>>> PICTURE GALLERY: 21 photographs already submitted to the competition>>

You still have almost two weeks to enter the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s wildlife photography competition. So if you’re a nature lover who is handy with a camera (or even a smartphone) get snapping, says STEPHEN LEWIS.

IF EVER you needed proof that kingfishers can’t read... here it is.

Andy Ashby submitted his picture of a kingfisher perched defiantly on a ‘no fishing’ sign as part of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s wildlife and wild places photography competition.

Since the competition was launched at the beginning of December, the wildlife trust has been overwhelmed by entries, admits communications officer Joanna Richards. Many of them have been fantastic - as the selection of entries reproduced in our picture gallery.

If you think you can do better than this, however, you still have almost two weeks to get snapping. The deadline for entries is January 31.

There are four categories:

• Yorkshire’s wild places

• Native wildlife - birds, mammals, insects or plants that are native to Yorkshire

• Wildlife watch - a special category for the under-15s

• Smartphone snaps - photos taken on your ‘phone.

The trust is particularly keen to get more entries in the last two categories. So if you’re a youngster with a love of wildlife and a handy camera, why not give it a go.

York Press:
A wind ruffled red grouse in Farndale by Mike Preston

Prizes include Yorkshire Coast wildlife safaris and signed copies of True Love, award-winning wildlife photographer Steve Race’s photo of gannets necking.

Steve, who runs Yorkshire Coast Nature with his partner Richard Baines, will also be on the panel of judges.

Photos should be submitted via Flickr into the various category groups - you can find out more about how to do so at www.ywt.org.uk/photo-competition-2015.

There is also an online entry form to fill in at www.ywt.org.uk/photo-entry-form-2015.

You can see more entries in our photo gallery>>

Happy snapping!