If you track wildlife with a camera, whether as an amateur or professional, you could win fame and fortune by entering the BBC Wildlife Magazine and Natural History Museum backed Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, sponsored by BG, the gas-based energy company.

Competition will be intense. There were 19,000 entries from 60 countries in last year's competition.

But there are 12 senior classes and a junior section which is divided into three age categories: 15-17, 11-14 and 10 years and under, as well as a special prize for a portfolio of images by a photographer aged 26 or under

Full details about entering by April 5, can be obtained from the Natural History Museum in London on 020 7942 5015.

Alternatively you can check out the website at www.nhm.ac.uk/ WildPhoto or the January issue of BBC Wildlife magazine.

You can also e-mail the organisers on WildPhoto@nhm.ac.uk

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