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Discover the stories behind the paintings, see wildlife films, learn more about the wild characters on the live nest cams and explore fascinating wildlife facts.

  • Nine wild creatures to look for in winter

    Nine wild creatures to look for in winter

    Winter is the best time to spot wildlife. As animals focus on finding food and keeping warm, wildlife filmmaker and artist Robert E Fuller takes the opportunity to get up...

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    Why owls hoot loudest at Halloween

    Halloween hooters We have five species of owl living in mainland Britain, but at this time of year you could be forgiven for thinking there is only one. Tawny owls...

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  • Unique Christmas Gifts for Nature Lovers

    Unique Christmas Gifts for Nature Lovers

    Christmas gifting has never been easier with this collection of unique, one-off gifts from British wildlife artist Robert E Fuller.

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  • Bird migration: Drama in the skies at autumn

    Bird migration: Drama in the skies at autumn

    The bird migration is one of nature's most breathtaking dramas. and you don't need to travel far to see it. In fact, here in Yorkshire, you only have to look...

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  • 7 Red Squirrel Paintings That Really Show Their Personality

    7 Red Squirrel Paintings That Really Show Their Personality

    With their tufted ears, russet coats and quick, lively movements, red squirrels are among Britain’s most enchanting woodland creatures. But these animals are more than just beautiful creatures — each...

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  • Barn owl chicks: the facts

    Barn owl chicks: the facts

    Discover how barn owl chicks grow, from pink, featherless hatchlings to beautiful white owls. Wildlife artist and filmmaker Robert E Fuller has devoted a lifetime to studying the lives of...

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  • Travel | My Top Wildlife Destinations

    Travel | My Top Wildlife Destinations

    From polar bears in Svalbard to jaguars in Brazil. Wildlife artist and filmmaker Robert E Fuller shares expert travel tips to the world’s best wildlife destinations.  

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  • Travel | Watching Sea Lions Hunt in Galapagos

    Travel | Watching Sea Lions Hunt in Galapagos

    When hunting, sea lions work together like a pack; corralling their fishy prey under the water. British wildlife artist and filmmaker Robert E Fuller witnesses the technique in the clear,...

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  • All About Puffins & How They Inspire My Art

    All About Puffins & How They Inspire My Art

    Puffins are everybody's favourite seabird and it's not hard to see why. With their smart black and white plumage, comical walk and bright orange beaks, these small birds really stand out. Courting...

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  • Planting a wildflower meadow for wildlife art

    Planting a wildflower meadow for wildlife art

    Planting a wildflower meadow Instead of a lawn, I planted a meadow and each summer it attracts swarms of butterflies and insects. Then, as the summer comes to a close, the...

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  • 10 kestrel facts you need to know | kestrel facts

    10 kestrel facts you need to know | kestrel facts

    Also known as a 'windhover', a kestrel's ability to hang suspended in the air as it pinpoints its prey is unique among birds of prey. Here's 10 essential facts about...

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  • Pond predators: from frogs to wolf spiders

    Pond predators: from frogs to wolf spiders

    My earliest memories of the natural world are of the creatures that lived in our garden pond at my family home at Great Givendale, high on the Yorkshire Wolds.

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  • Wildlife art inspired by mothers in nature

    Wildlife art inspired by mothers in nature

    Wildlife artist Robert E Fuller describes his inspiration behind a collection of highly detailed paintings and drawings of mothers in nature

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  • painting of cuckoo chick and reed warbler

    How the cuckoo exploits nature's mothering instinct

    Cuckoo and Reed Warbler, painting by Robert E FullerEach Mother's Day  I'm reminded of how strong the nurturing instinct is in parent birds and how some birds run themselves ragged...

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  • tawny owl in the entrance of a nest box

    How to build a nest box for a tawny owl

    Nest boxes for tawny owls Each year tawny owls nest in my garden in boxes built especially for them. Over the years I've learned what sort of box suits this...

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  • Choosing a nest box for your garden birds

    Choosing a nest box for your garden birds

    Time to put up a nest box It's National Nest Box Week, and, according to the British Trust for Ornithology, the ideal time for anyone with a garden or outdoor space...

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  • The secret moment a hare visits her babies

    The secret moment a hare visits her babies

    The moment a hare visits its young is one of nature's most intimate secrets. This is the story of the time I was lucky enough to capture it on camera...

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  • The art of building beautiful bird boxes

    The art of building beautiful bird boxes

    A rare, living elm tree On the wooded slope of a valley that sweeps away from my home and gallery in Thixendale, grows one of England’s rarest species: a magnificent...

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  • hares boxing in snow

    Hares boxing in snow

    As temperatures in the UK plummet, I look back my experience of watching hares courting during Yorkshire's last big freeze - the winter white out of 2010

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  • An adorable rescue weasel named Twiz

    An adorable rescue weasel named Twiz

    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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  • Spotting woodcock in winter

    Spotting woodcock in winter

    Here in Britain, the November full moon was traditionally known as the 'woodcock moon' since it was associated with the arrival of migrant woodcock from Europe, apparently navigating by the...

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  • Top 5 wildlife video playlists in 2023

    Top 5 wildlife video playlists in 2023

    Top 5 videos 1. Wild Tawny Owls Adopt 7.5m 2. Kestrel Dad Raises Chicks Alone 5.3m 3. Kingfisher Chicks Hatch & Dad Eager to Feed 4.2m 4. Barn Owl So...

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  • Badgers get a head start

    Badgers get a head start

    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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  • Still boxing

    Still boxing

    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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  • Success!

    Success!

    So far the exhibition has been a great success. I have sold seven out of the eight new original pictures that I painted especially for the exhibition and every day...

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  • Raising funds to help birds on the Wolds

    Raising funds to help birds on the Wolds

    This year I used my exhibition to raise funds for a new conservation project that I'm planning. Nest Boxes on the Wolds will involve building and putting up nesting boxes...

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  • Badgers in Colour

    Badgers in Colour

    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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  • Badgers in Colour

    Badgers in Colour

    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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  • BBC Radio York interview

    Thought you might like to hear my interview on Radio York click here to hear it

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  • Badgers vs. the world

    Badgers vs. the world

    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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  • Seals a pupping

    Seals a pupping

    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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  • Sneak Preview of Exhibition

    Sneak Preview of Exhibition

    My Christmas Exhibition opens on Saturday and these are the new original paintings that will be hanging on the gallery walls. If you would like any more information on any...

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  • Putting down the paintbrushes

    Putting down the paintbrushes

    I've only just finished my last painting of a blue tit and can put my paintbrushes down at last - just in time for my Christmas exhibition which opens tomorrow...

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  • Special Visitors to the Exhibition

    Special Visitors to the Exhibition

    Some bullfinches have begun to devour the honeysuckle berries outside my studio window. Isn't this one stunning? If you missed my live interview with Helen Philpot for BBC Radio Humberside...

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  • Swan-tastic!

    Swan-tastic!

    I've sold all three of my new swan paintings. This is great news as they were a departure from my usual style and I wasn't sure how they would go...

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  • Special Deliveries

    Special Deliveries

    My Christmas exhibition is now over and as with the end of every exhibition it leaves me feeling both sad and happy at the same time. There was a really...

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  • Seal Pups Galore!

    Seal Pups Galore!

    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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