A SCHOOLGIRL has earned national recognition after photographing a spectacular glacial scene in the Scottish Highlands.

Madeleine Bainbridge’s eye-catching image from the top of Sgurr a’ Mhaoraich has won her a top prize in a competition run by the Geographical Association. The Monmouth School for Girls’ pupil took the picture during the summer when she climbed the mountain with her parents and pet dog, Jack. The 12-year-old entered her photograph and a written narrative into the Physical Geography Photograph Competition and was runner-up in the Years 7 to 9 Landscape Story section.

Now Madeleine has been invited to the Geographical Association’s awards ceremony will receive a prize.

Fellow Monmouth School for Girls’ student Eden Greaves, 13, impressed with her photograph – and written submission - of Llyn y Fan Fach in the Brecon Beacons National Park.

She was highly commended in the same category as Madeleine.