HIGS Photography Competition
Calendar 2025
The Winners
From Katharine Holliday on behalf of the judging panel:
Thank you for helping select the photograph that will appear on the front cover of the calendar - the one for January taken by Guy Richardson. Many Congratulations Guy!
We are now very pleased to announce the names of the photographers who took the 13 winning photographs - congratulations to all! See below. The voting this year was very close with three photographs standing out from the rest - the other two are the bullfinch (December) by Philip Hughes and the mackerel sky at sunrise over Long Meadow (November) also by Guy Richardson.
A very big thank you to all who entered, there were many excellent photographs. In the coming weeks we will also be featuring some of these on the website that didn’t make it to the winners list. We would also like to say thank you to our calendar sponsors Oakington Garden Centre, Topiary Tree, Camel Projects and Hayward Moon who have generously helped towards the cost of producing the calendar.
The calendar is on sale online and at the following locations Topiary Tree, Oakington Garden Centre and Saint Andrew’s Cafe.
January; Ethereal sunrise on a chilly misty morning on Long Meadow; Photo by Guy Richardson
February; Two fox cubs in my garden, only seen once! Photo by Tim Long
March; A Little Ringed Plover on the flooded field in Impington, which briefly became a wetland bird hotspot; Photo by Martin Minařík
April; Comma butterfly at Croft Close Nature Reserve; Photo by Martin Minařík
May; Blue tit in my garden in Histon; Photo by Philip Hughes
June; Marguerites in the field by the Community Orchard; Photo by Maisie Langridge (Age 11)
July; Garden within garden. Ants tending to their aphid livestock feasting on our poppy; Photo by Martin Minařík
August; Spider on a sunflower in my mum’s back garden in Histon; Photo by Louise Watson
September; Bumble Bee on an echinops plant in my Histon garden; Photo by Penny Reeves
October; One of many Jackdaws who now visit our garden bird feeders daily; Photo by Penny Reeves
November; Mackerel sky at sunrise over Long Meadow; Photo by Guy Richardson
December; Bullfinch photographed in my garden in Histon; Photo by Philip Hughes
Last Page; One of the best photos I've ever taken! Photo by Maisie Langridge (Age 11)