Snow Beginnings
I took a break over Christmas to be with my family, but the snowfall made me keen to get back to work and I have spent this week out and...
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I took a break over Christmas to be with my family, but the snowfall made me keen to get back to work and I have spent this week out and...
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The RSPB has warned that the savage wintry weather is the single greatest threat to wildlife this millennium. This week the society launched emergency action to help threatened red list...
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I watched 20 to 30 red kites fly in to roost near Nunburnholme the other day. What a magnificent sight! One of the birds had a tag on it so...
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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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In preparation for the Big RSPB Garden Bird Watch at the weekend, I moved all my bird feeders - I have several so that I can watch the birds from...
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Robins are viciously territorial, but one year a robin in my garden took on a competitor he couldn't compete with - his own reflection in my car window. To read...
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Pictured above is Wendy Johnson, the proud winner of the raffle I held during my Christmas exhibition. She won £150 worth of prints and came in to the gallery the...
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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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I'm looking forward to the clocks going forward tomorrow as the lighter mornings and evenings mean more time for wildlife watching. In fact spring seems to be in the air...
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I've been watching this barn owl in Millington pastures recently and this week captured it just as it came in to land.It's been having a bit of a time of...
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I've had a very busy weekend in the gallery. Lots of people came to the exhibition and there were several wildlife events going on too.One of the trips was to...
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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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Tawny owls have been feeding from a bird table outside my kitchen window for four years and this year is the second year they have brought all their chicks along...
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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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I'm delighted to hear that this photograph of mine is appearing in the Times, the Sun & the Daily Mail today.It captures the moment when a giant elephant seal met...
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This trap on Spurn Point is used by the British Trust of Ornithology to catch and ring birds for migration studies. But a local sparrowhawk had better ideas for its...
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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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Pleased to see that the press have picked up on my concerns about barn owls on the Wolds and they are getting the message out there. Today Radio York visited,...
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The news this week that the government plans to sell off publicly owned forests is very alarming.Red squirrels are already struggling and so much of our threatened wildlife depends on...
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My barn owls were on TV today. Look North (North East and Cumbria) featured the barn owl crisis on its lunch time news.North Yorkshire correspondent Peter Lugg came to the...
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Don't forget to take part in the RSPB big garden birdwatch this weekend. Apparently the RSPB is expecting more unusual 'countryside' birds like this brambling to feature this year because...
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Yesterday I had a visit from a researcher and a director of BBC Countryfile.It seems they are going to be filming in the Yorkshire Wolds next week and are looking...
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I've edited down the Countryfile feature so now if you click on the arrow you just get the section with me in it!!!
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The events we laid on during the exhibition this year have been a great success. The talk last week by landscape photographer Joe Cornish was particularly fascinating and the gallery...
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I've started to experiment with a stroboscopic flash recently. It fires off a rapid series of flashes so that you can record multiple images of a moving subject in a...
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I'm very worried about the plans for a road across the Serengeti. It looks as though it will slice straight across the migration route. Click here to read more about...
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My article for the Gazette & Herald this month was on my visit to Regent's Park to see the famous heronry http://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/features/columnists/9175548.Artist_makes_city_trip_to_visit_a_wild_resident/ what an oasis of calm this photo is...
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The shooting season opens this week for red grouse. It's not a sport I take part in but I accept that the grouse we see on the moors are only...
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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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This is Mr & Mrs Watkins who won this picture of Hare Today Gone Tomorrow in our exhibition raffle. Mr Watkins had been having a bad week when he got...
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Did you know that owls with yellow eyes hunt during the day? My column in the Gazette & Herald this week is all about the day I watched five short...
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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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My exhibition opens this weekend! I'm just finishing off my final originals which I'll post details of in the next couple of days. But I thought you might be interested...
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I'm scheduled to be on BBC's The One Show tonight. Presenter Miranda Krestovnikoff visited the gallery last spring to ask me about how I testified against a gang of badger...
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This long cold spring has got to me. I started on this painting today because I needed to feel that summer will come - sometime! I hear that a few...
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Love them or hate them, you have to admire sparrowhawks for their lightening speed and superior skill as hunters. I've been studying one for a painting and I have mixed...
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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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Two of the barn owl chicks have hatched! These tiny owlets are vital to the recovery of barn owls here on the Yorkshire Wolds and I am continuing to monitor...
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Nicknamed 'screech owl', the barn owl's call is a haunting, high-pitched scream that pierces the night sky. Identifying owl sounds Barn owls make a high-pitched screeching sound, very different to...
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The meanings behind different bird songs I usually sleep with the window open, which means I wake up each morning to a cacophony of bird song. Before I get up,...
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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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A year of birdwatching At the end of each breeding season, I send details of bird species I have recorded here in Yorkshire to the British Trust for Ornithology and...
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Your 5 favourite reads of 2023 My wildlife blogs are all about wildlife and the animals I watch. In 2023 I can reveal the 5 wildlife blogs you enjoyed the...
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Your top five films of 2023 As the 2023 comes to a close, let's recap and celebrate what you loved to watch most. From feature-length favourites, to new wildlife stories...
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Why Panama is a wildlife paradise Panama ranks as one of the best birdwatching spots in the world, but you'd be surprised how many rare mammals also thrive in this...
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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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