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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.

  • A fussy tawny owl

    A fussy tawny owl

    This female tawny owl is being particularly fussy. The male wants her to nest in a particular nest box close to where I have been leaving food out for it....

    Robert E Fuller

  • A Robin with Expensive Tastes

    A Robin with Expensive Tastes

    Robins have been trying to nest in the spare wheel of my Landcruiser - again!I spent some weeks last year trying to deter a pair from the vehicle - even...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Welsh Mountain Goats

    Welsh Mountain Goats

    As awildlife artist, goats are not normally a species I would consider as a subjectfor a painting. However, there is a wild herd that roam the mountains near myparent’s home...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Bumper year for rare short eared owls

    Bumper year for rare short eared owls

    It's been a bumper year for short eared owls here on the east coast of Yorkshire. There have been a record numbers of sightings of this rare owl, which features...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Short-Eared Owl Watch

    Short-Eared Owl Watch

    I've just finished this painting of a short eared owl and it is now on show in my gallery in Thixendale, North Yorkshire.  . Birds of prey have alwaysfascinated me,...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Fostering Tawny Owls in the Wild

    Fostering Tawny Owls in the Wild

    Fostered tawny owls in my gardenA pair of tawny owls feed in my garden each night, rewarding me with some incredible sightings. Last year they even brought their chicks to...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Black grouse lek

    Black grouse lek

    If you've never seen black grouse perform their annual courting ritual, known as a lek, you've really missed a treat. I painted the picture below after spending a week out...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Hedgehog Rescue. Saving Nature

    Hedgehog Rescue. Saving Nature

    I like to think there is a reciprocal relationship between my conservation work and my paintings – I do a creature a good turn and it helps me out by...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Wild Barn Owl Mum Takes on Foundlings

    Wild Barn Owl Mum Takes on Foundlings

    I have discovered that the instinct to nurture and protect young is so fiercely ingrained in birds of prey that it is possible to get them to act as surrogate...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Art to Save Nature

    Art to Save Nature

    A report published by World Wildlife Fund last month claimed that 52% of the world's animals have vanished. It followed research earlier in the year that claimed thecumulative effects of...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Do One Thing to Save Nature

    Do One Thing to Save Nature

    Our wildlife is in trouble. My Christmas exhibition, which runs at my gallery in Thixendale, North Yorkshire, from November 7-29th, is aimed at raising awareness for endangered species through art. ...

    Robert E Fuller

  • A Black Fox

    A Black Fox

    I’ve always got an ear to the ground for interestingwildlife sightings. So when I had a call from a customer saying he had seen ajet-black fox near his flat, my...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Warrior Fashion

    Warrior Fashion

    I've really enjoyed watching BBC2's new series on elephant expert Saba Douglas Hamilton's safari camp in Kenya - especially after noticing in last week's episode that the warriors were wearing...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Sparring Sparrowhawks win Top Photography Award

    Sparring Sparrowhawks win Top Photography Award

    This week I won 'highly commended'  in the 2015 British Wildlife Photography Awards for this photograph of two sparring sparrowhawks. I traveled down to London to collect my award on Wednesday...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Kestrel tug of war

    Kestrel tug of war

    My nest cams offer me a window on to the hidden world of growing chicks and its been such fun to watch their most intimate moments: messy meals, sibling rivalry...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Weasel kits on film

    Weasel kits on film

    The weasel I have been watching in the garden has had seven kits and this week she moved them into  my purpose built nesting chamber which means I can now...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Kestrel chicks too big to brood?

    Kestrel chicks too big to brood?

    The chicks seem a little big to brood now, but this kestrel mum is determined to do her duty. Trouble is she can barely fit onto them!!

    Robert E Fuller

  • Stunt Stoat's TV Debut

    Stunt Stoat's TV Debut

    Did you catch my stunt stoat on BBC's The One Show this week? Presenter Mike Dilger described it as the only performing stoat in the world!!!Click on the link to...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Weasel in my garden

    Weasel in my garden

    Take a look at this weasel I photographed in my garden!!! Weasels are incredibly difficult to watch in the wild, but I've got this one posing for me in front...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Peregrines on York Minster

    Peregrines on York Minster

    Mr Peregrine, painted by Robert E FullerI don’t really frequent cities that much and usually only venture in to York once a year. But whilst preparing for a talk on...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Yay! Mrs Kestrel has laid her 5th egg

    Yay! Mrs Kestrel has laid her 5th egg

    After an epic battle with a barn owl for possession of a nest box, the kestrel pair I have been watching moved off to a nearby nest box I fashioned...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Blue tit raids wren nest

    Blue tit raids wren nest

    Caught on camera!!! We see you!! This cheeky blue tit was caught red handed stealing moss from a wren's nest then taking it back to line its own nest box!Watch...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Nest Cams Reveal Brutal Bird Battle

    Nest Cams Reveal Brutal Bird Battle

    My nest cams are so popular I've decided to extend my Easter Nest exhibition so that visitors to my gallery in North Yorkshire can watch as the eggs hatch and...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Easter Eggs and Nests

    Easter Eggs and Nests

    As spring approaches it’s tempting to tackle the cobwebs that have knotted up the corners of the greenhouse, but I like to leave them for the long-tailed tits. These beautiful...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Nesting Season

    Nesting Season

    The birds at Fotherdale have been very busy looking for nest sites. I was a little alarmed when this robin decided it fancied the tyre on the back of the Landcruiser. Whilst...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Learning to listen to nature

    Learning to listen to nature

    As spring gets underway, the birdsong in my garden has ratcheted up a notch or two and the noise got me thinking about how I watch wildlife and the techniques...

    Robert E Fuller

  • RSPB Leighton Moss under ice

    RSPB Leighton Moss under ice

    Recently I visited one of the country’s most importantwetland reserves run by the RSPB at Leighton Moss. I arrived shortly after dawn and watched the sun come up.Most of water...

    Robert E Fuller

  • White Stoat Capture

    White Stoat Capture

    I've managed to get a better picture of the white stoat I've been watching. It is still very elusive though and recently sightings have been particularly unreliable because buzzards, crows...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Stoat Agility Course in Action!

    Here it is! My stoat agility course in action. If you remember from my last blog I've only just finished making it and the stoats have made barely stopped in...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Red Squirrel Watch

    Red Squirrel Watch

    I've been watching an endearing colony of red squirrels in the Dales.Wildlife photographer Simon Phillpott has been feeding these indigenous squirrels near Hawes for some years now and they have...

    Robert E Fuller

  • Stoat Assault Course

    Stoat Assault Course

    Exactly three days before the snow fall last week, I spotted this white stoat hunting in the valley opposite.I watched it hunting and then put out food and set up...

    Robert E Fuller