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BLOGGER AWARDS

THE JUDGES

GILLIAN BURKE LIZZIE DALY BEN GARROD MIRANDA
is a biologist and is a wildlife and is an evolutionary KRESTOVNIKOFF is
presenter on BBC children’s TV biologist, great ape a biologist, trained
Two’s Springwatch and presenter. She is completing conservationist and presenter. diver and wildlife expert on
Autumnwatch. She lives in her Masters degree in the He regularly contributes to BBC One’s The One Show. She
Cornwall with her two children. electroreception of arthropods. BBC Wildlife’s Q&A section. is also president of the RSPB.

After hearing them RUNNERS-UP foraged food. I’d like my blog to
for months, Alex enthuse people and encourage
finally saw one of Dara
his local little owls. them to protect wildlife.
Fermanagh, UK Highlight of the year
Young Fermanagh Naturalist Working with farmers in Kent
youngfermanaghnaturalist.com as we have managed to double
I live in a beautiful part the number of lapwing chicks
of Northern Ireland, fledged from their land.
and want to celebrate
its beauty. Observing Elliot McCandless and
and writing my thoughts has Kirsten Brewster
become a very important part of Dundee, UK
my life (I have Asperger's). The The Wildlife Journals
platform has become a valuable thewildlifejournals.com
communication tool. We started this blog
Highlight of the year to share some
It has to be observing the hen incredible wildlife
harriers on my local patch, encounters we had
especially when I saw two males during an 15-week trip abroad.
fighting for territory. Since returning to Scotland we
have tried to see some of the
Alex creatures on our doorstep and
Oxfordshire, UK shed some light on their
Appleton Wildlife Diary conservation status.
appletonwildlifediary.wordpress.com Highlight of the year
My blog is a regular While exploring a loch for a
account of what place to photograph grebes a
Our runner-up blogs happens on a local lone otter appeared. We’ll never
feature lapwings
(left) and explore patch in Oxfordshire. forget the sight of it staring
local nature sites. I use a camera-trap and back at us through the reeds.
photography to capture local and
visiting wildlife, from insects and Celia Dillow
birds, to a range of mammals, Somerset, UK
including deer and badgers. Tracks and Trails and
Highlight of the year Puppy Dog Tales
My wildlife highlight was finally tracksntrailsnpuppiestales.blogspot.co.uk
finding a local little owl after My blog celebrates
months of hearing it, and even the birds and beasts of
one of this year's young. the gorgeous
Somerset Levels and
Carol Donaldson moors. It is an area of beauty and
Kent, UK rare habitats, which is full of
Nature Girl history and astonishing wildlife.
naturegirlblogdotcom.wordpress.com Highlight of the year
My blog is a mixed bag While visiting Aller Moor, a
Elliot and Kirsten of my passions and turquoise dart flew towards
were thrilled to interests, which me and away. The kingfisher
see an otter while include my work, repeated this until I moved and
visiting a loch.
garden wildlife and recipes for it could return to its fishing post.

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