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  • Book your places now

    Book your places now

    Beat the rush and be the first to book one of many exclusive wildlife events taking place at my forthcoming Wildlife Festival.As a follower of my blog, I want to...

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  • Hot off the Press

    Hot off the Press

    Be the first to read my latest newsletter when you click this link and see all the latest news about what is going on at the gallery.There is an in...

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  • Latest Originals

    Latest Originals

    Heron PortraitOil Painting 7"x10"£1,950I've been hanging all my latest originals today in time for my summer exhibition, which opens on Saturday. First up was the new heron portrait, which I...

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  • More new originals

    More new originals

    Managed to get all the new originals framed and up on the walls now. Here are a few more, for those of you who enjoy this sneak preview of the...

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  • Last of the Originals

    Last of the Originals

    Here are the last of the new originals for the exhibition, which opens tomorrow: Roe Deer with FawnsOil Painting 26" x 17 1/3"£8,550 Fox CubOil Painting 13 1/2" x 9...

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  • We've Got Brown Signs!

    We've Got Brown Signs!

    My gallery is now officially an accredited visitor attraction! Nine brown signs went up on all the roads surrounding the gallery this morning - just in time for the exhibition....

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  • All set! Exhibition starts today

    All set! Exhibition starts today

    The originals have been hung, the flowers cut and in their vases, the worktops polished, the floors swept and the sun is shining - I'm all set and ready to...

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  • Not camera shy

    Not camera shy

    A visitor to my exhibition just told me my exhibition managed to make it into the Daily Express today click here to see it!

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  • Camoflague

    Camoflague

    Isn't this chick well camoflagued? I photographed it down the road from my gallery. Tawny owl chicks are very vulnerable to predators after they fledge, so they use camoflague to...

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  • Good Blog for Bird Lovers

    Good Blog for Bird Lovers

    I've just been introduced to Birdlife's new blog and wanted to let you all know about it, if you don't already. It has some fascinating articles on conservation and all...

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  • Birthday Badger

    Birthday Badger

    It was my birthday yesterday and to celebrate my wife and I got a baby sitter and then set off to my badger hide to spend an evening together badger...

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  • Rare fritillary spotted on Wolds

    Rare fritillary spotted on Wolds

    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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  • Mistle Thrush Brood

    Mistle Thrush Brood

    This family of mistle thrushes have been nesting in some guttering in the roof space of a friend's workshop. Mistle thrushes are normally very wary birds and it must be...

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  • Car Park Show!

    Car Park Show!

    I have discovered southern marsh orchids growing in the banks of the gallery car park. This beautiful orchid is rarely found this far north and usually grows in boggy ground....

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  • Roe Rings

    Roe Rings

    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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  • Yorkshire Wolds Show

    Yorkshire Wolds Show

    My annual summer exhibition is now over and although it was busy, it really went well.The Yorkshire Wolds looked their best for it too. Visitors were able to enjoy the...

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  • Tawny Owl's Visit

    Tawny Owl's Visit

    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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  • Badger Spotted

    Badger Spotted

    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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  • Honey Badgers Bully the Bog Roll

    Honey Badgers Bully the Bog Roll

    Honey badgers have a very different temperament to our English badgers and at the last camp we stayed in during my Namibian trip they had taken to raiding the campsite...

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  • A Pangolin

    A Pangolin

    My trip to Namibia really was spectacular, but this sighting of a pangolin took the biscuit. It was the first thing we saw after arriving in the country and it...

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  • Hares in Stubble

    Hares in Stubble

    As the harvest is cleared hares become much more visible so I took the opportunity this weekend to do a bit of hare photography before the stubble went under the...

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  • Closed to Sheep

    Closed to Sheep

    Shortly before opening time yesterday I found three customers lined up and waiting to be let in. They hung around for a while, but then left in disgust when I...

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  • Partridges

    Partridges

    I've just finished this oil painting of a covey of partridges in snow. It will be exhibited in a special focus on game birds that I am preparing for my...

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  • Gearing up for Exhibition

    Gearing up for Exhibition

    I've been working on several paintings at once as I gear up for my Christmas exhibition. It runs from November 13th - 28th. Whilst that seems a long way off,...

