Blackberries are 'pick of the crop' in 2012 calendars

Brian Donaldson • Published 29 Dec 2011 13:00 0 Comments

A budding young photographer has been named one of the winners associated with this year's Northern Ireland Environment Agency bio-diversity calendar.

Auveen Shannon from Maguiresbridge, will have the October photograph printed in the calendar, a photograph of blackberries in hedgerows.

NIEA teamed up with local biodiversity officers across Northern Ireland to select the best of a diverse range of photographs from the two categories - under and over 18s.

Renny McKeown, NIEA, said: "The photos that we selected give a taste of the amazing variety of wildlife Northern Ireland offers, and the enthusiasm and support that this wildlife inspires. We hope that people will use these calendars next year to remind them why it is so important to cherish and treasure our environment, making Northern Ireland a better place to live, work and invest."

Laverne Bell, Chairperson of the Local Biodiversity Officers' Forum said: "It was very difficult choosing the winning images from such high quality entries. In the end, we picked the 12 most inspiring images to feature in the calendar, one for each month.

"Amongst the winning entries was a close up of a fox, a fascinating mayfly and the rare, carnivorous plant, the sundew."

The winning images can be viewed on the NIEA Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/Northern.Ireland.Environment.Agency.

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This article appeared in Impartial Reporter 29 Dec 11

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