Countryfile Calendar 2019: competition winner, finalists and how to buy

View the winner and finalists of the BBC Countryfile Calendar competition and find out how to buy your 2020 Countryfile Calendar with our guide to this year’s competition.

Here are the BBC Countryfile Calendar 2019 competition 12 finalists and winning shot which featured on the cover of the 2019 calendar, sold in aid of BBC Children in Need.

What is the Countryfile calendar theme for 2019?

This year’s theme is ‘Seasons in the Sun’. The competition judges were looking for photographs that show off the British countryside in all its natural glory throughout all the seasons.

The best 12 have now been chosen to make up the Countryfile Calendar for 2019 is sold in aid of the BBC Children in Need appeal.

John Craven chaired the judging panel and was joined by Simon King the wildlife cameraman and Cerys Matthews the musician and broadcaster. Together they chose their favourite 12 photographs before opening the votes to the public to help choose the overall winner, which will be revealed on the TV show in autumn.

See previous Countryfile Calendar winners:

• Countryfile Calendar 2019: competition winner, finalists and how to buy
• Countryfile Calendar 2018 Competition: winner and finalists
• Countryfile Calendar Competition 2017: winner and finalists

Meet the winner of the Countryfile Calendar 2019 competition

The winner of this year’s Countryfile photographic competition is 'Pole Position’, taken by David White. The winning photo takes pride of place on the front cover of the Countryfile calendar for 2019, sold in aid of the BBC Children in Need. The theme for this year’s competition was ‘Seasons in the Sun’ and there were than 40,000 entries.

Where can I buy the BBC Countryfile Calendar 2019?

Online

You can buy your calendar online by visiting: www.hcscalendar.co.uk

Telephone

To order by phone, call the order line on 0330 333 4564. (Standard geographic charges from landlines and mobiles will apply)

Post

To order by post send your name, address and cheque to:

BBC Countryfile Calendar,
PO Box 25,
Melton Mowbray,
LE13 1ZG.

Please make cheques payable to BBC Countryfile Calendar.

Countryfile Calendar 2019 competition finalists:

Sunlit Stag by Steve Adams

Waxwing Lyrical by David Higgins

Swan Lake by Mark Buchan Jones

Easter Bunnies by Lyndon Hill

Reflected Glory by Ian Wright

Little Wings by Barry Jones

Fields of Gold by Sean Stones

Posing Puffin by Philip Male

Autumn Flame by Simon Garratt

Big Dipper by Peter Skillen

Silver Shadows by Dawn Cotterell

Last year's winner

_{The winning image in the Countryfile Calendar 2018 was taken by Jarek Kurek}

See the 12 finalists for the BBC Countryfile Calendar 2018 competition