Fabulous pictures taken by the winners of Lancaster Litfest's Wildlife and Nature Photography Competition

These wonderful pictures were taken by the winners of a Wildlife and Nature Photography Competition hosted by Lancaster Litfest.

More than 100 entries were received for the popular event which took place as part of the 2024 festival.

In the wildlife category, the winners were Ellen Bell, Jonny Gios and John Bentham, with their striking images of dragonflies, otters and terns respectively.

Iwona Suwala and Graham Dean, for theirs of turbines off Walney Island and beached boats on Morecambe, took the top price in the landscape category

Finally, for the under 18s, 14-year-old newcomer Jed Tansley impressed the judges with his winning image of a fallow deer stag at Levens Hall.

Here are their fabulous winning pictures.