A touring exhibition of entries in this year’s British Wildlife Photography Awards arrives at the town’s Museum and Gallery on Saturday, October 5.

Now in its fifth year, the subject matter for the highly acclaimed competition includes marine life, animal behaviour, creepy crawlies and urban wildlife.

Photographers featured include Sittingbourne’s Rob Canis, who took the honours in the Botanical Britain category with his picture In the Shadow of Giants.

It features a small mushroom surrounded by giant beech trees, and was taken in King’s Wood, Challock, last November.

Robert, 42, said: “I was photographing autumn scenes such as fallen leaves and fungi, when I became taken by this tiny mushroom on the forest floor.

“It was overshadowed by these huge beech trees. They have a symbiotic relationship and depend on one another for survival. So I literally crawled on my hands and knees for a long time until I saw something which illustrated the point.”

The exhibition will be at Whitstable Museum until Monday, January 6. It is open daily from 10am to 4pm.

Admission is priced £3 for adults, £2 for concessions. Call 01227 276998.