Swallows by Robert E Fuller

In April, cuckoos arrive and start looking for target nest sites favouring reed beds.

In May, kingfisher chicks are born.

In June, puffins colonies are in full swing on the East Coast.

IN DEPTH:
Robert writes an article each month for the Gazette & Herald and the Yorkshire Post, read what he has to say about wildlife spotting each month.

June 2010

• Red Kites on the Yorkshire Wolds

May 2010

• Cuckoo a cunning nest robber as featured in the Gazette and Herald
• Searching for buzzards as featured in the Yorkshire Post

April 2010

• The Rise of Deer farming in New Zealand as featured in the Gazette and Herald
• British wildlife in New Zealand as featured in the Yorkshire Post

March 10

• The antics of Boxing Hares as featured in the Gazette and Herald
• The elusive Woodcock as featured in the Yorkshire Post

February 10

• A cheeky Robin as featured in the Gazette and Herald
• The Year of the Tiger as featured in the Yorkshire Post

January 10

• Sparrowhawk Attack as featured in the Yorkshire Post
  

December 09

• Bullfinch feeding frenzy as featured in the Gazette & Herald
• Waxwings - a Christmas present as featured in the Yorkshire Post

November 09

• Grey Seals - Pupping Spectacular! as featured in the Gazette & Herald
• A Year with my badgers as featured in the Yorkshire Post

October 09

• Lions in camp! as featured in the Gazette & Herald
• Lappet Man as featured in the Yorkshire Post

September 09

• Watch out for the Osprey overhead as featured in the Gazette & Herald

August 09

• Robert reports on a very rare sight - Leveret's suckling in the gallery carpark as featured in the Gazette and Herald
• Wrens show their ingenuity in Robert's porch as featured in the Yorkshire Post

July 09

• Kestrels have been acting in the most unusual ways as featured in the Yorkshire Post
  Tawny owl chicks! Robert enjoys watching tawny owl chicks fledge in his garden as featured in the Gazette & Herald

June 09

• Let it grow! Robert tackles the issue of roadside verges as featured in the Yorkshire Post
• The Puffins are back! as featured in the Gazette & Herald

May 09

• Feeding time brings little owls into focust as featured in the Yorkshire Post
• There's no time to waste for the kingfisher as it's first of up to three broods are born as featured in the Gazette & Herald

April 09

• Badgers come out to play in April as featured in the Gazette and Herald
• Nature's notorious trickster - the cuckoo is back! as featured in the Yorkshire Post
  

March 09

• Frogs and toads come out of hibernation as featured in the Gazette & Herald
• March Hares - Fists and fur fly as March hares slug it out in the name of love as featured in the Yorkshire Post

February 09

• Love is in the air - the courtship of the grebe as featured in the Yorkshire Post
• Herons and Heronries as featured in the Gazette & Herald

January 09

• Tell your 'chiswicks' from your 'coos'. Stop, listen and look. as featured in the Gazette & Herald
• Roosting in winter as featured in the Yorkshire Post

December 08:

• Survival of the fittest Red foxes - the most widespread of all wild carnivores as featured in the Gazette & Herald
• From Africa to the Wolds the tale of hunter and hunted remains the same as featured in the Yorkshire Post

November 08:

• 'A tale of Winter Survival' read all about the survival strategies of our garden birds as featured in the Gazette & Herald
  
• 'Tawny Owls battle it out' read all about how Tawny Owl's and their battles for territories as featured in the Yorkshire Post

October 08:

• 'An Autumn spectacle that the weather can't spoil' - read all about the Red Stag rut as featured in the Gazette & Herald

September 08

• 'Get close to nature with a walk on the wild side' - as featured in the Gazette & Herald