Film | Kestrel Lays Her First Egg & Dad Brings a Treat | Apollo & Athena
Shortly after Athena the kestrel lays her first egg, Apollo arrives with a meal - he seems so excited he even has a go at brooding it whilst she pops...
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Springtime wildlife on the Yorkshire Wolds
It's springtime here on the Yorkshire Wolds and all the animals in my garden are gearing up to create new life. This is my favourite time of year. It’s the...
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Paintings & films inspired by bird nests
Bird nests come in all shapes and sizes. From woven cups to hidden burrows, and even floating platforms, as in the little grebes featured above, each is a remarkable feat...
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This Little Owl Chick is So Determined To Leave It's Nest | Discover Wildlife
This little owl chick was determined! After it's siblings left the nest it too wanted to reach the entrance. It took a few attempts! Little owls The UK's smallest owls, an...
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Film | Tawny Owls' Early Courtship Behaviour Is Adorably Awkward | Luna
Luna the tawny owl has a new partner and their early courtship is adorably awkward. Watch her get her nest box all ready to receive visitors, call out hopefully, only...
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Animal love: wildlife romance, jealousy and all the feels
I've devoted a lifetime to studying animal behaviour and for Valentine's Day I discuss whether animals experience emotions in the same way humans do, and recount the stories of countless...
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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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Film | I Built Nest Boxes For Birds & Watched As They Moved In | Wildlife Conservation
Building bird boxes For many birds the greatest challenge is a lack of places to nest, so I made it my mission to build as many suitable homes as possible. Each...
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Film | Favourite Wildlife Moments | Your Nature Fix🐾
It's been an incredible year for watching wildlife. From filming a cuckoo's nest for the first time in 30 years, to watching kingfishers in their nest, discovering baby hares hidden...
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Film | The Way These Robins Help Each Other Is So Sweet | Garden Birds
These robins have a new family to take care of - and they share their jobs so nicely. These robins have two newly-hatched chicks and two eggs that should be...
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Waxwings at Christmas
Waxwings at Christmas Although they are not native birds, I often associate flocks of waxwings with the run up to Christmas. These colourful birds flock in from Scandinavia each year...
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Up Close: Finches, Ladybirds & Wasps Feasting In My Garden
Autumn brings with it a dazzling display of brightly-coloured leaves and a bounty of berries. I love watching wildlife tuck in to all this abundance at this time of year. And...
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4 Things I Learned About Hawfinches During a UK Hawfinch Invasion
Hawfinches are a rare sight here in the UK. So when reports came in of an invasion of migrants from Eastern Europe, I headed to the Yorkshire Arboretum at Castle...
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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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Film | Final Touches Before Exhibition | Wildlife Art
Watch as I finish a new collection of wildlife paintings for my winter art exhibition. This new collection consists of a three portraits of a hare, badger and a sparrowhawk...
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Film | How British Wildlife Copes With The Cold | Wildlife v Weather
From badgers to red foxes, stoats to garden birds, find out how Britain's wildlife copes with the cold. British wildlife The climate here in Britain is mild compared with much...
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FILM | BIG Mistake! Female Kestrel Enters Rival's Nest | Apollo & Athena
Athena the kestrel rips Jenny out of her nest after discovering this rival female there with her long-term partner Apollo. Jealous kestrel When Apollo started calling for a mate this...
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How to attract bullfinches to your garden
Bullfinches are one of Britain's most beautiful birds, but they are also one of its shiest and attracting them into the garden can be tricky. Over the years I've learned...
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Film | I Spot a New Green Woodpecker at My Wildlife Pond | Discover Wildlife
I've spotted a green woodpecker at my wildlife pond for the first time! Watch it enjoy a drink and a bathe. It has visited more than once and so I'm...
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Film | Young Barn Owl's Close Encounter With Kestrel | Gylfie & Dryer
Barn owl Ace meets kestrel Jenny Gylfie & Dryer's chick Ace is still learning about life beyond the nest. Watch him navigate high winds to land on the feeding post...
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Film | Red Kite Fledglings Prepare for Life in the Wild 🦅| Discover Wildlife
In the final chapter of their story, the two red kite chicks left in the nest fledge and take to the wing.
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Swallows Secret Lives: Watching Barn Swallows Grow Up in My Back Porch
All summer, I was treated to the chatter of swallows. First they nested in my back porch, then they practised their first flights around the back garden, perching on the...
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Film | All 6 Kestrel Chicks Fledge & Learn Life in the Wild 🦅| Apollo & Athena
After such a shaky start, it was incredible to watch all six of kestrel's Apollo & Athena's chicks fledge. Watch their final days in the nest and see how they...
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Film | Swans at Sunset | Discover Wildlife
I spent a magical evening filming a family of mute swans as they filed in to the island where they usually spend the night. Male swan swims ahead At around...
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Film | Red Kite Chicks' Last Weeks in the Nest | Discover Wildlife
In their final weeks in the nest, the red kite chicks grew strong & sure. Squabbles over food got slicker, new flight feathers meant they were sleeker, and when a...
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Film | Barn Owl Mum Tidies Up After Dad 'Rearranges' Eggs | Gylfie & Finn
Gylfie the barn owl's former partner Finn was a very attentive dad. But sometimes he could be a little 'too' involved as this clip of him disrupting their egg pile...
