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Winter Words Festival 21-23 Feb 2025

TAYken by Me 2023 Winners

 

The river Tay.

We are delighted to showcase the winners of the 2023 TAYken by Me photographic competition.
Amateur photographers of all ages were invited to take part in a photography competition celebrating the magnificent beauty of the River Tay.

Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Perth and Kinross Countryside Trust (PKCT), ran the competition as part of the Theatre’s project Shades of Tay, a Love Letter to Scotland and PKCT’s new long-distance active travel route the River Tay Way.

Architecture

1st Prize

Sandra Cairncross

Ruined Shieling in Glen Fender

 

2nd Prize

Richard Jones

Railway Viaduct Perth

 

3rd Prize

Tom McEwan

Perth City

A ruined farmhouse in rolling hills.
A train going over a railway bridge.
A view of Perth.

Hidden Details

1st Prize

Andy Moir

Dipper

 

2nd Prize

Tom McEwan

Wintry Walk On A Sunny Day in Glen Tilt

 

3rd Prize

Sandra Cairncross

Delta Park Pitlochry

A dipper bird with insect in beak.
Ice forming on the top of the river.
Moss on a tree branch.

Trees

1st Prize

Andy Moir

Calm

 

2nd Prize

Tom McEwan

Trees of Killiecrankie

 

3rd Prize

Richard Jones

Moncreiffe Island

Silhouette of a tree and and hills as mist settles on the water.
A large tree in a field of green.
Tree line river bank.

Wildlife

1st Prize

Peter Wilkinson

Sandmartin

 

2nd Prize

Peter Wilkinson

Mandarin Duck

 

3rd Prize

Marcus Tyler

Kingfisher Stannars Island

A sand martin gliding above the waterline.
Mandarine duck taking off.
A kingfisher sat on a log.

Young People

1st Prize

Anna MacDonald

Smeaton’s Bridge

 

2nd Prize

Greg Snook

Stretch of Tay near Moncreiffe Island

 

3rd Prize

Anna MacDonald

Beaver Below Smeaton’s Bridge

Old brick, arched bridge across a flowing river.
Stone bridge over the river Tay.
Beaver swimming in the river.

Architecture entries

Storm cloud over the river Tay.
A large sundial in Perth.
View from under a concrete structure onto a river.
Overgrown grass with old headstones.
Old stone walls of a church.
The rail bridge over the river Tay.
The rail bridge over the river Tay.
An old brick bridge illuminated in the colours of the rainbow.
The skyline of Perth at dusk.
The view of two bridges down a river.
An old brick bridge with eight arches over a river
The green bridge across the river tummel.
The remains of an old pier on the edge of a loch.

Hidden Details entries

A man sat at the top of a hill looking out across the view below.
A tree trunk by the edge of the water.
A man in a wetsuit and white helmet white water rafting.
The skyline of Perth at dusk.
A rusting gate post.

Trees entries

An old weeping willow tree with no leaves.
Pink blossoms on trees.
Large tree covered in green leaves.

Wildlife entries

A beaver swimming gin the river dragging a tree branch.
A reed bunting bird.
A red squirrel sat on the edge of the river eating a chestnut.
Four birds sat on the edge of the river.
A beaver swimming in the river.
A deer peering round a tree trunk.
A heron sat on a tree branch.
Toad spawn.
A mandarin duck.
A kingfisher sat on a branch.
A red squirrel sat on a log, smiling and holding a chestnut.
A swan gliding down the river.
A heron eating a fish on the edge of the river Tay.
A heron flying low to the river Tay.
A close-up of an otter peering through some rushes on the edge of the Tay.
An otter sat on a rock on the edge of the river Tay.

Young People entries

The sunlight reflecting off the river.
A bee collecting pollen from a yellow flower.
Silhouette of the hills and trees as the sun sets behind a cloud casting bright orange light across the landscape.
Foliage reflected in the river.
A bee collecting pollen.
A brown, red and blue butterfly on small white flowers.
Flowers with red and yellow petals.
Water droplets on a large green leaf.
Tree canopy from the ground.
A bee sat on a purple thistle.