2024 Shortlisted Photos

1.S.O.S. - Save Our Survival

Trees are a vital part of the environment.

By Mustafa Mehmet Filiz

2.Canadian Goose

Canadian Goose which actually is a polluter of the pond where the photo was taken.

By Steve Cunningham

3.  Solar beauty to Solar power

Our plane landed at sunrise and while looking at the beautiful rays of the rising sun lighting up the day, I thought ,we should really be flying aeroplanes on solar power so as not to leave carbon footprint in our environment.

Taken on 8 August 2024 by Marie Inez Umultan

4.Sunrise in Addington Road.

It is exciting to see the sun rising to light up our world, reminding us how much we all depend on the sun for our existence.

By Ayla Munir

5.Dragonfly drinking from the bird bath.

As well as providing water for the birds, the bird bath welcomed a surprise visitor on 13 August. It appeared to be searching either for a drink or somewhere to lay its eggs (not a good choice as the water is changed daily). I have now put some pebbles into the water. As these are partially submerged, drinking is made easier. Also, bees now drink from this water.

By Peter Bright

6. Poppy Pollinators

By Peter Thomas

7.The wonder of an electric car

93million miles of sunshine to power the future

by Mike Thorn

8. Calm before the Storm

This view of Cape Formentor from Pollensa Hermitage, Majorca was taken on   5 March 2020. 

By Colin Myerscough

9. Charging Electric Cars

Two cars proving you don’t need your own driveway to charge your electric car overnight!

By John Ballard

10.Wildlife in Caldera

Taken on 30 January 2024 when I descended into the caldera left by the last volcanic eruption on Grand Canary (about 1000 years ago). It has its own microclimate and wildlife.

By Colin Myerscough

11. No Excuse for Rubbish  1  

Don't be a  Tosser and create waste in haste . This is an example of threat to the Environment . Rubbish carelessly strewn for birds to pick through which damages them and can blow away into the sea polluting it . Use bins provided or take your rubbish home with you to put into bins .  We all need to take ownership of waste.

By Gary Miles

12. Villains or Victims

These are wonderful badgers being fed in the evening by the back door of our Hotel in the Isle Of Wight where we stayed in July. They are a wonderful sight of nature but of course until recently were in great danger of being culled by humans.

By Sarah Miles

13. A Horse Heaven

The Towpath at Port Meadow on the Thames at Oxford.  It is an ancient area which has not been ploughed for 4,000 years. Alfred The Great gave the land to Portmen (means freemen) in return for helping defend the kingdom against the marauding Danes. The freemen can still graze their horses here and fish the Thames.

By Sara Miles

14. No Excuse for Rubbish 2

Eastbourne Beach on a sunny afternoon in August. Look carefully and see how much rubbish has been left just by one family in a small area of the beach be it plastic, glass or other waste-it's dangerous to the environment and humans and creates more debris in our seas thus threatening our marine life. Your rubbish? Take it home with you.

By Gary Miles

15. The beauty of pollinators

Taken in Nonsuch Park,  Cheam

By Thomas Storm

16. Bee Orchid

Under threat from the destruction of grassland habitat through development, this beautiful Bee Orchid native to the British Isles was spotted growing in a front lawn in Sutton that had not been paved over like so many others have been. The flowers mimic a female bee, tricking male bees to try to mate with it, transferring its pollen as it moves on and pollinating other plants. Let your lawn or grass verges grow to experience gifts of nature like these!

By John Ballard