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Film | Reed Warblers: Secret Life of a Cuckoo Host | Discover Wildlife
Hidden deep in the reeds of a Yorkshire lake, are some spellbinding, and extraordinarily skillful birds. Discover the remarkable mastery and beauty of the reed warbler.
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Film | Barn Owl Chick Fledges & Dad So Surprised | Gylfie & Dryer
Shortly after Ace the barn owl fledged the nest, his dad Dryer arrived with food only to find the nest empty! An only owl chick Barn owl family Ace the...
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Film | Bath Time at my Wildlife Pond | Discover Wildlife
My wildlife pond is a popular bathing spot. Watch as songbirds, stoats, baby tawny owls and even a sparrowhawk drop in for a splash. Popular bathing spot I dug this...
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Film | Barn Swallows First Flights | Discover Wildlife
Watch as one by one all five barn swallows take their first flights! First flights It's been absolutely amazing to watch the swallow chicks fledge! Each swallow flew the short...
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Film | Adorable Barn Swallow Chicks Get Ready to Fly | Discover Wildlife
The barn swallow chicks are getting ready for their first flights. They can now stand and their flight feathers have almost grown through - although fluffs of downy feathers still...
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Film | Barn swallow delivers beetle for hungry beaks | Discover wildlife
These barn swallows are doing a great job providing food for their five hungry chicks. In their second brood of the season, this swallow pair laid five tiny eggs in...
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Film | Red Kite Chicks Grow Up Wild & Fierce | Discover Wildlife
Red kite chicks are aggressive from an early age. But these sibling squabbles are a part of growing up wild. With iconic forked tails, and long, angled wings, red kites...
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Film | Barn Owl Has Just One Chick | Gylfie & Dryer
Just one of Gylfie the barn owl's chick has hatched. Watch this to see the precious baby owl cracks out of its egg and gets its first meals. Already, this...
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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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Film | Amazing Film Follows 'Little Owl' Hunting to Feed Chicks | 4K | Discover Wildlife
I managed to capture the story as a little owl catches a worm and carries it back to feed its two week old chicks. Little owl species Little owls are...
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Film | Wild Kestrels Adopt 2 Rescue Chicks | Rescued & Returned to the Wild
I introduce two kestrel chicks to a family of wild kestrels and the adult female, Jenny, immediately takes them under her wing. Wild kestrels adopt Jean Thorpe of local wildlife...
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Film | Barn Owl Lays Unusually Small Clutch of Eggs | Gylfie & Dryer
Gylfie the barn owl only laid two eggs this year, which is unusual for her. However she is now around eight years old and it has also been a very...
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Film | Secret Life of the Kingfisher | Discover Wildlife
From early courtship to their chicks' first flights, discover the secret life of the kingfisher. Filming kingfishers I've spent years watching kingfishers, but to film their lives up close I...
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When kingfishers disappear underground: filming their secret lives
It’s mid-January and I’m wading thigh-high through a stream looking for kingfishers. Minnows dart before each footstep. I hear a faint high-pitched peeping sound ahead and slow my pace. A...
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Film | Kestrel Chicks Learn to Feed Themselves - And Each Other! | Jenny & Jasper
At just two weeks' of age, Jenny the kestrel's chicks try feeding themselves - and each other. But it looks like the 'food' one of them is carefully breaking into...
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Film |Laughter of a Little Auk | Arctic Travel
Listen to the sound these little auks make. It almost sounds like they are laughing. Sound of a little auk This was filmed on the edge edge of the colony...
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Film | Hungry Kestrel Chicks Clamour for Food | Apollo & Athena
Kestrel chicks have powerful feeding instincts. Watch this hungry brood snatch at their mum Athena's tail feathers during their dinnertime frenzy. Hungry kestrel chicks Kestrel’s Apollo and Athena have five...
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Travel | Searching for owls in Galapagos
British wildlife artist and filmmaker Robert E Fuller goes in search of two of the Galapagos Islands' less famous species: its owls.
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Film | Swans Eat Little Grebe Nest | Discover Wildlife
When swans inadvertently destroy a little grebe nest, the affronted grebe retaliates via an underwater assault! Little grebe nests Little grebes make floating nests out of pond weed. So when...
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Film | Kestrels Overcome Illness, But One Frail Chick Fights On | Apollo and Athena
Kestrels Apollo & Athena survive illness, jackdaw threats and a frail weakening chick. Watch as they formidable pair pull together - with a little help from me.
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Film | The Moment A Little Owl Chick Hatches | Discover Wildlife | Robert E Fuller
Watch the moment a little owl chick hatches from its egg. Filmed in incredible detail and close enough to see its wet feathers, watch the chick unfurl from the coiled...
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Film | Adorable Moment 4 Kestrel Chicks Hatch Inside the Nest | Discover Wildlife
It is wonderful to watch the process of four kestrel chicks hatching inside their nest. The kestrel chicks hatch out one by one and soon the parents, known as Apollo...
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Film | Swan Cygnets First Swimming Lessons | Discover Wildlife
Watch the swan cygnets take their first swimming lessons and follow their path through the reeds and back again for a well earned rest under mum's wings. Swan swimming lessons...
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Film | Sparrowhawk Scares Squirrel From Nest | Discover Wildlife
When a squirrel threatens the sparrowhawk nest, mum rushes to the rescue. Watch her swoop down on the squirrel, sending it scurrying. Squirrel threat These sparrowhawk chicks are just 18...
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