Last year's competition was the most successful year to date, receiving 12,000 entries.

The competition was an outstanding success and more than 50,000 calendars containing the winning images were sold. £244,000 was given to BBC Children in Need from the sales of the calendar; making the total donated to date from calendar sales upwards of half a million pounds.

The theme for this year's competition is "British Nature", encouraging amateur photographers everywhere to enter images that show off the countryside at its best - in all weathers.

The judges' top twelve images will be printed in the 2004 calendar and the overall winner will be chosen by Countryfile viewers in a telephone vote.

The closing date is Friday 10th September 2004 - so Wiltshire viewers should get snapping!

Photographers should send their entries to: Photographic Competition 2004, Countryfile, BBC Birmingham, B5 7QQ.

• Competition rules can also be obtained by sending a SAE to:

The Rules - Photographic Competition 2004,
Countryfile,
BBC Birmingham,
B5 7QQ

• Viewers can also log on to the Countryfile website - see righthand box box.

• Countryfile is on Sundays, at 11.30am on BBC ONE