Award-winning mammal photos, fabulous flamingos, plus 16 top photography tips!

 

View this email online Home   |   Photography   |   Animals   |   British Wildlife   |   Travel   |   Wildlife Gardens   |   Magazine       PHOTO GALLERY   Mammal Photographer of the Year 2013  The Mammal Society's Mammal Photographer of the Year 2013 competition encouraged entrants to submit images that told a story. From a jumping brown rat to a foraging grey squirrel and a surfing common seal, you can enjoy the most comical and delightful images of warm-blooded animals from the contest. Click here        IN THIS ISSUE       May issue – out now Browse through the latest issue of BBC Wildlife Magazine     Advertisement feature   This Month's Highlights PHOTOGRAPHY Flamingo photo gallery Find out more WILDLIFE BLOG Everything you need to know about the lesser redpoll Find out more PHOTOGRAPHY MASTERCLASS Wildlife Photography Workshop: 16 top tips by Ross Hoddinott and Ben Hall Find out more   Advertisement Feature     Discover Wild Madagascar Described as a true naturalist’s paradise, Madagascar broke away from mainland Africa 65 million years ago and its extraordinary wildlife subsequently evolved in splendid isolation. Discover the fauna of Madagascar’s three main habitats  - rainforest, dry forest and unique spiny forest; marvel at breaching humpbacks and spectacular scenery; and snorkel on colourful coral reefs. Visit to understand why Madagascar so enthralled the world's most famous naturalists. Travel on a tailor-made itinerary or join a small escorted group: the choice is yours. Plan your trip with the UK’s original Madagascar specialist: www.reefandrainforest.co.uk  WILDLIFE TV AND RADIO David Attenborough’s First Life – 13 April at 8pm on BBC Four Attenborough visits Canada's Rocky Mountains to examine fossils and explore the roots of the tree of life. Read more  WILDLIFE COMPETITIONS 2013 Camera-trap Photo of the Year: call for entries! Whether you’re a field researcher or a keen amateur, we want to see your best remote-camera wildlife images – and they could win you a £3,000 research grant or a Páramo jacket. Read more Nature Writer of the Year 2013 Enter our nature-writing contest and share your passion for wildlife and wild places. You could win a place on a research expedition to Madagascar. Read more  READER HOLIDAY © Angie Scott Botswana Photo Safari Join Big Cat Diary presenter, naturalist and photographer Jonathan Scott on a holiday of a lifetime in a great African wilderness: the Okavango Delta from 16–24 November 2013. Plus, don’t miss out on our painting holiday to Orkney, there are only a few places left.    WILDLIFE SOCIAL MEDIA Follow us Follow BBC Wildlife Magazine on Facebook and Twitter to join in the conversation, share your photographs and keep up-to-date with the latest wildlife news and events.  WILDLIFE PODCAST Podcast Catch up with the BBC Wildlife team and experts and hear the stories behind our top articles in our free podcast. This month, Bill Bailey discusses his new series about naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. Click here  WILDLIFE GIVEAWAYS Win a GreatArt painting kit We have an I Love Art painting kit to give away, worth £100, courtesy of GreatArt. Enter now Win BBC Africa on DVD We have six copies of BBC Africa on DVD to give away, worth £25.52 each, courtesy of BBC Worldwide. Enter now   May 2013 Photo Contest: Spring blooms Spring has arrived – plants are starting to bloom and trees are beginning to blossom. This month, we want to see your best images of glorious flowers. See all the entries, upload your photo and vote for your favourite.  Some of your favourites this week       Cherry tree   Orchids   Indian laburnam   Tulips         *5 issues for £5 offer is only available to UK residents paying by Direct Debit. After your first 5 issues your subscription will continue at £16.75 every 6 issues. If you cancel within 2 weeks of receiving your 4th issue you will pay no more than £5. BBC Wildlife Magazine is published 13 times a year. Your subscription will start with the next available issue.  Offer ends 7 May 2013. Unsubscribe | Privacy © Immediate Media Company Limited 2013. Registered in England No. 5715415 Registered Office: Vineyard House, 44 Brook Green, Hammersmith, London, W6 7BT.