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The UK Butterflies 2023 Annual Photography Competition is now open for entries! In keeping with the online nature of the UK Butterflies website, the competition itself will be conducted entirely over the web. The competition closes on November 30th and the winning photos will be announced in early December.

Entering Your Photos

You must be a member of the UK Butterflies forums to submit your photos. To register, access the forums (index.php), click on the Register button in the top right of the menu bar, and then fill in your details. Your membership will be activated once it has been checked by an administrator, after which you can login.

Once you have logged in, you may contribute up to 3 photos in total, each of which should be placed in THIS THREAD (just 'Post Reply' and add your photos using the ''Add Files' button in the 'Attachments' tab below the text field). All photos must have been taken in the wild (and may have been taken outside of the UK, despite the name of this website!).

Judging

Judging will be conducted by an independent panel, and their decision is final. Please refrain from commenting on images that are posted until after the competition has closed.

Prize

The competition is supported by Greenwings (https://greenwings.co), the UK Butterflies sponsor. The winner will receive a signed copy of 'British & Irish Butterfly Rarities' by Pete Eeles (https://www.butterflyrarities.com).

Good luck!

Cheers,

- Pete

Here are my three from 2023.

Peacock butterfly in my Aberdeen garden.

Northern Brown Argus at Grantown on Spey.

Pearl bordered fritillary at Cambus o may.

3 photographs for the competition 2023 please..


1) The most iridescent Silver studded blue female I've ever seen, and others agree. A kaleidoscope of colours in June sunshine. Shropshire

2) " I'm batman...." A comical Peacock butterfly with interesting low sunshine and shadows being cast, Merseyside.

3) A wind battling common blue... a little passed it's best but framed beautifully.

Cheers, Aron Bowers

Brown Argus, Wall Brown and Brown Hairstreak

My three efforts, all taken in Angus/Aberdeenshire this summer (what little of it could genuinely be called summer-like!)

Entries for competition

My three entries:

Silver Studded blue in Mynydd Marian , North Wales

Green Veined White ..on Stitchwort .....North Wales ...

Orange Tip on Ivy Berry ..North Wales

A few wee flutterers captured while out and about loving and appreciating our wonderful nature

Mating silver-washed fritillaries including one valezina, and puddling scarce swallowtails.

Scottish Borders White-letter Hairstreaks 2023.

Photo of a large white butterfly taken by children and teachers at Quince Tree Day Nursery in Essex 2023.

Hello,

My three submissions here:

Small Copper at Loch Leven
Large Heath at Leadburn Community Woodland
Green Hairstreak at Castlelaw, Pentlands

Here are my 3 entries for this year:

Safflower Skipper
Silver Studded Blue
Duke of Burgundy