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When Acorn the barn owl owlet falls asleep, her sibling Oak has other ideas! Oak bends over his sleepy sibling, talons poised as if daring himself to wake her. Eventually...
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I spend a lot of time photographing and watching wildlife for my paintings but the backgrounds that I get with each photograph is not always suitable for a painting. So at...
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I was interviewed by Look North last week on whether the Yorkshire Wolds should be designated as an 'area of outstanding natural beauty'. I told them about the wealth of wildlife...
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Do you like my new fine bone china mugs? There are nine in the new range made by the British manufacturers Hudsons of Stoke on Trent. They feature some of my favourite images from best-selling paintings.They...
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Four men were sent to prison for four months for badger baiting at Scarborough Magistrates Court yesterday. Sentencing them, the judge said that people in Yorkshire would not tolerate such "abhorrent"...
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I finally got some shots of short eared owls that are good enough to paint from. Over the years I have managed to get some good photographs of barn owls, tawny owls and...
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Birds and animals often confuse Autumn with Spring, simply because the days are roughly the same length. But this month has been so mild there have been more than the usual...
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As our new baby settles in it's been my job to take on the school run in the morning and I've enjoyed the outings. This morning I spotted a little owl...
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I had a sense of deja vu when BBC Wildlife Magazine dropped through the letter box this week. On the front cover was this photograph of a white rhino by...
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I spent a few days watching this a young sparrowhawk feed her chicks and discovered that she had adopted a very casual hunting techniqueShe had taken to raiding wood pigeon...
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The Ngoro Ngoro Crater has been described as the eighth wonder of the world and it really does live up to expectation. So much so that I couldn't quite finish...
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I've had quite a few queries about which camera gear to take on a trip like the one I just took to the Masai Mara in Kenya so I've decided...
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I took so many photographs in the Masai Mara that if I don't stop posting now I'll go on forever. I wanted to leave you with a few final shots...
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What the big cats and vast herds of the Masai Mara have in stature, the birds make up for in colour and character. These little bee eaters were very entertaining...
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This was the most extraordinary sight we saw during our safari - and it was on our first morning too!Lions detest water so we watched in astonishment when this male...
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There were one or two TV celebs to see in the Masai Mara too. This is Notch, the pride male that starred in the BBC series Big Cat Diaries. He's...
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There is so much to say about our trip to the Masai Mara in Kenya that it will probably take several blogs. We saw cheetah most days. It always amazes...
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As the herds migrate across the savannah, their predators come out in force. We saw lion everyday. This pride was very close to our camp and we had plenty of...
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I've just got back from a two week safari to Kenya's Masai Mara. I've been to Africa 10 times in total and have visited six different countries on this vast...
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A family of kestrels have been nesting in an old sycamore stump I put up for them near the garden! They actually nested in the garden to begin with, but...
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I have seen otters in the sea in Scotland many times, especially in Islay and Mull, but I've found it much harder to find them in fresh water.You may remember...
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The Fotherdale tawny owl family are growing up fast.They still come at night to feed from my bird table and in the day they perch in the line of sycamores...
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I photographed this handsome buck at the edge of a small wood last week. I had spotted it with a doe in a nearby hay meadow but didn't have my...
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The government is due to make a decision within the next few days on whether to allow farmers to shoot badgers on sight in a bid to stop the spread...
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It is rare to see lapwings nesting in this part of Yorkshire. But a friend of mine has created specific 'lapwing strips' to encourage these beautiful plumed birds. I spent...
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I spent a fascinating few weeks watching a pair of woodpeckers raise their chicks. This photograph was taken a few minutes before one chick fledged. The nest hole was at...
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My photographic studies of a group of hares in last winter's snow have made it to the semi-finals in the country's most prestigious wildlife photography competition: the Wildlife Photographer of...
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I saw these four fledgling tree creepers clinging onto a tree trunk the other evening. I heard them as I was on my way to visit the badger sett that...
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There are three badger cubs at the sett by my badger hide this year. It's so good to see them after last year when there were no cubs there at...
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I watched these hares box the other day. I first spotted a group together in a field. The there was a female in season and she had attracted a large...
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The black grouse lek is one of the most remarkable courtship displays that you can see in this country: more reminiscent of a tropical bird dance than that of an...
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You may remember the pheasant that was attacking villagers in Newsham in North Yorkshire last year. I came across a similarly vicious bird in the Dales. I was driving along...
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Tree creepers are so well camouflaged they can be very hard to spot, but their high-pitched calls give them away. They creep up trees, as their name suggest, in search...
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I spotted a thriving community of red squirrels during a visit to the Yorkshire Dales. They were running along a stone wall on the outskirts of a village near Hawes....
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There was plenty of other wildlife in Regents Park. The little grebe below came by and I got a few standard shots. But then I moved nearer the bank where...
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In the countryside herons are amongst the most wary of birds so I took advantage of a weekend trip to see friends in London to visit the heronry in Regents...
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We moved to Fotherdale Farm in 1998 and one of the first things I did was build a pond.Now we have a very healthy frog and toad population. The other...
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I spent a day last week photographing this long-tailed tit building a nest.Long-tailed tits make their nests out of very soft materials which then expand as the chicks grow. They...
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I took a film crew from BBC Countryfile out wildlife watching with me last week. It was quite a hectic day, but Julia Bradbury was very easy to talk to...
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Otters are nocturnal and so I left my camera at the site to see if I could capture this otter on film. My camera is set to go off whenever...
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I've been trying to get a decent picture of an otter recently for an idea I have for a painting. Otter numbers have increased considerably along the Derwent River in...
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Shortly before Christmas I drove to Donna Nook in Lincolnshire to see the seals. Grey seals come here each winter in their 1000s to pup and to breed.Maternal care in...
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I don't suppose we've seen the last of the snow this winter, but I couldn't quite sign off 2010 without a quick recap of those incredible snow scenes we had...
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Happy New Year to you all and I hope you've all had a good Christmas.The icy weather here has spelled hardship for much of our wildlife over Christmas, but it...
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These running hares reminded me of one of my best-selling paintings, 'Hares on The Run'. The lead hare is a female with the males running enthusiastically after them. She...
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I spent a total of 10 days watching this large group of hares in arctic conditions.One day a group of five hares ran straight towards me. This one froze on...
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The heavy snows have made life difficult for everybody up and down the country.But for a wildlife enthusiast such as myself it has provided one of the most exciting photographic...
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The Yorkshire Wolds looks beautiful in its winter coat.Pictured below is the view across the dale of Fotherdale, my home and gallery.But whilst it looks very pretty, the cold has...
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Those of you who went on the two bird watching walks this weekend came back delighted. I hear the walk to find winter migrants on Saturday was a success. Michael...
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Waxwings have been arriving from Scandinavia in record numbers this year to take advantage of a bumper harvest of rowan berries.These beautiful birds migrate to the UK when food stocks...
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Wasn't it good to read this week how the number of kingfishers spotted along Britain's rivers and canals have more than trebled this year? There had been some concerns that...
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