Young nature photographers presented with prizes

Young photographers received a special school-based presentation after winning Denbighshire County Council’s 2025 Wildflower Meadow Photography Competition.

Denbighshire pupils were asked to take a photograph on one of the county wildflower meadows, a school meadow, or community nature reserve site. Photos could be of the whole site, a tiny part such as an insect or flower, or whatever they felt made the best photograph.

The winners were Elis from Ysgol Esgob Morgan who took a photo of a Common Carder Bee on some thistle at Cysgodfa Denbigh and Wynter in Year 5 at Ysgol Bryn Hedydd who took a photo showing a White Tailed Bumble Bee on yellow flowers.

Both were presented with their prizes of environmental books for their schools along with a small canvas image of their photograph to hang at home or at school by Council Chairman Cllr Arwel Roberts and Cllrs Barry Mellor and Peter Scott who visited each school to meet the winners.

A book and card were also presented to Charlotte in Year 5 at Ysgol Bryn Hedydd for her photograph that she sent into the competition and Osian at Ysgol Esgob Morgan.

Denbighshire County Council’s first actions after declaring a climate and ecological emergency in 2019 was to start managing grassland for wildflower meadow creation. The aim of the project is to restore and increase the amount of habitat available throughout the county for pollinators and wildlife. The project also brings many benefits or ‘ecosystem services’ to residents in the county, such as reduced flooding, improved air quality, and air cooling.

Councillor Barry Mellor, Lead member for Environment and Transport, said: “It was a privilege to meet the winners, and I know my colleagues felt the same. Their passion for helping local nature and learning about it is extremely inspiring We would like to again congratulate Elis and Wynter on their lovely images and thank all the pupils who took time to enter the competition.”

Denbighshire County Council will run the competition again over Spring/Summer 2026.