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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.

  • How Tawny Owls Make Excellent Foster Parents

    How Tawny Owls Make Excellent Foster Parents

    Tawny owls make excellent parents This owl species is so caring in fact, I've found they will even take on foster-chicks. I have put this nurturing instinct to the test...

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  • Spotting woodcock in winter

    Spotting woodcock in winter

    Here in Britain, the November full moon was traditionally known as the 'woodcock moon' since it was associated with the arrival of migrant woodcock from Europe, apparently navigating by the...

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  • Robert E Fuller: In my own words | Early life

    Robert E Fuller: In my own words | Early life

    Early years I was born in 1972, and moved at the age of two to Great Givendale in East Yorkshire, not far from where I still live today. My father,...

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  • Film | Seal battles for survival | Grey seals

    Film | Seal battles for survival | Grey seals

    From adorable pups to dramatic fights between bulls, grey seals are fascinating to watch. But these animals face continual threats. Join me as I visit a thriving colony in Yorkshire...

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  • Top 5 wildlife video playlists in 2023

    Top 5 wildlife video playlists in 2023

    Top 5 videos 1. Wild Tawny Owls Adopt 7.5m 2. Kestrel Dad Raises Chicks Alone 5.3m 3. Kingfisher Chicks Hatch & Dad Eager to Feed 4.2m 4. Barn Owl So...

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    On a monitor next to my easel a live feed relays footage from inside a kestrel nest located a short stroll away from my Yorkshire Wold studios. On the screen...

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  • Help me name the barn owl chicks

    Help me name the barn owl chicks

    What shall we call the barn owl chicks?Gylfie and Finn's two chicks are now almost a month old and are rapidly turning from tiny, wizened-looking creatures into adorable balls of...

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  • Time to vote to name the two tawny owl chicks

    Time to vote to name the two tawny owl chicks

    Thank you for all your name suggestions for the Ash Wood tawny owl chicks. I've narrowed down the selection to my favourite three pairs of names and now I'm putting...

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  • My Gallery Is Opening by Appointment

    My Gallery Is Opening by Appointment

    I'm delighted to announce that my gallery is opening on June 16th for exclusive bookings, so that you can again enjoy all my paintings, live nest cameras, and films. You...

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  • Big Wildlife Art Sale

    My Big Wildlife Art Sale is Now On!I've got great deals off all my limited edition prints and art gifts.Click here to start shopping! 

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  • Happy Christmas!

    Happy Christmas!

    Wishing you a Merry ChristmasJust to wish you a Merry Christmas and send a big thank you for all your support and custom throughout the year.I hope you have enjoyed...

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  • Get a Head Start on my Black Friday Sale

    My Black Friday Sale Starts TodayUse code: BLACKFRIDAY at checkoutAs a loyal customer, I am giving you a head start on my fantastic Black Friday sale. This offer is across everything on...

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  • COMPETITION | Win A Wildlife Art Print Worth £150

    COMPETITION | Win A Wildlife Art Print Worth £150

    .......THIS COMPETITION HAS NOW ENDED.......   Win A Wildlife Art Print'Studley Royal Stag' | Framed Limited Edition Print | Giveaway  I'm giving away this framed limited edition print featuring a red stag ankle-deep...

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  • The mating habits of stoats

    The way in which stoats get together to mate is brutal. Males will literally rape kits inside the nest. My studies are based on five years of watching a family...

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  • Where to see wild goshawks in Yorkshire

    Goshawks are so difficult to spot they are known as 'phantoms of the forests'. Wildlife artist Robert E Fuller has a lifetime of watching birds for his paintings. Here he...

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  • How to Spot Wildlife in Woodland

    'If you go down to the woods today, you're in for a big surprise'. Well hopefully. Actually it takes some skill to see woodland wildlife since most creatures spot you...

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  • Welcome to my new Winter Catalogue 2017/2018

    Welcome to my new Winter Catalogue 2017/2018

     Welcome to my brand new Winter catalogue containing all my new limited edition prints, Christmas cards, gift and home ware. You can download it by clicking on the downward facing...

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  • Making an artificial fox earth

    Over the years I have painted fox cubs after watching them play with their mother close to their den. But like most wildlife enthusiasts, I’ve never seen what they look...

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    Looking for an alternative gift to chocolate this Easter? How about one of my wildlife art gifts? I've put together a list of ideas that cover a range of prices, just...

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    Hello!Everyone keeps telling me to start a blog, with little bits of info about what I'm painting, what I'm doing and what I am watching. So here goes, I hope...

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  • Looking for Heronries

    Looking for Heronries

    Last Sunday I took my family off to Pickering beck to find a heronry I'd heard of close to a public footpath. Sadly, we never found it and after a...

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  • A Valentine Badger Bodge

    A Valentine Badger Bodge

    Valentine’s day wasn’t the most romantic for me and the Mrs. It turned out to be the only day I could get together enough friends – and borrow a teleporter...

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  • Work begins for the Summer Exhibition

    Work begins for the Summer Exhibition

    Me at a brand new set of paintings which I'm starting to work on My next exhibition is in June. It always takes longer than you think to get ready...

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  • Frog & Toad Antics!

    Frog & Toad Antics!

    Spring seems to be springing and no more so than in my garden pond. As soon as the snow melted in February they began hopping out of their winter hideaways...

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  • Bird of Prey Bonanza

    Bird of Prey Bonanza

    It's been a great week for wildlife watching at home - especially on the birds of prey front. During the last few days alone I have spotted: red kites little...

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  • A good hare day

    A good hare day

    It's 'Mad March hare' time again and the boxers have been out in force. Watching them from my studio window this week put me in mind of field trips I...

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  • Moon Kite

    Moon Kite

    Spotted this red kite - one of six - gliding through Millington Pastures this week. I never thought I'd see red kites breeding in this area in my lifetime! It...

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  • Carry on Painting

    Carry on Painting

    The summer exhibition is looming ever closer and I've had to get cracking in the studio. I've now built up the backgrounds and put all the subjects onto the canvases....

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  • Buy British

    Buy British

    I've never been one for politics, but this year I decided to take the plunge and dive into the ‘Buy British’ debate.I am now branding all the prints and greetings...

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  • Badgers get a head start

    Badgers get a head start

    When the sun came out this week, it began to feel, here in Yorkshire at least, like spring had finally arrived. It got me thinking about the badgers I've been...

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  • Penguins & the Wilkins Ice Shelf

    Penguins & the Wilkins Ice Shelf

    I've been painting this pair of King Penguins this week which I photographed in Antarctica a couple of years ago and some friends, Steve, Ali, Lucy and Ged who I...

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  • Bees are good!

    Bees are good!

    It was a still and sunny day on Sunday. So after enjoying tea and cake at Ava's christening at Copmanthorpe, I raced home so I could check on my honey...

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  • Farewell O L

    Farewell O L

    I've been looking after a friend's tawny owl while he has been in New Zealand. He was given to me in September, when some people found him starving in Birdsall....

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  • Nature's most notorious trickster - The cuckoo!

    Nature's most notorious trickster - The cuckoo!

    It's time to listen out for nature's most cunning tricksters, which have just arrived in fresh in from Africa.Cuckoos are notoriously parasitic, finding foster nests for its eggs and tricking...

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  • Night out in a badger bunker

    Night out in a badger bunker

    Last night I stayed the night in my badger bunker - the stars were amazing & the badgers weren't bad either. I saw 8 different adults and 3 cubs.Mum took...

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  • Still boxing

    Still boxing

    I decided to make the most of the good weather on Sunday and was just heading off to tend to my veg patch when I saw a group of hares...

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