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  • Peregrine Perfect

    Peregrine Perfect

    There's to be a focus on beautiful British game birds at my Christmas exhibition in November and although this peregrine falcon is by no means a game bird I've decided...

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  • Wren return

    Wren return

    I have a new wren roosting in my back porch! The two that raised their brood last summer disappeared over the winter and I had missed them. It's nice to...

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  • Heather Honey

    Heather Honey

    I took my bee hive up to feed on the heather on the North Yorkshire Moors this autumn. It makes a good setting for a family picnic when I need...

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  • Welsh Caps

    Welsh Caps

    The bespoke framing service is really kicking off. This week we had an international footballer in asking us to frame some of his Welsh caps! Graham Moore played for Wales...

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  • Pick a fight with a penguin?

    Pick a fight with a penguin?

    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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  • Open Invitation

    Open Invitation

    I'd like to invite you all to my Christmas exhibition which opens on November 13th and runs until November 28th. I'll be unveiling a new collection of paintings of game...

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  • Book Now!

    Book Now!

    I have a fantastic line-up of speakers appearing at my Christmas Exhibition and the best thing about them is they are all local.Places are going fast so please do book...

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  • Hot off the Press

    Hot off the Press

    Be the first to read my newsletter when you click here and read all the latest gallery news.There is an indepth article about my recent trip to Namibia as well...

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  • Migration Magic

    Migration Magic

    How would you like to join me on a safari to see the world's greatest animal migration next year ? Wildlife photogrpaher Daryl Balfour and I are going to guide...

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  • Sparrowhawk trap

    Sparrowhawk trap

    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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  • Roe Deer at Spurn Point

    Roe Deer at Spurn Point

    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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  • Green Woodpecker

    Green Woodpecker

    People often ask me how long it takes me to paint a picture, from start to finish, and I find it a difficult question to answer. This painting, for instance,...

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  • Lily Spots a Sparrowhawk

    Lily Spots a Sparrowhawk

    My two-year-old daughter Lily is getting quite adept at spotting wildlife. The other day she picked out a sparrowhawk before I did.Although she didn't identify it correctly, I was impressed.She...

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  • Finishing Touches

    Finishing Touches

    I've been hanging my new original oil paintings today in preparation for the Christmas Exhibition which opens the day after tomorrow.There's quite a trick to getting them looking right on...

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  • Waxwings

    Waxwings

    I've been out photographing waxwings this week and I have some cracking photographs. This is just one of them, but the best are still in my camera. I'm too busy...

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  • Game's On

    Game's On

    My Christmas exhibition opened this morning with all the usual flurry of activity. The theme of the exhibition is game birds and my latest painting of a partridge covey seems...

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  • Exhibition Walks and Talks a Great Success!

    Exhibition Walks and Talks a Great Success!

    So far the exhibition has been a great success. We had more than 1,000 visitors during the opening weekend and today a group of 30 from Pocklington U3A. The birdwatching...

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  • Zoo Vet

    Zoo Vet

    Zoo vet Matt Brash gave a fascinating speech to our audience last night.This TV vet's talk on how he cares for some of the world's most dangerous animals was both...

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  • Stoat's White Winter Coat Now Out of Place

    Stoat's White Winter Coat Now Out of Place

    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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  • Winter Wipe-Out of Barn Owls

    Winter Wipe-Out of Barn Owls

    The Wolds barn owl population faces disaster if we get another cold spell this winter. As a member of the Wolds Barn Owl Group, I have put up 130 nest...

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  • Barn Owl Hope

    Barn Owl Hope

    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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  • Stop the plan to sell off our forests

    Stop the plan to sell off our forests

    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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  • Barn Owls make TV Headlines

    Barn Owls make TV Headlines

    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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  • TV Owls

    TV Owls

    If you missed it, click here to see the Look North news clip about my barn owl crisis.The cameraman got some great shots of an owl resting on this same...

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  • RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch

    RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch

    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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  • Year of the Hare?

    Year of the Hare?

    Chinese New Year begins tomorrow and this time we're entering the Year of the Rabbit. But according to the Wood Land Trust it was the hare that first figured in...

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