Barn Owls Evict Broody Stock Dove | Tappy & Sparkle
It's a bittersweet victory Whilst barn owls Tappy & Sparkle are out, a stock dove claims their nest - even laying two eggs there. This pair consider Ash Tree Nest their...
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Barn Owls Evict Broody Stock Dove | Tappy & Sparkle
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Stalking a red stag with a camera
Red stags are truly magnificent beasts and can be seen quite readily in Scotland. But to get up close you need to be prepared to really get down on your...
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Watch the Birdie
This weekend is the RSPB annual Garden Birdwatch where everybody can get involved in a nationwide count of Britain's garden bird species. It's great fun and something I always make...
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Coaxing Wild Buzzards to Pose for their Portraits
When planning a painting of a buzzard, I spent some time photographing a pair in detail. Scroll down to see the final painting this experience inspired.I'm often asked how long...
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Hoping for stoat kits in the garden this spring
Do you remember the female stoat that moved in to the garden in the autumn? She seems to have attracted a male now and I've seen them together in the...
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Why Barn Owls are better parents than Tawny Owls
Happy New Year everyone. I’ve been mainly watching this pair of barn owls and their chicks between Christmas and New Year. It has made me think about how they treat...
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Painting Peregrines in the City
I've been putting the finishing touches to this acrylic study of a peregrine falcon this week. I was inspired to pick up my paintbrushes after watching a pair of peregrines...
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City Wildlife
I am currently exhibiting a new collection of paintings of wildlife in Yorkshire and after claiming that this county is teaming with incredible species I was challenged by Radio York...
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Fotherdale's Fantastic Breeding Season
I'm just getting ready for my new exhibition all about the wealth of wildlife to be found in Yorkshire and I've been looking back at the remarkable breeding season we've...
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Wild About Yorkshire
I'm busy finishing a new collection of paintings of Yorkshire wildlife for my latest exhibition, which opens on November 8th. The event, which I've titled 'My Yorkshire', will be a...
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Trail Cam Photography
I'm often asked how I get to know the subjects in my paintings so well and the answer is that I spend a lot of time watching them. To help...
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Nest Box Wars Begin Again
UPDATE: Since witing this blog post I captured this incredible footage of a tawny owl and a barn owl fighting over a nest site. Watch how the barn owl stands...
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A Sparrowhawk in the Studio!
I was sitting at my easel putting the final touches to this kestrel painting when a greenfinch flew through the open studio door with a sparrowhawk hot on its heels!...
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New Beginnings
I came across this barn owl chick on a road side this week. Poor thing had fallen out of its nest and was desperately flapping away to no effect! I...
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Standing on top of an otter's holt!
I had one of the most incredible sightings of otters during a trip to the Ardurmurchan Peninsula on west coast of Scotland this summer. I was staying on the shores of Loch Sunart, a sea...
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My first attempt at photographing Pine Martens in the Ardurmurchan
Earlier in the summer of 2014 I went to the west coast of Scotland to try to photograph pine martens. The cottage I stayed in, Dunlachlan Cottage in Strontian, is well-known...
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Swallows in my porch
Each Spring I look forward to the arrival of the swallows to my garden. They usually nest in the front porch of my house. This year they arrived on cue...
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Weekend Wildlife Watching
This weekend I travelled down to the Bird Fair at Rutland Water to meet the BBC Wildlife editorial team. I have been producing local patch reports of the wildlife around...
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Fotherdale Stoats: Watching Stoats In My Garden
I've been watching a family of stoats in my garden and I've managed to get some great photographs which I plan to use as studies for mypaintings.I first spotted the...
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Painting a kestrel in flight
Remember the kestrel chicks I was watching via nest cam? Well they have now all fledged successfully and are coming into the garden daily to feed. I tie mice or...
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Barn Owl Chicks Fledge
The five barn owl chicks I have been studying have now all fledged. I have watched these chicks via nest cams from the moment the first egg was laid and...
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Tawny Owl Chicks
The pair of tawny owls that feed in my garden every night have begun to bring their chicks to the bird table and this week I had all eight at...
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Goodbye Galapagos
They say all good things come to an end and today my three-week long exhibition on the wildlife of the Galapagos Islands draws to a close. But before I pack...
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Painting Galapagos
My video studies for the paintings below are among the most interesting of my footage from Galapagos. These are magnificent frigate birds. During the breeding season the males puff out...
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Framing Flamingos
Flamingos are rare in The Galapagos Islands, so when I came across some greater flamingos feeding in a brackish lagoon I felt very privileged. I spent some time trying to...
