Turning white for winter A handful of animal species have the remarkable ability to turn white in winter in order to match the snows of the season and the transition, which...
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Arctic foxes may be small, but they are fearless and this, along with their cunning intelligence, is the key to their survival in the frozen Arctic Circle. The Arctic fox,...
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This female stoat turned up in my bespoke 'Stoat Trough' nest this week. Watch her explore the new space and listen to the occasional 'whickering' noise she makes - I'd...
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When a spider builds its web in the new stoats nest, she pulls it across her like a tent, then curls up with it draped over her like a silk...
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Follow me on the journey as I create a new hedgehog painting, from blank canvas to finished painting Hedgehog inspiration I've been inspired to paint hedgehogs before, after watching them...
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For US readers: In this blog a weasel refers to your ‘least weasel’ and stoat is your ‘short-tailed weasel’. Twiz: an adorable wild weasel When I first met Twiz she was...
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Watch these grey squirrels tussling in Ash Tree nest. These are both young males but the scrap is not particularly serious, more playful fighting.
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Follow a magnificent female jaguar as she hunts along riverbanks in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands. This female has cubs to feed and caiman, capybara and even snakes are on the menu....
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The nights are getting longer. Watch this weasel curl up in a bed made of soft autumn leaves and gently fall to sleep - it looks like it's even snoring...
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From adorable pups to dramatic fights between bulls, grey seals are fascinating to watch. But these animals face continual threats. Join me as I visit a thriving colony in Yorkshire...
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Tales from a Stoat DynastyFor the last five years I have followed the daily lives of six generations of a single stoat family in my garden via cameras hidden in...
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When the sun came out this week, it began to feel, here in Yorkshire at least, like spring had finally arrived. It got me thinking about the badgers I've been...
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I decided to make the most of the good weather on Sunday and was just heading off to tend to my veg patch when I saw a group of hares...
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I've started working on a series of paintings of badgers for my Christmas exhibition, which opens on November 14th and runs until November 29th.Well, actually I've been working on the...
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I've finished the first painting in my new 'badger' series (see above) and have begun the second (see below). I was going to build up the background with layers, but...
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Well it seems like I've stirred up a bit of a hornet's nest by doing a special focus on badgers. I mean I know Damien Hirst and co are controversial...
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I've been so busy getting ready for the Christmas Exhibition this month that I haven't had time to make it over to Donna Nook in Lincolnshire to watch the seals...
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Badgers have captivated me since I was 14 and from the comments from my exhibition so far it seems that people are fond of the old brock too. It has...
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I didn't get time to go and see the seals pupping in Lincolnishire this November because my Christmas exhibition was so busy. But last week I decided to drive over...
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There are three otters in the enclosure at Slimbridge, where the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust (WWT) are working to safeguard the recent return of the species to our waters, and...
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I've just finished my first painting of 2010. I saw this red stag on a trip to Sleivemore on the Isle of Islay in Scotland and decided to paint him...
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Visitors to the exhibition have enjoyed some lovely sightings of roe doe during our wildlife safaris.Roe deer are not quite as shy as normal at the moment since it is...
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On the first owl safari we were also lucky enough to see two badgers. One was at a sett that I regularly watch and the other one was out foraging...
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Spurn Point really was magnificent. This lighthouse is just near the tip of the point. There was even a healthy population of roe deer on this narrow strip of land....
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I photographed this stoat in ermine over Christmas, he was almost completely white except for his face. It's been a long time since I've seen a white stoat in this...
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I've sold one of my paintings of a badger! I chose to use a combination of pencil and acrylic paints to bring out the texture of the badger's fur.Pencil is...
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The trial of a horrific case of badger baiting which I was witness to comes to an end tomorrow. Seven men will be sentenced by a judge at Scarborough Magistrates'...
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I've started a new painting of a badger. It takes a week for the white paint to dry so I'll have to wait now before I can get the next...
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I am very proud to have received this glass badger from the Badger Trust - but somewhat humbled to have been presented it by Jean Thorpe, the Badger Trust's Ryedale...
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I couldn't resist taking the family to see the red deer at the National Trust's Lyme Park during a visit to see some friends in Cheshire this weekend. This is...
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After my post last week to support Red Squirrel Week, a follower told me about how pine martens keep populations of greys down. I am always so pleased w
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Even though giraffes have long necks, they're not quite long enough to reach the ground. Watch how they splay their front legs to reach the water to drink.
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Stoats need sleep a lot, but they're so wriggly. I set my cameras to record this one for 17 hours to see what it did. Stoats, like many in the weasel...
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in search of Jaguars as a guest of Pantanal Safaris Tours. I was blown away by the abundance of wildlife that I saw. The Pantanal Is one of the world's...
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Weasels just love to play. This was a rescued weasel called Wendy. I'd just put some fresh moss out for her - she just loved it! So bouncy.
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It's fun time for the fox family! The cubs are around two months old now and are so playful. Watch them chase one another around the den - even mum...
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Humble, cute and shockingly rare, hedgehogs need our help more than ever. These prickly creatures have been around for 15 million years and once roamed Britain alongside sabre tooth tigers...
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Great news! You might remember that I rebuilt a fox den and set up cameras in the hope that a fox family would move in. Well they have and here...
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This seal pup is just a few days old. Watch it find its mum on a beach full of pupping seals and quietly, with a little encouragement, begin to suckle.
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Listen to the sound of this red fox call. This barking noise is being made by the male red fox I have been following. You can hear him call and...
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Watch these two badger cubs cuddle one another as they settle down to sleep. These cubs have now dispersed, but it was fun watching them on my hidden cameras whilst...
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I've been building a home fit for a family of foxes. Fingers crossed I'll be able to film cubs soon. Filming foxes I’ve been filming red foxes with my friend...
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Watch this badger yawn and stretch before curling up to sleep.
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Elephants need to drink around 200 litres of water a day, so waterholes draw huge herds. But, when I travelled to Somalisa Camp in Zimbabwe, I found that waterholes aren't...
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Watch three adorable lion cubs as they tumble and play, protected by their fierce family members. This was filmed in Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe and is a taste of...
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Pine martens are elusive and difficult to watch in the wild, so when I track down an adorable pine marten family in Scotland's Ardnamurchan peninsula I get a rare glimpse...
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Hedgehog in Autumn Leaves | Limited Edition Print | Available Here Falling in love with hedgehogs The painting above is a portrait of a hedgehog that won my heart. Until...
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Rhino encounter inspires new painting Rhinos are magnificent animals. With wrinkled, armoured-looking skin and spiked horns, they look almost prehistoric as they amble across the dry plains of Africa. Close...
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In Spanish, the word for sloth is “perezoso,” which means “lazy”. But during a recent trip to Panama, I discovered that their slow pace of life is in fact a...
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The Red Deer Rut The red deer rut is one of nature's most dramatic spectacles, but it's intensity can take its toll in a surprising way. It takes place in...
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