Wildbird Photo Competition
Every year, as part of the french Bird and Nature Festival, an international photo competition dedicated to wildbirds is organized. 6 categories including one dedicated to 15-17 year olds.
A festival at the heart of the Somme Bay
If there’s one thing you’re bound to enjoy in the Somme Bay, it’s the Bird and Nature Festival. Spring is the best time for birdwatching, and this annual festival offers nine days of immersion in nature for the whole family.
Choose from 350+ guided tours on foot, horseback, in pirogues or on bicycles, to explore the wonders of nature. You’ll see all facets and colours of nature, probably as never before!
But the fun doesn’t stop there! The Bird and Nature Festival also holds two international competitions dedicated to photo competition and films. They are open to professionals and amateurs, even teenagers!
To be sure to book the right excursion, book online on the Festival website. There’s something for everyone so you’re bound to have a good time!
Call for entries to our 2024 Competitions !
If for 33 years, the Festival remains an unmissable event for nature lovers, the 2 competitions it organizes have allowed it to obtain international recognition: The Photo Competition (only dedicated to the bird) is one of the 10 most renowned in Europe, and the documentaries received as part of the Film Competition come from 47 countries.
Photos and films made by almost as many amateurs as professionals, who express image by image, their personal vision of a wild, universal but also fragile nature.
Film competition
The Bird and Nature Festival also offers a selection of the world’s best wildlife and environment documentaries. Thirty or so films are screened throughout the week.