This year we've decided to have a monthly showcase of our favourites. This is the shortlist for January. You can see the longlist in our gallery here.

You voted - and the winner was....


Bournemouth Echo: 
NOT FOR REUSE. Sun setting, by Kasia Nowak from the Bournemouth Daily Echo Flickr group. All rights reserved.

Sun setting in the background, by Kasia Nowak. Kasia is a new addition to our Flickr group but judging by this picture we're going to love having her around... Congratulations, Kasia!


Here are the other entries:

Bournemouth Echo: NOT FOR REUSE. Birds, by Capture Will from Bournemouth Daily Echo Flickr group. All rights reserved.

Birds, by Trevor Garmey (Capturewill)


Bournemouth Echo: NOT FOR REUSE. Full moon, by Paul Lee from the Bournemouth Daily Echo Flickr group. All rights reserved.

Full Moon, by Paul Lee (Paulinuk999). Paul says: "When I have been away from photography for a month or so, it's a wonderful feeling to get back into the swing with an opportunity such as this. [It was a] very large (almost) full moon which rose as the sun had just set. My apologies to the people who wondered why I was laying down in a car park... "


Bournemouth Echo: NOT FOR REUSE. Pony, by Rich NG from the Bournemouth Daily Echo Flickr group. All rights reserved.

New Forest Pony, near Godshill, by Richnrg


Bournemouth Echo: NOT FOR REUSE. Kingfisher by Andy Trickett from the Bournemouth Daily Echo Flickr group. All rights reserved.

Kingfisher, by Andy Trickett. Andy's started a project to capture a pair of kingfishers on the River Stour. This one's from his third trip.


Bournemouth Echo: NOT FOR REUSE. Gull, by Steve Maskell from the Bournemouth Daily Echo Flickr group. All rights reserved.

Get that camera out of my face - NOW! by Steve Maskell (SteveJM2009). Steve's got some incredible pictures of the ubiquitous seagull - this is simply the one he chose to add to our group.


Bournemouth Echo: NOT FOR REUSE. Redwing, by Steve Maskell from the Bournemouth Daily Echo Flickr group. All rights reserved.

A Bournemouth tourist by Steve Maskell (SteveJM2009). Steve took this redwing at the Bournemouth undercliff. He says: "Tt was very busy at the weekend with many of these pretty tourists frolicking with fieldfares and stoneschats."