2026 Nature & Wildlife Individual Competition – Results

2026 Nature & Wildlife - Individual Competition Results

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Medals:

Gold Medal Individual - Christy Grinton (Martin)

'Crimson Catch'
'Hungry Lynx'
'Pacific Cradle'

Silver Medal Individual - Catalin Sandu

'Pollen Covered Thread Waisted Wasp'
'Mating Poplar and Willow Borers'
'Nursery Web Spider with Egg Sac'

Bronze Medal Individual - Geoff Dunn

'Keelbilled Toucan Feeding on Banana'
'Resplendent Male Quetzel'
'Yellow Eyelash Viper'

Merit Awards:

Merit Awards - Wildlife

1st Merit - Christy Grinton (Martin) - 'Crimson Catch'
2nd Merit - David McClure - 'Hoos Out There'
3rd Merit - Guy P Larin - 'Buff Tailed Coronet Ecuador'

Merit Awards - Insects, Reptiles & Amphibians

1st Merit - Catalin Sandu - 'Pollen Covered Thread Waisted Wasp'
2nd Merit - Jon Dun Green - 'Darner Captured'
3rd Merit - Andrzej Kajetanowicz - 'Bee Pollinating'

Merit Awards - Nature

1st Merit - Michael Lambie - 'Pacific Rim'
2nd Merit - Guy P Larin - 'Great Horned Owl'
3rd Merit - Steve Smith - 'Hanging On'

Merit Awards - Botanical

1st Merit - Joseph Peirone - 'Wild Geraniums'
2nd Merit - Amanda Noseworthy - 'Floating Wishes'
3rd Merit - Glenn Alder - 'Bumble Bee Orchid'

Merit Awards - Landscape

1st Merit - Xuejun Long - 'Meridian'
2nd Merit - Marc Gadoury - 'L'Arche Du Temps'
3rd Merit - Chandresh Kn - 'Ancient Worlds Collide'

Honour Awards:

Honour Award - Anthony Bucci

'Herring Breakfast'
'Lunge Feeding Humpback'
'Boreal Storm'

Honour Award - Chuck Fowler

'Smeerenburg Glacier'
'Arctic Fox'
'Great Grey Owl'

Honour Award - Guy P Larin

'Great Horned Owl'
'Buff Tailed Coronet Ecuador'
'Mara Giraffe Kenya'

Honour Award - Heather Loewenhardt

'Praying Mantis'
'Tide Pool Urchins'
'Wild Rose with Gall'

Honour Award - Kim Culbert

'Family Bath Time'
'Quality Family Time'
'A Stand of Sand'

Honour Award - Leah Gray

'Big Salmon for a Cub'
'Fish on the Wing'
'Seafood for a Wolf'

Honour Award - Michael Lambie

'Pacific Rim'
'Balancing Act'
'Early Riser'

Honour Award - Marilyn Vardy

'Bear Cub Takes Out the Trash'
'Bear Mom Plays with Cub'
'Male Polar Bear on Hudson Bay Coast'

Honour Award - Earl Hirtz

'Blue Hour Shower'
'The Lions Share'
'Spots and Shadows'

Honour Award - Scott Simons

'Hanging Darner'
'Morning Stretch'
'The Approach'

Honour Award - Hans Arnold

'Gathering in the Current'
'Wilderness Holds The Light'
'Majestic Grace of Flight'

Honour Award - Louise Légaré

'Le Souffle Du Nord'
'La Faille'
'Splash & Catch'

Honour Award - Chandresh Kn

'Ancient Worlds Collide'
'Natures Ice Cream'
'A World in Transition'

Honour Award - Craig Lauder

'Cubs at Play'
'Baboon Eating at Dusk'
'River Crossing'

Honour Award - Karim Benkirane

'Elements'
'See You'
'OCD'

Honour Award - Martine Quentin

'I Spy'
'Guarding the Burrow'
'Romancing on the Stone'

Honour Award - Jon Dun

'Green Darner Captured'
'Cormorant Sneak Attack from Below'
'Green Herons Dispute Territory'

Honour Award - Karen Boswell

'Grizzly with Salmon'
'Grizzly Leaping for Salmon'
'Grizzly Mother and Cub'

Honour Award - Michael Winsor

'The Ice Bridge'
'Snow Angel'
'Winters Shadow'

Honour Award - Ying Shi

'A Black Stork Fishing'
'Common Kestrel'
'Hoopoes'