HIGS Photography Competition
Calendar 2026
“Nature in the local landscape”
- pictures of flora and fauna set in our village landscape -
From Ian Ellis on behalf of the judging panel:
Thank you for helping select the photograph that will appear on the front cover of the calendar - the one for November taken by David Jenkins. Many Congratulations David!
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 Gillian Berry for her photograph of a "barley field with stormy clouds" (September).
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 and Hayward Moon who have generously helped towards the cost of producing the calendar.
The calendar will be for sale online and in various High Street outlets in the coming weeks.
January; Sunrise lighting up the hoarfrost and silhouetting the old sycamore, Long Meadow; Photo by Guy Richardson
February; Spring frog chorus in the pond at Croft Close Nature Reserve; Photo by Martin Minarik
March; Blackthorn blossom in Long Meadow; Photo by Jon Pavey
April: Male Orange-tip butterfly on watercress, at the pond, Croft Close Nature Reserve; Photo by Bernie Kedge
May; Honey Bee in the lavender in our Histon garden; Photo by Penny Reeves
June; Poppy Parade, beside the path to Westwick; Photo by Guy Richardson
July; Female Emperor Dragonfly busy laying eggs in our garden pond; Photo by Nigel Searle
August; Fledgling Blackbird observing our Histon garden from our bike's handlebars; Photo by Martin Minarik
September; Barley fields with stormy clouds; Photo by Gillian Berry
October; Mint Moth on Oregano, in our Histon garden; Photo by Penny Reeves
November; Histon Green and brook on a cold Autumn morning; Photo by David Jenkins
December; Sunset from Long Meadow; Photo by David Jenkins
Last Page; Pink flowers of Common Mallow in Homefield park; Photo by Sofia Velic