Competition closed!
 | | Urban bird: literally on the wire |
The Wildlife Where I Live photo competition is now closed and the winners will be announced soon. But you can still submit your pictures to the other galleries on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ South Yorkshire. Just email them to south.yorkshire@bbc.co.uk Read background to the Wildlife Where I Live competition below, and follow the links to the galleries to look at the fabulous photos. Background to the competition
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Why is it that we often photograph exotic wildlife we encounter on our travels, but more rarely take the time to record the environment we live in? Wildlife Where I Live, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ South Yorkshire website category in Sheffield Wildlife Trust’s photo competition 2006, looked for photographs of urban and suburban wildlife. We wanted you to show us the diversity of plants, animals and natural environments that exist where you live in South Yorkshire.
 | | Friendly tits are a favourite with photographers |
Perhaps you have swallows nesting in your guttering or foxes visit your garden. Do you notice the pigeons and squirrels that are often to be found in town centres? Some former industrial sites and patches of waste ground are being slowly colonised by nature without human intervention.Μύ Does that buddleia sprouting through the brickwork support any other life? Urban wildlife can be welcome, like the salmon returning to the once polluted River Don near Doncaster, or unexpected like the escaped mink roaming its Sheffield banks.
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Whatever you photograph, the Wildlife Where I Live photo competition looked for pictures that demonstrated a sense of place.Μύ The prize Shortlisting and judging will be underway soon, and a winner will be announced before long. A digital camera is the prize for the winner of this category in Sheffield Wildlife Trust's competition, plus the winner will be in the running for SWT's overall prize for the photograph of 2006. For details and rules see the SWT Photo website (link on the right). The pictures Follow the link to the image galleries to see the fabulous photographs which were entered into the competition. | 
