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2010 Photo competition winners

This years Plantlife Photo Competition proved to be a resounding success with a record number of images being entered for inclusion in the 2011 Plantlife calendar.

This year’s theme was ‘A place for plants’. We were looking for stunning photos that showed wild plants and fungi in the wider environment.

The judges, including professional wildlife photographer Bob Gibbons, were faced with a wealth of entries and some difficult decisions. All agreed, however, that an image of a magpie inkcap in beech woodland by David Wain of Elworth, Staffordshire should be the overall winner.

“This picture has it all” said Bob Gibbons. “A good composition, lovely light, sharp throughout, and all with a strong sense of place, evocative of autumn in Britain.”

David will receive a free 20 x 16 inch Lambda print of his winning photo, donated by Salisbury Photo Centre and it will be used to represent the month of September in the 2011 Plantlife calendar. The calendar itself will be available for purchase from 11 October.

Have a look through all the winning entries by scrolling through the gallery below:

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January: Teasels by Ruth Nickerson of Bury, Cambridgeshire.
February: Frosted mossy mounds on Ramsley Moor by Shiela Curzon of Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
March: Lichen by Jenny Bailey of Reading, Berkshire.
April: Bluebells in North Dorset wood by Mark V Pike of Upton, Dorset.
May: Orange-tip butterfly on lady’s smock by Linda Tillotson of Wantage, Oxon.
June: Sea kale at Dungeness by Pauline Fletcher
July: Red poppy field, Pim Hill by Danny Beath of Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
August: Wild carrot in the wind by Julie McKenna of Haydock, Merseyside.
September and 'Best in Show': Magpie inkcap in woodland by David Wain of Elford, Staffs.
October: Sulpher tuft fungus on beech by Danny Beath of Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
November: Bulrushes on a frosty morning by David R Joyce of Bridgend, Gloucestershire.
December: Frost on umbellifer stalks by Lydia Vulliamy of Nacton, Suffolk.