On the 24th August, the day before my 41st wedding anniversary, David Bellamy arrived in Cumbria to judge a photography competition organised by the Allerdale Red Squirrel conservation group. I entered the above photograph of this squirrel captured in Dodd Wood during the month of November. To my surprise and delight, the news came that this photograph was a winner. I was told this photograph will be the cover for a calendar to go on sale and the proceeds will contribute towards red squirrel conservation for the Allerdale Group. Here are some of the reports from the local Cumbrian newspaper, The Times and Star:
Holding the 3 main winners of the Allerdale Red Squirrel Group Photograph competition, from left, Mary Burkett OBE, Botanist and competition judge David Bellamy and Susan Southworth from the Allerdale Red Squirrel Group, Isel Hall, Cockermouth, Friday 24th August 2012: Ian Carruthers 50037754T018. JPG (CopyrightTimes and Star)
David Bellamy, British author, broadcaster emvironmental campaigner and botanist, who judged photographs of red squirrels for a calendar to raise money for the Allerdale Red Squirrel Group, Isel Hall, Cockermouth, Friday 24th August 2012: Ian Carruthers 50037754T012. JPG (Copyright Times and Star)
Photograph of a red squirrel by Maria Blakeley from Huddersfield which won the Allerdale Red Squirrel Group competition judged by David Bellamy, Friday 24th August 2012, Isel Hall Cockermouth: Ian Carruthers 50037754T016. JPG (Copyright Times and Star)
