In Pursuit of Critters

Your best wildlife photograph could win this month.

A monthly wildlife photography competition, open to photographers everywhere, whatever camera you use. A new theme and a prize every month.

Win £200 in our November prize fund

Now showing, 1 November to 30 November 2026

Flight

Soft weather, long waits and shapes only half seen.

More about this theme

Time left to enter

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Closes
30 November, 11.59pm UK time
Entry fee
£6 for one photograph, or £10 for up to 5 photographs
Prize fund
£200

How to enter

  1. Read this month's theme

    A theme opens on the first of the month and closes on the last. All twelve are published a year ahead, so you can plan your shoots around them.

  2. Send up to 5 photographs

    One short form. Your name, how to reach you, your pictures with a title for each, then £6 by card. Nothing else to fill in.

  3. Wait for the results

    Every entry is looked at properly. The winner and commended photographs are hung here in the first week of the following month, and everyone who entered is emailed.

Key dates

Flight, November 2026

Entries open
1 November
Entries close
30 November, 11.59pm UK time
Judging
1 to 6 December
Winner announced
7 December

Stuck, or not sure about something? Email inpursuitofcritters@outlook.com and we will help you through it.

A few of the photographs that have caught our eye.

Coming up

You can only enter the month that is open, but every theme is published well in advance.

December 2026

Black & White

Whatever comes to the feeder, the fence post or the back step.

Opens 1 December 2026

Entries not yet open

January 2027

Eyes

Eyes

Opens 1 January 2027

Entries not yet open

View the full programme