Award set up in memory of late photographer

Barry Wells, who died earlier this year, photographed at the 2024 Wildlife Photographer Exhibition

A project celebrating Guernsey's pollinating insects has announced a new category in the Bailiwick Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition.

The Barry Wells Award for Young Photographers was set up in memory of Mr Wells, who died earlier this year.

The Pollinator Project said an award of £500 and membership of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust would be made annually for the next three years for the best photograph or short film of a pollinating insect, to be taken by anyone in full or part-time education up to the age of 24.

In 2023, a wall of Mr Wells' photographs was featured in the Wildlife Photography exhibition that toured Sark and Alderney.

'Fantastic photography'

The photographs have now been donated to Elizabeth College, where they will be displayed and available as a teaching aid.

Gordon Steele, chairman of the Pollinator Project, said: "Barry was passionate about pollinating insects, including bees, butterflies, moths and was also an acclaimed wildlife photographer.

"Every year he went to junior and primary schools and enthused children across the bailiwick with his love of pollinators using his slo-mo films and fantastic photography."

The closing date for submissions is 1 December, with the exhibition to be held in January 2025.

The competition is run by Guernsey Arts.