Southport photographer scoops national retailer Wilko’s Wild Bird award

A SOUTHPORT photographer has flown past his competition to win a national contest.

Amateur photographer John Fisher, from Southport, won the national retailer Wilko’s Wild Bird Calendar photography competition with his eye-catching photograph of a starling.

He was awarded the prize of a £100 Wilko voucher and his photograph is one of 12 that will be featured in the company’s official 2019 calendar.

He said: “I was delighted to discover that I had won and that my photo would be used in the 2019 calendar. I took this photo in my back garden last May, when fledgling starlings were begging to be fed. Dried mealworms definitely came up trumps when taking this photo!”