IWT NEWS
A C T I V I T Y U P D A T E By Kieran Flood, IWT Coordinator
IWT Members’
Wildlife Photo of the Year
Congratulation to Andrea Hunt, who is the winner of the 2020 IWT Members' Wildlife Photo of the Year competition, with her fantastic photo capturing the magic of a bumblebee foraging in mid-air. The image illustrates one of nature’s most important partnerships in sharp detail, that of plants and their pollinating insect partners. Note the pollen grains falling from the flower and the bee’s pollen baskets (known as corbiculae) on her back legs. 2020 was our first year running this competition. We introduced the competition as another way to engage you - our members, - to showcase the wildlife of Ireland and to give out some prizes to our fantastic membership base. We will be running the competition once more in 2021 so keep an eye out for details in the magazine and online. You can see the competition shortlist of 10 amazing photographs on pages 34 and 35 of this issue. Thank you to all of you who entered this completion.
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