Have you taken any striking images of our beautiful residents or wild birds of prey? Enter your images into our annual competition for the chance to win a private, one-on-one experience at the Trust tailored to your interests, it can include flying or photographing our birds (or perhaps a combination of both!). Plus all winning images will be displayed at the Trust.

We are looking for high quality images with great composition which fit into the following categories:

1. Portrait – portrait of a Hawk Conservancy Trust bird of prey (or Trust animal)
2. Action – resident Trust bird of prey (or Trust animal) in action
3. Working relationship – between a member of Trust staff and a bird of prey (or Trust animal) in any location where the Trust is actively working
4. Flora and fauna – wildflowers, shrubs, plants, trees, insects, mammals, wildlife and the sculptures around the Trust grounds (excludes birds of prey)
5. In the wild – wild (non-captive/non-Trust) birds of prey in their natural settings
6. Impression – we’re after photos that you feel sum up a visit to the Trust. This category is open to your own creative interpretation and is a way for you to show us in an image what you think a day with us is all about.

Please note: by entering this competition you take full responsibility for obtaining permission from all people included in your photograph (if their faces are visible).

This is an annual competition open to entries between 1 January-31 December 2018. No entries will be accepted after midnight on 31 December 2018.

How to enter

1. Purchase your competition entry from our on-site shop or online.
2. Register to create your account (if you have previously entered this competition, you can reuse your same account and login details).
3. Login to your account.
4. Once logged in you will be asked for the receipt number from your competition entry purchase.
5. You can then upload your images for the current month (up to twelve per month), as well as labelling them and choosing which categories they fit in to.
6. Upload images and save.
7. You can log back in to your account to add additional images to your entry at any time but please be aware that you will only be able to amend and add entries for the current month.
8. Take a look at your images in our Photographic Competition Gallery (please note that your entry must be approved by a member of our team before it is displayed and this will normally take two working days).

A winning and highly commended photograph will be selected for each of the above categories as well as an overall winner selected from the six category winners.

• Portrait – James Nash, Wildlife Artist
• Action – James Paterson, Photographer
• Working relationship – Andy Hinton, Curator at Hawk Conservancy Trust
• Flora and fauna – Guy Edwardes, Wildlife Photographer
• In the wild – Oliver Smart, Wildlife Photographer
• Impression – Paul Durrant, Designer

The overall winner will be selected by TV presenter, zoologist and president of the Hawk Conservancy Trust, Chris Packham. Winners will be announced in the spring of 2018, following the close of the competition.

1. Images should be at a size of at least 2000 pixels on the longest edge.
2. Images should be saved as JPEGs before uploading them.
3. You must be the sole author and owner of the copyright for all images entered.
4. Please don’t add an copyright details on to your images (we will always try to credit any images we use wherever possible).
5. In order to submit your photos to the competition, you must seek permission from anyone featured in photos entered unless they are a Hawk Conservancy Trust member of staff or volunteer. If you don’t have the permission of someone featured in your image, please select an alternative image to enter.
6. All entries must be taken during the year of the competition.
7. Images that show birds of prey eating or catching prey and that, in the opinion of the Trust or its representatives, could cause offence will be removed from the competition.
8. In order to enter the competition you must pay a one off fee of £7.00 and this allows you to enter up to 12 images per month from the date of entry until the close of the competition.
9. Images which could be eligible for more than one category can only be entered once and in one category only.
10. Full terms and conditions apply.

Please take a look through the below questions before you submit your entries. If you have any further questions, don’t hesitate to contact us.

Thank you to everyone who took part in the 2017 Photographic Competition; you certainly gave our judges a tough time!

Take a look at the winning and highly commended images from each of the six categories on our results page. The overall winner of the competition, as selected by Trust President Chris Packham, will be announced at our Members’ Event on Saturday 9 June.