West Midlands photographers reveal their excellent moments of 2025

“This leaping roe deer might be my favourite wildlife photo of the year, especially as I missed an opportunity for a ‘deer in flight’ shot an hour earlier, so was extra pleased when another opportunity presented itself,” stated Balsall Common photographer Luke Bennett.

“By this point, the low evening sun made for much nicer illumination on my subject, too. It’s always a pleasure to spend some time in the company of wildlife and to get away from the less peaceful aspects of modern life.”

“I took this image of Coventry Canal Basin back in January,” stated Coventry photographer Mark Pemberton.

“It was an icy cold evening and the water was frozen, the people in the photo and the statues to the left all reflected in the icy water.

“The {photograph} has an virtually impressionist really feel to it. I had simply misplaced my dad in December and it was positively a time for reflection.”

“As a nature photographer an enormous quantity of my photos are taken in my favorite place, Sutton Park,” stated Sutton Coldfield photographer Alison Matthews.

“Our fabulous park offers me limitless inspiration in addition to nice train and great moments of mindfulness. Depending on the season, I might be discovered searching ponies, rummaging across the forest flooring for fungi or gazing on the altering sky.

“I sat and quietly contemplated the universe as the sunset put on a beautiful display in front of me. It is the simple things in life that can give the most pleasure when you take the time to stop and look.”

“Many people in Worcester will remember this image as part of the Worcester Bridges of Light Festival at the end of October,” stated Bransford photographer Lynne Falconer.

“It had been raining during the day, and I was in two minds whether to go and trudge around Worcester in the wet – or not. Well, the rain held off, and the clear air and reflections showed off this moving spectacle to great acclaim. So I joined the crowds to enjoy the evening show.”

“This photo, taken on a country lane near Gnosall, is my absolute favourite,” says Staffordshire photographer Serena Gough.

“It captures a perfect misty morning. The air was soft, and the mist rolling over the fields in the distance made everything look calm and dreamy.

“I like how the dawn colors are caught within the sky – shades of gold and orange that paint the entire scene. It wasn’t a vibrant, harsh mild, it was light and heat.”

“After the moist autumn of 2024 and the wetness of winter in 2025, it was such a pleasure within the spring to only step out of my again door in Shropshire to be welcomed by the solar, the blue sky and the cherry tree in full blossom on my driveway,” stated Rushbury photographer Peter Steggles.

“No planning for this one, only a shot to indicate the wonders of spring.”

“The Clent Hills are a spot the place panorama, historical past, and serenity come collectively in a means that feels virtually timeless,” stated Worcestershire photographer Simon Beckett.

“Rising gently above the encompassing countryside, they provide sweeping views that may take you abruptly, the form of vistas the place patchwork fields, distant church spires, follies and rolling ridgelines unfold beneath large, everchanging skies.

“With the lure of the city far in the distance, a reminder that both Birmingham and the Black Country’s industrial past isn’t that far away and how Clent offers a calm respite from busy city life.”

“Where I live I’m surrounded by countryside and it’s a short walk to the Grand Union Canal at Bascote – that’s where most of my photography takes place on my daily dog walk with Poppy,” stated Warwickshire photographer Josie Weller.

“No two days on the canal are ever the same because of the changing seasons, weather, narrowboaters and frequent wildlife encounters. This photo was very unexpected as when I left home it was a dull, grey morning – then the sun broke through, the light changed and with the autumnal colours it became a lot more atmospheric.”

“My photography, this last year, has definitely had more of a wildlife focus. I still love taking landscape images, but there is something about being outside in the fresh air and peace and quiet, watching our remarkable wildlife in their natural habitats, that is quite special,” stated Kingswinford photographer Joanna Noble.

“I set myself a few challenges this year, I wanted to try and see puffins, foxes, gannets, kingfishers, short-eared owls and badgers and I have been so lucky to have managed to photograph all of these and more.

“However, the spotlight for me has positively been photographing and watching a household of badgers feeding and ingesting, together with a wonderful erythristic badger.”

Black Country photographer Lisa Reynolds is normally found wandering around a local nature reserve or along the canal, but her photograph is from further afield this year.

“My favorite picture is of a purple squirrel, taken in April at Dingle Nature Reserve, Llangefni, Anglesey,” she stated.

“It’s my favorite picture as a result of I feel purple squirrels are so particular and to see one in its pure habitat made my complete 12 months.”