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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10 Owl Tours - Little Owls
We had three owl safaris in total during the Wildlife Festival and they all turned out to be a great success. We saw 10 owls on each - in fact...
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Curlew Cuffs
One of my favourite summer visitors is the curlew. I once watched a pair raising their brood and was fascinated by the ferocity with which the male protected them. He...
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Badger Groom
I have been watching my badger sett of late, but so far no sign of any new cubs. I have to conclude that this year their just won't be any....
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A cutie hidden in a 'bale park'
I headed out the other night to get some muck for my vegetable patch from my dad's farm at Givendale. Near to where the muck is, there is an area...
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In the Nationals!
UPDATE; 2017 This experience was so unusual it inspired another painting this year. See it below. Well it has been a very interesting day for me today. My photograph of the...
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Tawny Chicks Fledge
The tawny owl chicks, whose parents I feed from my garden bird table, have just fledged. I made them this nest box out of an old elm tree stump. They...
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Birds of Prey Battle it Out!
After the excitment of being on the telly last night, I thought I'd go back to Wales and post some more pictures of my time at Grigin Farm watching the...
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Arial Combat
I headed back to Grigin Farm in Mid-Wales last week for more photographs of the many many red kites that now feed there.Mid Wales was once home to one of...
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New Zealand Bird Life
Whilst on the Otago peninsular we stayed overlooking a lovely estuary where there was lots of bird life. Including this white-faced heron. New Zealand's kingfisher. A black swan. Black swans...
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New Zealand
You might have been wondering why I've been a bit quiet of late. I've been to New Zealand for the last three weeks where I've been visiting my brother-in-law Richard,...
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Winner of The Telegraph's Big Picture Competition
The photograph I took of a tiger hunting in India has won me first prize in The Telegraph's Big Picture competition this week. It will appear on the back page...
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Heron Feast
The main draw to Slimbridge is the duck and geese population, but I ended up focusing on herons.It was unusual to see them so tame. These birds are usually wary...
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Hunkering Down
The icy weather has made it easier to spot and photograph wildlife, although things are very tough for the animals and birds themselves. I took these pictures as the snow...
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Getting Up Close
Something a lot of visitors to the exhibition have been asking me is how I get close enough to badgers to photograph them for my paintings. It isn't easy, as...
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Badger Watch
The badger clan that I have been watching from my hide on the Yorkshire Wolds all year have been putting a lot of effort into social bonding lately.They've been grooming...
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Iconic Mara
Time to turn the focus back on Yorkshire and to working some of the images I gathered in Kenya into my next set of paintings. I'll leave you with some...
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More Mara
Nature's sanitation squad: yellow-billed oxpeckers feed on ticks on buffalo. It is amazing how these normally aggressive beasts tolerate the birds, as they do get into some awkward places. If...
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Hunter Bird
Secretary birds are said to be named for their crest of long quill-like feathers, which make them look like a 19th century secretary with quill pens behind his ear. Although...
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More Sightings
Leopards are always impressive and this one is no exception. During the trip I was lucky enough to see some four week old leopard cubs too, but unfortunately I didn't...
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Watch out, lion coming through!
Of course, what most people come to see when they travel to the Mara are the lions. As the wildebeest, zebra and other game come through, these kings of the...
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Migration
Today I got back from Kenya where I have been following the world's largest animal migration as it crosses the Masai Mara. Each year more than 1.4 million wildebeest and...
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Kermit the Kestrel- a new arrival
Look at this little baby Kestrel! I've called him Kermit. A couple were walking along the Wolds Way when they spotted this little bundle on the floor. Alongside it was...
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