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Competition Winners

Have you entered one of our competitions? Want to find out if you've won or check out your rivals? This is the place to be to find the winning entries, the 'best of the rest' and what Badger and the Wildlife Watch team thought of your efforts. If you haven't taken part yet, visit this month's online competition or have a go at the latest magazine competition page.

WILDLIFE WATCH MAGAZINE COMPETITIONS

 

Simply click on the competition title to see the winners. The deadline for entries for the Spring 2012 competitions is 31 May. Good luck!

 

 

Spring 2012 - Issue 61:

 

Wild about owls - win two sets of Wildlife Trust notecards

 

Make your own stick creature - win a copy of The Stick Book

 

Butterfly and moth quiz - win a Butterfly & Moth Detectives' Handbook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winter 2011 - Issue 60:

 

Design a rock pool - win a rock pooling kit

 

Bat quiz - win a signed The Adventures of Baby Bat book

 

Where do pandas come from? - win two Kung Fu Panda 2 games

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Autumn 2011 - Issue 59:

 

Animal models - win an X-Ray Model Kit.

 

Picture quiz - win signed copies of two Jack and Boo books.

 

What is a baby deer called? - win a signed Maisie the Animal Minder book. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer 2011 - Issue 58:

 

Seashore detective quiz - win a copy of the new book Seashore Detectives' Handbook.

 

Invent your own mini pond monster - win a pond dipping kit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring 2011 - Issue 57:

 

Picture quiz - win a copy of 'Nature Adventures' by Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom.

 

Draw your favourite marine animal - win a copy of 'RYA Go Green!' illustrated by Claudia Myatt.

 

Grow your own sunflower - grow your free sunflower seeds from Vine House Farm to win a bird feeding kit.

 

 

 

 

 

Winter 2010 - Issue 56:

 

Name the UK's seals - win signed copies of the books 'The Musical Seals' and ' There's a Spider in my Bath'.

 

Squirrel quiz - win a copy of Axel Scheffler's book 'How to Keep a Pet Squirrel'.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Autumn 2010 - Issue 55:

 

Insect detective quiz - win a copy of the minibeast guide book 'Insect Detective'.

 

Natural history writer - win a book from the 'All About' series.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer 2010 - Issue 54:

 

Where The Wild Things Are - win a goodie bag and DVD. 

 

Wildlife Adventurer's quiz - win Steve Backshall's book 'Wildlife Adventurer's Guide'.

 

Invertebrate Estate Agent - win a signed copy of 'Nick Baker's Bug Zoo'.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring 2010 - Issue 53:

 

Vine House Farm quiz - win a bird feeding starter pack.

 

Wildflower photography - win a copy of the Wildflower Detectives' Handbook. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winter 2009 - Issue 52:

 

Make a Lego bird - win a Lego City Garage set.

 

What is the scientific (latin) name for an otter? - win a copy of 'Otter Moon' by Tudor Humphries.

 

Mammal watching experience - win Dominic Couzens' book 'My Family and 50 Other Animals'.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Autumn 2009 - Issue 51:

 

What is Britain's only poisonous reptile? - win 'Steve Backshall's Deadly 60' book.

 

Invent your own fungus - win a book voucher worth £20 and a FSC guide to fungi.

 

Draw a chough - win a copy of 'Shadows in the Sky' by Pete Cross.

 

 

 

 

 

MONTHLY ONLINE COMPETITIONS

 

Click on the competition titles to have another look at the question. Winners are picked at the end of each month and receive a prize from our box of wildlife goodies! 

 

October 2009  Can you identify this bird?

Answer - Fieldfare. Winner - Laura Flockhart.

 

November 2009  Can you identify this butterfly?

Answer - Red Admiral. Winner - Susan Webster.

 

December 2009  Festive Anagrams.

Answers - Mistletoe, Holly, Evergreen, Robin, Snowflake. Winner - Lauryn Osborne.

 

January 2010 Name the UKs woodpeckers.

Answer - Great spotted, green and lesser spotted (the rarest). Winner - Hope Burman. 

 

February 2010 What's in a name? Animals beginning with N.

Answers - Some you could have had: nuthatch, nightingale, natterjack toad, noctule bat, narcissus fly. Winner - Jasmine Simpson.

 

March 2010 Who am I? Mystery beak.

Answer - Oystercatcher. Winner - Laura Pemberton.

 

April 2010 Which birds lay blue eggs?

Answers - Song thrush, blackbird, starling, dunnock, mistle thrush. Winner - Billy Clarke.

 

May 2010 Latin name - jay.

Answer - Chattering acorn eater. Winner - Isaac Mason.

 

June 2010 Can you identify this butterfly?

Answer - Clouded yellow. Winner - Rachel McIlroy.

 

July 2010 What's in a name? Animals beginning with O.

Answer - Some you could have had: otter, osprey, octopus, oystercatcher, orange-tip butterfly, oyster. Winner - Ryan Adcock.

 

August 2010 Name this mystery marine creature.

Answer - Moon jellyfish. Winner - Katie Edwards.

 

September 2010 Fungal odd one out.

Answer - Orange peel fungus. Winner - Georgia and Beth Frost.

 

October 2010 That's fishy - name this fish.

Answer - Brown trout. Winner - Rory Whiteford.

 

November 2010 Autumn animal anagrams.

Answers - Red squirrel, Hedgehog, Grey seal, Fallow deer, Whooper swan. Winner -  Shannon Roberts.

 

December 2010 Name that whale.

Answer - Killer whale (orca). Winner - Francesca Yates. 

 

January 2011 Weasely identified? 

Answer - Mink. Winner - Fiona Thompson. 

 

February 2011 Feeling green?

Answers - Some you could have had: Green woodpecker, ring-necked parakeet. Winner - Max Williams. 

 

March 2011 Name that deer.

Answer - Chinese water deer. Winner - Rosie Carter.

 

April 2011 The UK's snakes.

Answer - There are three native UK snakes: adder, grass snake and smooth snake. Winner - Alfie Hill

 

May 2011 A prickly question.

Answer - Mrs Tiggy Winkle. Winner - Ben Pirnie

 

June 2011 Yellow wildflowers.

Answers - a) Yellow Rattle b) Meadow Buttercup c) Yellow Iris d) Dandelion. Winner - Kirsten Morris

 

July 2011 Mice are nice.

Answer - Harvest mouse. Winner - Kimberley May Stott

 

August 2011 Go nuts.

Answer - Hedgehog. Winner - Bradley Wllison

 

September 2011 Birds beginning with Y.

Answer - Yellowhammer. Winner - Callum Payton 

 

October 2011 Odd moth out.

Answer - Garden panda. Winner -  Ellie Muggeridge

 

November 2011 Name that nose.

Answer - Red squirrel. Winner - Emma Foster

 

December 2011 Shortest day.

Answer - 22nd December. Winner - Elijah Newton 

 

February 2012 Spring blooms.

Answers - Some you could have had: daffodil, lesser celandine, primrose. Winner - Emma Morris

 

OTHER COMPETITIONS

 

Ponyo marine quiz - win a copy of the DVD and a trip to SeaLife

 

Birdfair 2010 Spotting Sheet - win one of five signed books or five sets of concise guides for the runners-up