Scottish Seabird Centre Nature Photography Competition & Exhibition 

See the winners of the 2009 competition on Scotsman.com and download an entry form for our 2010 Competition or call us on +44 (0) 1620 890202. There is also a junior competition. Email us on info@seabird.org for an application form.

You can also see the top 100 shortlisted entries from last year's competition at the Seabird Centre's Flickr Gallery and the Scotsman.com Online Gallery.

The Nature Photography Competition is now well established, with five categories; Scottish Wildlife, World Wildlife, Landscape, Creative Visions of Nature and Environmental Impact. 2010 sees a new category introduced, 'World Flora'. The judges include multi award-winning wildlife photographer Laurie Campbell and renowned landscape photographer Graham Riddell and, in true "X-Factor" style, during the exhibition at the Seabird Centre, visitors can also vote for their favourites, which is added to the final score.

Below are the winning photographs from 2008

Landscape (Adult)
Winter Morning Diarmid Weir, Winner, Landscape	The Sea that Shapes the Land Pauline Kemp, Runner Up Landscape
Sand Patterns Tom Gardner, Highly Commended, Landscape
World Wildlife (Adult)
Bear Fishing William Backhouse, Winner, World Wildlife	Silhouettes Pascal Miet, Runner Up, World Wildlife
Sealion Slumber Geoff Morgan, Highly Commended, World Wildlife
Scottish Wildlife (Adult)
Waiting for Sunset Stuart MacLaren, Winner, Scottish Wildlife	Brown Hare Karen Berry, Runner Up, Scottish Wildlife
Snail Tree Tom Gardner, Highly Commended, Scottish Wildlife
Creative Visions of Nature (Adult)
Enchanted Wood (Sand Patterns) Anita Nutter, Winner, Creative Visions of Nature	Curled Fern Still Life Stuart MacLaren, Runner Up, Creative Visions of Nature
Tiger Abstract Stuart Lowrie, Highly Commended, Creative Visions of Nature
Environmental Impact (Adult)
The Ba's Burst Anna Dickie, Winner, Environmental Impact	Melting Glacier John Fowler, Runner Up, Environmental Impact
Ground Strike Allan Adam, Highly Commended, Environmental Impact
Landscape(Junior)
Frozen Lake Ruaidhri Forrester, Winner, Landscape	Buchan Coast Ruaidhri Forrester, Runner Up, Landscape
Mouth of the River Dee at Night Jonathan Dawson, Highly Commended, Landscape
World Wildlife (Junior)
Golden Plover Ruaidhri Forrester, Winner, World Wildlife	Icelandic Take-off Robert Miller, Runner Up, World Wildlife
Sleepy Puffin Ruaidhri Forrester, Winner, Scottish Wildlife	Underwater Seal Ruaidhri Forrester, Runner Up, Scottish Wildlife
The Last Leaf of Autumn Robert Miller, Winner, Creative Visions of Nature	Dizzy Buttercups Ruaidhri Forrester, Runner Up, Creative Visions of Nature
Nature's Carpet Jonathan Dawson, Highly Commended, Creative Visions of Nature

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