Waterscape provides a wide range of holiday guides along the many canals and rivers throughout the UK. For more information on the Wildlife Survey (http://www.waterscape.com/wildlife-survey-2009/) take a look on Waterscape.
British Waterways is calling on all keen photographers to get outside and capture an original image of a busy bumblebee by a canal or river.
The winning entry to the 2009 wildlife photo competition will win a massive £100 cash prize.
Children are also invited to enter a special competition open to under 14s. £50 worth of vouchers is on offer for the best photo and the best drawing of any wildlife spotted by the canals.
But time is running out to stake your claim for these prizes as the competition closes on Saturday 24 October.
The photo competitions are running alongside British Waterways’ annual wildlife survey, which encourages members of the public to record sightings of various species along UK canals and rivers. This year the survey is focusing on the endangered bumblebee, with ecologists keen to see which area of the UK receives the most sightings.
Although the bumblebee is the undisputed star of the survey, British Waterways is also very keen to hear about sightings of more common residents of the riverbank, such as ducks, swans, voles, moorhens and coots. So how about an afternoon of wildlife spotting this weekend? Don’t forget to take your camera and you could be in with a chance to win some money!
For any photographers who caught a bumblebee on camera earlier in the summer should also send their photos to editor@waterscape.com. The wildlife competition is open to photos taken from April 2009.
At last year’s event, both the survey and the photo competition focused on the dragonfly, with a stunning winning image sent in by Charlie McCartney from Glenrothes, Fife. A fine photo of a toad won the children’s competition.
How to enter
Adult entrants must be able to supply the following information:
- The date the photo was taken
- The location of where the photo was taken (including waterway name)
- Name, telephone number and email address
Child entrants must be able to supply the following information:
- The date the photo was taken
- The location of where the photo was taken (including waterway name)
- The age of the entrant
- Name, telephone number and email address (or telephone number and email address of parent/guardian/teacher)
All photos must be emailed to editor@waterscape.com. Please put wonderfully wild competition as the subjec of the email.
Please post your drawings to:
Wonderfully wild competition
waterscape.com
British Waterways
64 Clarendon Road
Watford
WD17 1DA
- Related Articles
- Related Q&A
- Win £100 in the British Waterways wildlife photo competition
- Easst Africa National Parks and Its Wildlife
- Incidence of Gastrointestinal Helminthes in Captive Elephants in Wildlife Reserves of Nepal
- New Administration in Washington May Benefit Sanibel Island
- Vounteer in Kenya- Conservatism and Social Issues Volunteering
- Volunteer in China and Experience The Rise of a Civilization
- Crop Damages by Wild Animals Global View Country Report and Reviews in 1-10 Sections
- Helping Conserve the Elephants and Leopards of Sri Lanka
Business good, but you want GREAT? You can Kick-start your business any time of the year!
By: Maria Marsala | 29/12/2009Business good, but you want GREAT? You can Kick-start your business any time of the year! Businesses can do well without planning, many do. However, to become a high performing organization, to grow rapidly, a company really needs a planning and monitoring process. Got yours? I sure do have mine!
3 Things to Consider Before Deciding on Your Next Team-building Event
By: Rob Jackson | 25/12/2009Teambuilding can be an activity that employees dread because they don’t think that it will make a long term change in their co-workers attitudes or behaviors. Ready to break out of the ho-hum? Consider these ideas when planning a successful Teambuilding Event targeting many levels
Managing Your Payroll Internally With Construction Accounting Software
By: S. Daggle | 23/12/2009Many companies in the construction industry struggle with payroll tasks and often decide that it's easier to outsource their payroll. This article explains some of the benefits of using construction software to handle payroll internally.
Making sure your place of business is safe for all
By: Phil Adams-Wright | 23/12/2009There are plenty of risks in the work place and with health and safety laws now more widely recognized and known with most businesses now having a dedicate health and safety representative or department. Depending on the line of work or nature of your business you may need more extensive health and safety equipment than others.
Communicate for a Better Business !
By: Rahul Rane | 20/12/2009There are various factors that determine the culture of a company- the attitude of the owners, ethics of the management team, transparency, governance, priorities of the business and a lot more. But above all, it is how the company 'communicates' - both internally and externally.
Perfect your organizational skills in 2010 - Stop Juggling Your Tasks and Get Some Real Work Done
By: Nathan Perera | 18/12/2009Being organized is one of the key skills a person must develop. Being organized, gives a sense of clarity and helps you to get things done faster. It also frees your valuable time to do the things that you love to do. Being unorganized is a waste of time because you are spending time on many things that randomly pop up.
Should you have Key Person Insurance for your business?
By: Paul Ingersole | 17/12/2009The global business community is now such a litigious environment that anyone involved in financial services knows to offer clients their full cache of products. Sometimes this can be seen as the advisor just trying to sell a client but the availability of products needs to be communicated.
The Mutual Corruption In Tendering
By: Dr.Irfan Ahmad | 16/12/2009A Purchasing official, probably as the result of corruption, can manipulate the tendering process in a number of ways to benefit a favored contractor or supplier. These include leaking information regarding competing tenders, accepting late tenders, changing tenders, re-bidding work and so on.
Water, Water Hardness, pH and Feeds
By: Daniel Butler | 21/12/2009 | GardeningFor most indoor growing applications whether growing in soil or with hydroponics, tap water is the best water to feed your plants with. The excess Chlorine sometimes associated with tap water can be dissipated by standing the water in a container open to the air for a few hours before use (12 to 24 hours).
Lighting up your home
By: Daniel Butler | 18/12/2009 | Interior DesignChoosing a type of lighting for your home can prove to be quite a difficult task, and with the ever evolving new designs and styles of light on the market there are so many to choose from.
Facial Muscles - Your Personal Identity
By: Daniel Butler | 18/12/2009 | Anti AgingPeople remember faces a lot easier than they can remember names, and when you start to think about what really makes your face "you", there is little wonder why this is the case.
What's the best nutrient solution for you
By: Daniel Butler | 27/11/2009 | GardeningHydroponics is big business all over the world and consequently many excellent feeds are available, and like plants everybody has their favourites.
The secrets and wonders of an anti aging face
By: Daniel Butler | 20/11/2009 | Anti AgingWhen you are constantly battling the signs of an aging face every day becomes more of a struggle, and every day that hole in your pocket gets bigger and bigger, throwing money away at anti aging face creams, cleansers, and moisturisers. When you have really given everything to look naturally younger and have gone as far as changing your lifestyle completely, the question is “do these anti aging face products and change in lifestyle really help in the anti aging process?”
Reducing the intrusion of your indoor garden on your indoor life
By: Daniel Butler | 14/10/2009 | GardeningIndoor gardening is an increasingly popular hobby that allows green-fingered growers to continue producing their own fruit and veg all year round by growing under lights in a controlled environment.
Win £100 in the British Waterways wildlife photo competition
By: Daniel Butler | 06/10/2009 | OrganizationalBritish Waterways is calling on all keen photographers to get outside and capture an original image of a busy bumblebee by a canal or river.