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  • Just the Job Lad

    Just the Job Lad

    It's amazing who lives on your doorstep isn't it? This guy, Mike Pannett, lives in the next village along from me and is a former wildlife police officer turned author....

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  • Documentary on a wildlife artist - me!

    Documentary on a wildlife artist - me!

    Some very nice students from York University did this short documentary on me. I've been struggling to get it on You Tube (and then onto this blog) for some reason....

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  • Frozen Planet

    Frozen Planet

    I really enjoyed watching BBC's frozen planet last night. It reminded me of when I went to Antarctica in 2009 and painted these gorgeous King Penguins. I called this painting...

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  • All set for the exhibition!

    All set for the exhibition!

    Just put the finishing touches to this cheetah and cubs original painting. I haven't painted a cheetah before so this oil painting is a first! It's just in time as...

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  • Exhibition Success!

    Exhibition Success!

    It's been a great opening weekend to my Winter Exhibition - no thanks in part to the four page spread devoted to it in the Yorkshire Post! Click here to...

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  • A New Arrival

    A New Arrival

    Our daughter Ruby Wren Fuller was born yesterday, a healthy 8.4lbs. A sister for Lily. And already very patient. She waited until the opening weekend of the exhibition was over,...

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  • Exhibition Sales

    Exhibition Sales

    I've sold four out of the six new pictures that I painted for the exhibition.  The red kite paintings are still to go, however.

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  • Bonfire Fun

    Bonfire Fun

    Everyone always worries about their pets on bonfire night, but spare a thought for the wildlife living near you.  We have our red kite walk taking place this afternoon between...

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  • Otter hunt

    Otter hunt

    Visitors on our safari through Tophill Low wildlife reserve had a superb day on Sunday. They saw an otter hunting for duck. Otter are so diffiuclt to get close to....

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  • Canvassing Customers

    Canvassing Customers

    A customer asked us to put this image of my painting of leopard cubs on a canvas. We blew it right up to ... It got me thinking. What do...

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  • Raffle Winner

    Raffle Winner

    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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  • Fern's Girl

    Fern's Girl

    We are building a new studio where the aviary in which I used to keep my pet barn owl, Fern, was. .   The work hasn't gone unnoticed. This owl used to visit Fern...

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  • Time to Buy Your Christmas Cards

    Time to Buy Your Christmas Cards

    There's still time to buy your Christmas cards online, but hurry up because we can't guarantee we'll get them to you by post after December 21st. Here are a few from...

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  • P-p-p pick on someone your own size!

    P-p-p pick on someone your own size!

    Beaches in South Georgia can get a little crowded at times. During my trip to Antarctica I witnessed an incident of 'beach rage' in which a penguin slapped an elephant seal with...

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  • Will Hockney Trail stop at Fotherdale?

    Will Hockney Trail stop at Fotherdale?

    I read in the papers this week that David Hockney, the godfather of modern art, is to endorse a new tourist trail to the sites from which he painted his...

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  • From gravel pits to wildlife haven.

    From gravel pits to wildlife haven.

    Congratulations to the North Cave Wetlands centre which has won an award for transforming old sand and gravel quarries into a magnificent wetland area. I saw avocets like the ones...

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  • Underworld of badger baiting.

    Underworld of badger baiting.

    There was a very good piece in  The Yorkshire Post last week on how police nationwide are struggling to tackle badger baiting, which has continued unabated despite being outlawed in 1835.But...

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  • Canvas Prints

    Canvas Prints

    Due to customer demand, I've started to offer some of my prints as canvases. This one measures 6ftx4ft and costs £250. Gives it a modern twist. What do you think?

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  • Short Eared Owl Watch

    Short Eared Owl Watch

    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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  • No Snow at Spring Fair

    No Snow at Spring Fair

    I love getting out in the snow to see what wildlife I can find - last year I got some amazing photographs of hares mating despite the bitterly cold conditions. But...

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  • Animal Love

    Animal Love

    Do animals experience love in the same way that we do? Whether animals feel emotions like love, jealousy and grief is the topic of my special'Valentine's Day' column in the Yorkshire Post this month.Click...

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  • Kestrel Love

    Kestrel Love

    The kestrel pair I that feed in the garden every day often wait on the electric poles for me to put food out for them. I was quite amazed one...