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Land Iguanas
The best place to spot land iguanas on The Galapagos Islands is on Santa Cruz Island up the aptly named, Dragon Hill. Santa Cruz is abeautiful island and the day...
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Travel | Underwater Grace of Galapagos Penguin
Inspired by the Galapagos penguin Galapagos penguins are endemic to the archipelago and are very different to those found in South Georgia. I tried to capture their endearing nature in...
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Waved Albatross
Among the most incredible sightings I had on Galapagos was when I went to see the world's only waved albatross breeding colony. These beautiful birds only nest on one island...
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Super Dad Diego
Now that my exhibition is finally underway, I can put down my paintbrushes and at last begin the series of blog posts on my trip to the Galapagos I promised.I...
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Drawing for Darwin - Just 12 days to go!
I've been so busy finishing a new collection of paintings inspired by my journey to the Galapagos for my summer exhibition which opens on June 21st at my gallery at Thixendale....
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Bedraggled Tawny Owls
I know I should be posting moreon Galapagos and I promise I will but last week the tawny owl chicks got caughtout in the rain and I just had to...
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Catching up with old friends!
My trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands wasspectacular. But despite enjoying once-in-a-lifetime experiences such asswimming with sea lions and walking with giant tortoises it was so nice to beback!...
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Condor Flyby
I saw so much that took my breath away during my tour of Ecuadorand the Galapagos Islands it’s difficult to know where to start when it comesto relating my best...
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Kestrels: A different sort of Easter Egg
I’m not really into watching the television, but this week Ihave been glued to the box. I’ve set up CCTV cameras in a kestrel nest box andit has had me...
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Little owls settle in to newly renovated home
The Yorkshire Wolds is great ‘little owl’ country and I love to paint these charismatic owls. Yet, acold spring last year and freezing conditions which were so severe for theprevious...
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A Farm-tastic Week
I took my two daughters to the farm I grew up on inGreat Givendale and showed them the barn where cattle feed is kept. They werefascinated at all the different...
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Clan Take Over: New boar on the block
I've just seen a new boar at the badger sett I visit. He seems to have taken over the clan.I saw him for the first time last week as I was sitting...
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An evening with the badgers
Most evenings I visit a badger sett close to my gallery in Thixendale, North Yorkshire. Over the years they have accepted me as one of the clan. As I walked...
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A Good Hare Day
It’s Mad March Hare month again - my favourite time to spot boxinghares in the fields. Although there are no shortages of them here on theYorkshire Wolds, to get photographs good enough...
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Nest Box Wars Commence!
Spring is in the air and nest box 'wars' have begun. I've been following the antics of a pair of kestrels and a pair of tawny owls from my studio window for...
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Sketching Buzzards
I sketched these buzzards someyears ago. They make such nice subjects to paint. But recently I've been fascinated by a pair circling in thevalley below my studio and decided it...
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New BBC Wildlife Local Patch Reporter!
Hello, I’m delighted to introduce myself as a new local patch reporter for BBC Wildlife Magazine. I am a wildlife artist and will be bringing you a painter’s perspective on...
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Adorable badger cubs playing as they head out with mum
The way these badger cubs playfully chase each other round and round as they muck about outside the entrance to their sett is adorable - I think you'll agree!I filmed...
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A prickly painting model
Remember the hedgehog I rescued last winter? I grew so fond of him I decided to put him to work as a model. This painting of him posing in a...
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Elephant Watch 2014
Just wanted to share some of the pictures from the safari I led to Kenya last month. These are from Samburu's Elephant Watch Camp. This magical place is run by...
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Barn owls are back on the Yorkshire Wolds after almost disappearing from our skies completely
Earlier this month after undergoing surgery at York hospital, I came round from the general anaesthetic to see two nurses smiling down at me. I questioned them why they’d woken...
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Broody Pheasant Joins the Family
A pheasant hen decided to bring up her brood right on the doorstep last month. I fed her on mealworms and before she ran to gobble them up she would...
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Barn Owls Bow Out
My summer exhibition is now over. The barn owls worked their magic and people flocked to see them. Now it's time for them to take a bow and say good...
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Looking for owls
My summer exhibition is in full swing and people seem to be really enjoying the new paintings of barn owls. Tomorrow night I will be giving a talk about the...
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Saving hedgehogs to help the State of Nation
This month I released the young hedgehogs I found in the garden last winter. They didn't know quite what to make of the garden and spent some time sheltered by...
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Beautiful Barn Owls Headline Summer Exhibition.
These paintings and limited edition prints of barn owls are among a 'barn owl extravaganza' to go show at my summer exhibition, which runs from June 1-16th. There will also...
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