Gavin Bickerton-Jones, local photographer and regular magazine contributor, has been recognised by the British Wildlife Photography Awards, who will feature his beautiful photo of a Wymondham fox in their upcoming 2026 annual. These BWPA volumes are a yearly hardback published to celebrate the best of Britain’s wildlife photography.
Gavin told the magazine:
‘I had some fantastic news from the administrator of the British Wildlife Photography Awards, saying that my fox image was a finalist and will feature in the prestigious awards book for 2026. To get in the book, you have to be in the top 2% after judging, of over 10,000 images entered, and of those 2%, the various category-winning images will be announced in February, so fingers crossed for some more news, possibly!
‘I got the image of the Fox in a little copse wood in Attleborough, which I had been scoping out for a while with a trail camera. Everything came together for this photo. I used to go in the evening and put the trail camera out, and leave a morsel of cat food to help it through the breeding season. But unbeknownst to me, she must have got used to me coming everyday, and as I was setting up the camera this particular evening, the fox poked her head out of the den and came out while I was there.
‘I froze to the spot and just watched her walk around me in amazement, and the next night I went prepared with my proper camera and sat in a bunch of nettles and waited to see if she came out again. Sure enough, after about an hour, out she came as the sun was going down, and she seemed to stop for a second and pose in the beautiful light, and I got the shot.
‘Over the course of a couple of months, I kept going to see her. Unfortunately, she got a nasty injury to her nose and face. I mixed some medication into food for her to help.
‘Eventually, she moved on, but she looked like she was healing up, so hopefully she survived.
‘It’s such a privilege when a wild animal allows you in their space for a while.’
The book will be released in March and is available for pre-order here.
