Photo Competition | Berkshire Ornithological Club

The BOC holds a photographic competition annually. The 2026 date is Wednesday March 4th and entries are welcomed from all members. Photographs will be of wild, non-captive, non-domesticated birds only.

The full rules can be found in the panel to the right of this text.

This will be held at Reading University and on Zoom. We encourage you to enter photos that have been taken since the previous competition on 5/3/25.

The closing date for entries is midnight on Friday February 20th 2026.

This year you can enter photos in three categories. The number you can enter is fewer this year as we intend all entries to be commented on by the judge. You can enter up to three photographs with a maximum of two in any one category. (Tip: there are always fewer entries in the Birds of Berkshire category).

Portrait
Flight and Action
Birds in Berkshire

Please email your entries to sue.truby@sky.com using the naming format below. You will receive an email receipt for your entries.

The Club may use photographs of birds taken in Berkshire in its publications. If any of your photos were taken in Berkshire, whichever category they are entered into, please tell us when and where you took them, by following the relevant file naming format below. Other photos, not taken in Berkshire, do not require the date and location.

File naming format for all photographs not taken in Berkshire

YourName_Category_BirdID

for example
JaneCampbell_Portrait_Robin
SueTruby_FlightandAction_Pheasant

Category is one of ‘Portrait’ and ‘FlightandAction’

Additionally, for photographs which were taken in Berkshire, append BiB_date_location,

for example:
JaneCampbell_Portrait_Robin _BiB_25May25_MoorGreenLakes
SueTruby_FlightandAction_Pheasant_BiB_25May25_DintonPastures
RobertGodden_BirdsinBerkshire_RedKite_BiB_25May25_Sandhurst

Category is one of ‘Portrait’, ‘FlightandAction’ and BirdsinBerkshire

Images can be in any format that will display in Windows Photos, for example .jpg, .dng, .orf

There is no size restriction, although we encourage you not to send images with very large file sizes.

There will be prizes of £30 (category winners) and £15 (runner up) vouchers from London Camera Exchange and, of course, the kudos of winning the Gordon Langsbury Memorial trophy on a vote of members at the end of the evening.

This is an enjoyable evening, open to all members. You do not have to submit three images, if you have just one you wish to share we would love to see it.

Photographic Competition 2025