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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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!
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
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
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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Bringing up baby
After this wren nested in my back porch last summer, I trained my camera on his comings and goings. His brood of six chicks were born just as my own...
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Work, work, work...
The pressure is on now to get things ready for my summer exhibition. I've been working flat out at trying to finish a painting of a hare and her leverets...
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Journey to the Foundry
I've been checking waxes at a bronze casting foundry in North Wales today. I sculpt mainly in clay. The foundry makes an exact replica of my original in wax. This...
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Casting 1-2-3
Following my visit to the foundry, my duck & rhino sculptures are being cast this week: The wax of the duck is set into position with clay The bronze is...
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Painting it Blue
It's breeding time again for kingfishers. I have a spot where I have been watching them for two years, on and off, and have learned all their fishing posts. Read...
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A suprise sighting
I had a suprise sighting this morning. I was just eating my breakfast and watching the birds from the kitchen window when a roe deer ambled up the field towards...
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Cross eyed Friend
With their vivid yellow eyes and cross expressions, little owls have always amused me. There are four pairs nesting near to the house and I've taken to feeding them recently....
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The Puffins are Back
Its that time of year again. The puffins are coming back. I like to go up to my nearest colony at Bempton Cliffs at this time of year to watch...
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Occupied - At Last
This week I discovered a barn owl has laid four eggs for the first time in a nesting box that I put up 18 years ago! It doesn't normally take...
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Exhibition Opens on Saturday
Time to put my paintbrushes down and tidy up before my exhibition opens on Saturday. I've painted a total of eight pictures especially for it and have been hard at...
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All Set!
Have just been in the gallery to add the finishing touches - I particularly like the wildflowers that my wife has arranged as they complement the theme of gardening for...
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Phew!
Phew! The first weekend of the exhibition has been a busy one. Luckily there were no hiccups and everything went as planned. The falconry display was a big hit with...
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It's a bird's life
It's been a dry Spring and all the conditions have been right for a successful breeding season for our birds. But yesterday I was reminded of the daily trials they...
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Oi Gerr Off My Land!
Tension has been mounting between the two kestrels that feed from my bird table. Kes One has been a regular at the table up until a year ago. But after...
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Beer's 'Ere - Dad Alert!
The beer arrived today ready to serve to visitors to the exhibition on Father's Day on Sunday. I've joined up with Wold Top Brewery, which brews a fine, low alcohol...
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Goldfinch Bonanza
Goldfinch on Thistle, by Robert FullerJust spotted a charm of up to 50 goldfinches all feeding on a patch of groundsel in a field margin at the bottom of my...
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Birds of Prey
The falconry displays in the car park outside the gallery have been a real hit with visitors. Run by Minster Falconry, there is a barn owl, Rock Eagle Owl, Saker...
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Father's Day was a busy one!
I put down my pallette yesterday to pull pints in the gallery for Father's Day! It was quite a hoot actually. (Once I'd mastered pulling the perfect pint that is..)...
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A rare sight on the Wolds
On a walk this morning I saw a Corn Bunting singing his socks off on the top of a hawthorn tree. His song is a bit like a yellow hammer's...
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Success!
So far the exhibition has been a great success. I have sold seven out of the eight new original pictures that I painted especially for the exhibition and every day...
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I/Eye is alright
A few blogs ago you may remember that the male tawny owl that visits my bird table each night had acquired a serious injury to his eye. Just to let...
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What's the difference?
I had an interesting comment about the difference between the song of the corn bunting and the yellowhammer. This chap's Beverley cornbunting had got a bit mixed up! See the...
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That's all Folks!
It's the last day of my exhibition today and I'm really pleased how it's gone. We've had nearly 3000 visitors to this remote spot on the Yorkshire Wolds and it's...
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New Kids on the Block
You'll remember the tale about my poor male tawny owl's eye. See below. Well no need to worry as three new models appeared on the boundary of my garden last...
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Hockney at Fotherdale
This is the view that David Hockney chose to paint of the Wolds & guess who's house is featured on it... mine!! BBC did a documentary on him painting the...
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A Young Presenter
I was delighted to meet George Till, who is 8, at my gallery. He's been following my work closely and is a big fan of my owl paintings! George had...
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Candid Camera
A friend of mine works as a researcher for the Central Science Laboratory in Sand Hutton. She is currently working on a project tracking the movements of wild boards in...
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Raising funds to help birds on the Wolds
This year I used my exhibition to raise funds for a new conservation project that I'm planning. Nest Boxes on the Wolds will involve building and putting up nesting boxes...
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What to paint next
I'm always keen to hear about which animal or bird people would like me to paint next.This summer, during my exhibition, I thought I'd ask. I printed a questionnaire onto...
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Devoted Parents
The family of tawny owls that feed from my garden bird table each night are growing up quickly.I have learned a lot about how devoted parent tawny owls can be...
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A Duck for FERA
The government has launched a new Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) which is to be based at the Central Science Laboratory here in Yorkshire.To mark the new facility, the...
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Let it Grow!
This week I saw a kestrel hovering over a patch of long grass on a roadside verge that, until this year, was kept cropped. It was heartening to see. This...
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Midas Touch
Apparently my paintbrushes are charmed!I gave a set of them to a visitor to one of my exhibitions two years ago after she expressed an interest in what type of...
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Dust Off!
As I was watching a partridge dusting in a shallow bowl it had dug for itself in the garden this morning, a group of sparrows suddently flew in and began...
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Lily the artist?
My daughter Lily was one last week. So this week Lily and my wife, Victoria, have been painting the thank you cards. I advised Lily that she was best doing...
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A fresh start!
My bees are heading to the North Yorkshire Moors next weekend to (hopefully) make me some heather honey. So this weekend I have been getting ready for their departure. They've...
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Hare Weaning
Recently a customer of mine sent me a photograph of leverets suckling when they were almost the same size as the doe. Usually leverets are weaned after about four weeks....
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