A wildlife photographer has scooped a prestigious award for his image of a toad taken in a pond near his home.

Paul Hobson, from Sheffield, said “to say I was chuffed is putting it mildly” when he discovered he’d placed first at the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2026.

The striking black and white image, shot from below the surface of the water, shows the amphibian swimming across the woodland pond in the Rivelin Valley.