HIGS Photography Competition
Calendar 2027
“Nature as part of our village life”
From the judging panel:
Thank you for helping select the photograph that will appear on the front cover of the calendar - the one for May taken by Penny Reeves. Many Congratulations Penny!
We are now very pleased to announce the names of the photographers who took the 13 winning photographs - congratulations to all! See below. The voting this year produced a clear winner, with a creditable second place going to Martin Minařík for his photograph of a Mistle Thrush (November).
A very big thank you to all who entered, there were many excellent photographs. In the coming weeks we will also be featuring some of these on the website that didn’t make it to the winners list. We would also like to say thank you to our calendar sponsors Oakington Garden Centre, Camel Projects, Hayward Moon and Spectacular Opticians Histon who have generously helped towards the cost of producing the calendar.
The calendar is on sale online now and at the following outlets: Topiary Tree (cash only), Histon Post Office (cash only) and Oakington Garden Centre.
January; Goldfinch in hoar frost, Long Meadow; Photo by Penny Reeves
February; Early Spring Flowers at Histon Green; Photo by David Berry
March; “Embroidery” - the diamond mesh fence providing the perfect fabric for the wild clematis to weave its way through; Photo by Bridget Davidson
April; Cherry blossom in my garden in Impington; Photo by Katharine Holliday
May; Blue Tit in our garden in Histon as it was queuing for the bird feeder; Photo by Penny Reeves
June; Cinnabar moth caterpillar on Common Ragwort in the Community Orchard; Photo by Simon Searle
July; Long Meadow sunset; Photo by Gill Attmore
August: Peacock butterfly on scabious in my garden in Histon; Photo by Guy Richardson
September; Ladybird on Dog Rose in Croft Close Nature Reserve; Photo by Simon Searle
October; The stunning October 2024 comet over Histon Baptist Church. (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS (C/2023 A3); Photo by Martin Minařík
November; Mistle Thrush - can be seen in Winter wherever there's an abundance of mistletoe in the villages; Photo by Martin Minařík
December; Hoar frost on Long Meadow, being lit by the first rays of the rising sun; Photo by Guy Richardson
Last Page; Ruddy Darter dragonfly hanging out in Homefield Park; Photo by Jon Pavey