A BUDDING North Yorkshire photographer, Dr Roger Litton, has won a national Wild Bird photography competition organised by retailer Wilko.

Dr Roger Litton from Harrogate entered his picture of a long-tailed tit into the wilko Wild Bird Calendar competition.

And the company was so impressed with the image that Dr Litton was awarded a £100 Wilko voucher and selected as one of 12 winners to be featured in the official 2021 calendar.

He said: “I was delighted to discover that I had won the Wilko Wild Bird photography competition and that my photo would be used in the 2021 calendar.”

Daniel Bingham of Wilko said: “With the UK spending more time in their gardens throughout lockdown, we saw a big increase in the number of entries and quality of the photos of wild birds submitted to the competition this year.

"We can’t wait to see the final printed calendar in stores with the vast array of wild bird photography. It was a tough decision as there could only ever be 12 winners, but we were extremely impressed by Roger’s photo.”