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  • Nest Box Giveaway

    Nest Box Giveaway

    I had great day at Warter Primary School yesterday giving away nest boxes to the children there. I gave away 117 boxes - one for each family at the school and...

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  • Territorial Blue Tit

    Territorial Blue Tit

    People say robin's are fiercely territorial, but this blue tit spent a whole day attacking its own reflection in my car wing mirror.I felt quite sorry for it!

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  • Trip of a Lifetime

    Trip of a Lifetime

    There are just three places left on my trip to the Masai Mara in August.The exclusive safari is limited to just 12 people and we camp in luxury tents beside...

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  • Drought

    Drought

    What about this drought then? It's rained non-stop since I dedicated this month's column in the Yorkshire Post to it! Luckily I had a positive stroy to tell about the...

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  • Olympic Art Show- May 26th-June 10th

    Olympic Art Show- May 26th-June 10th

    I'm staging an art show of Olympian proportions next month. I'll be showcasing my latest paintings of some of Britain's greatest wildlife athletes at this free exhibition. And there are plenty...

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  • Untitled

    Untitled

    My new studio is just about finished. There are still workmen stomping through but I've begun painting in it already -  even if the banging about sometimes jogs my paintbrush!...

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  • Badger Trust Award

    Badger Trust Award

    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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  • Wood shed haven

    Wood shed haven

    I photographed this robin nesting in my friend Nick Coates' wood shed. Birds like his shed despite the fact that it is very busy and noisy. In fact his workshop...

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  • An award from RSPCA

    An award from RSPCA

    I was chuffed to get the Elsie M J Evans award for an act of kindness or bravery from the RSPCA on Saturday at RSPCA HQ in Horsham. The award...

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  • First Steps

    First Steps

    Watch the foal's first steps here

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  • A Famous Baby Elephant

    A Famous Baby Elephant

    The safari I led to Samburu in Kenya was a bit like being on a film set - there were so many famous elephants there. The herds that wander past Elephant...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Winter Wildlife Exhibition

    Winter Wildlife Exhibition

    I'm very busy finishing off paintings for my winter exhibition which runs from November 3rd-18that my gallery at Thixendale. There's a lot to do. I'll be opening my studio so...

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  • New Limited Edition Prints

    New Limited Edition Prints

    These images are now available as a limited edition prints - I hope you like them! This picture of a woodpecker hiding from a sparrowhawk is one that customers asked...

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  • Nearly finished: New hare painting

    Nearly finished: New hare painting

    I've nearly finished this painting of hares in snow. It's five foot long - larger than my easel. I've taken this close up to see if you can spot what...

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  • Fairy Wren

    Fairy Wren

    I've just finished this painting of a Fairy Wren. It was a present for a local couple's Ruby Wedding Anniversary from their daughter who lives in Australia. What a nice...

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  • New paintings on the go

    New paintings on the go

    I've just started work on these three new drawings of otters. I'm hoping they'll be ready in time for my Winter Exhibition which opens next Friday (Nov 3rd). Paintbrushes are...

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  • Red Kite Walk

    Red Kite Walk

    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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  • Untitled

    Untitled

    I've just finished this painting of a fox. All that's left is to hang it on the gallery wall ready for my exhibition which opens on Saturday. You can see...

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  • Welcoming Back Otters

    Welcoming Back Otters

    I've been celebrating the incredible success of otters in Yorkshire at the gallery this week.The theme of my exhibition has been geared around telling their incredible survival story and I've...

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  • Leopard Lure

    Leopard Lure

    Take a look at my latest column in today's Malton Gazette & Herald. I've focused on the recent trip I led to Kenya's Masai Mara and how nervous I was...

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  • Last Christmas for the Partridge in a Pear Tree?

    Last Christmas for the Partridge in a Pear Tree?

    It was worrying to read in @The Guardian yesterday that partridge populations are still dangerously low. According to wild bird statistics published by Defra yesterday, there was a 30pc drop...

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  • Elephant Encounters

    Elephant Encounters

    I watched the four-footed stars of Planet Earth elephant surfing during my trip to Kenya in August. Read all about it by clicking here to transfer to my latest column in...

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  • BBC The One Show Tonight!!!

    BBC The One Show Tonight!!!

    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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  • Fox's Snow Hunt

    Fox's Snow Hunt

    I spent a fascinating evening watching a fox vainly trying to hunt for voles under the snow. It is very difficult to get up close to foxes in the countryside...

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