot to capture.”

“This beautiful vixen visits our gardens regularly. For once I was able to capture her beauty and inquisitiveness, this was a ‘right time right place’, I fell in love with it as soon as I took it. I started to take photos after I left the army in 2013, I like to take what I see and show it in its raw image; no mass post editing.”

“One sunny August afternoon I visited Grafton Wood hoping to see brown hairstreaks. Amongst hundreds of brimstones and a few brown hairstreaks, I chanced upon this perfectly positioned pair of wood whites; slowly, carefully, I got as close as possible. They are understated yet beautiful butterflies.”

“September is one of my favourite months as the local woods are changing. I was planning on photographing fungi in general and stumbled upon these beauties.”

“I often walk along a footpath that runs between Hanley Broadheath & Rochford, near Tenbury Wells, and on this autumnal morning the light through the changing leaves was wonderful.  I enjoyed the moment and took the photograph to record it, we are so lucky to live in this beautiful county.”

“In the walled garden at Spetchley we found an area that had been cleared and was covered in bark chippings. The whole area was full of fungi. I think I received various strange looks from people as I was lying across the path in order to get level with the fungi.”

“Like many, I've considered travelling to Norway to see the Northern Lights but Aurorawatch UK alerted me to a high likelihood of seeing them nearer home this night. Not bright or long-lived but this was only 75 metres from my front door in Dormston and a first for me.”