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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Birds eating strange things!
I have been watching wrens in my porch this summer. I kept seeing them bringing in a large grub-like insect that I did not recognise.Then the wren disappeared into a...
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Well I never!
I've had a few unusual sighting this week. First I spotted a common lizard running across the road just down the road from my house - I've never seen a...
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Up, up and away
Kermit the Kestrel returned to Fotherdale after a month to be released in the wild. Jean Thorpe has been looking after him and has done a great job keeping him...
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WWF rocks!
I've put together a calendar of my paintings with the excellent charity WWF this year. I'm really pleased with the way that the calendar has turned out & I was...
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Fern in training
I've got a pet owl called Fern. He's been in flying training the last few weeks & is doing great. He loves to fly about over the Wolds. (Especially when...
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Masai Mara Migration
Sorry I've been a bit quiet on the blog front of late. The reason is that I'm IN THE MASAI MARA! It's one of my favourite places in the world...
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Bonny Birmingham
Whilst Robert's away he's asked me to keep you abreast of gallery news. So as he stalks lions across the savannah, I've been in bonny Birmingham running a trade stall...
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Golf a go-go
Bit of a shock to learn on my return from Kenya that one of my places to photograph wildlife has been turned into a golfing range.The NEC in Birmingham is...
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Look out for osprey
Now's the time to look out for osprey. These magnificent birds often stop off at lakes or ponds in this area as they make the 3,600 mile journey to West...
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Nest Boxes Go Up On The Wolds
I have been busy putting up nest boxes on farmland across the Yorkshrie Wolds after we raised £287 in a raffle at my summer exhibition. The money will fund 28...
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Badgers in Colour
I've started working on a series of paintings of badgers for my Christmas exhibition, which opens on November 14th and runs until November 29th.Well, actually I've been working on the...
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Drawin' Darwin
We're having a Drawin' Darwin day at the gallery on Saturday, October 17th.Happily, we have now secured sponsorship from the quality pencil manufacturer, Derwent, for the art materials. Now all...
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Facebook - I'm on!
Hi there. Thought you'd be interested to know that I've made myself a page on Facebook. If you want to follow my adventures on Facebook too click here. Or log...
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Lean Times
Bring on the rain! Don't know whether I brought the drought with me from the Masai Mara, but after a wet summer we seem to be having a drastically dry...
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Lappet Man
Whilst it is spectacular to see a kill, the aftermath can be just as interesting. The day I watched a lappet-faced vulture take on some 35 rivals, plus a jackal,...
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An Invitation For You...
I've just picked up the invitations to my Christmas Exhibition which opens on November 14th. Click here for your own copy.It was a bumper collection. The latest edition of my...
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Big Draw
The gallery has just hosted a week of Big Draw events. Some 60 school children, including those picture above from Ampleforth College and, below, from Pocklington School attended intensive drawing...
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Badgers in Colour
I've finished the first painting in my new 'badger' series (see above) and have begun the second (see below). I was going to build up the background with layers, but...
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The Painting Bug
Sorry I've been offline for a little while - the thing is I've caught the painting bug. My wife Victoria & baby daughter Lily have been away and its been...
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Wildlife Rocks
I've been frantically sifting through my record collection this week after being invited in to BBC Radio York's Scarborough studios for a 'Desert Island Discs'-style interview. It proved quite hard...
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BBC Radio York interview
Thought you might like to hear my interview on Radio York click here to hear it
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Badgers vs. the world
Well it seems like I've stirred up a bit of a hornet's nest by doing a special focus on badgers. I mean I know Damien Hirst and co are controversial...
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Seals a pupping
I've been so busy getting ready for the Christmas Exhibition this month that I haven't had time to make it over to Donna Nook in Lincolnshire to watch the seals...
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Sneak Preview of Exhibition
My Christmas Exhibition opens on Saturday and these are the new original paintings that will be hanging on the gallery walls. If you would like any more information on any...
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Putting down the paintbrushes
I've only just finished my last painting of a blue tit and can put my paintbrushes down at last - just in time for my Christmas exhibition which opens tomorrow...
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Special Visitors to the Exhibition
Some bullfinches have begun to devour the honeysuckle berries outside my studio window. Isn't this one stunning? If you missed my live interview with Helen Philpot for BBC Radio Humberside...
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Farmstay visits!
We had a party of 53 here yesterday from Farm Stay UK. They were holding their AGM at nearby Life Hill Farm B&B in Sledmere and decided to break up...
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WI Charm
Another group visit to the exhibition yesterday! This time we had 10 members of Sinnington WI. It was great to meet so many people who enjoy my work and so...
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Funny Fungi
We have had such a dry September the fungi is later than usual. But this current bout of wet weather has brought it all out now. I love the colours...
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Mull it over
It's been a busy day in the gallery, inspite of foggy wet weather. (In fact it may have helped!) As well as enjoying the show, visitors have really appreciated a...
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New prints for Christmas
I've published three new limited edition prints of my paintings. They are:'Wren on Hook' Image size: 15 x 30cmClick here for details 'Fox on Lookout'Image size: 45 x 30cmClick here...
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Mist Lifts
I've been flying my new barn owl in the living room. She's still a bit young and has a lot to learn, so at the moment this is probably the...
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Best of Luck to the Blacksmith's Inn
The new owners of the Blacksmith's Inn, formerly the Blacksmith's Arms, in Westow, popped in to the gallery yesterday to buy some prints from me to decorate their newly-refurbished pub.Mark...
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Swan-tastic!
I've sold all three of my new swan paintings. This is great news as they were a departure from my usual style and I wasn't sure how they would go...
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Time to buy your Christmas cards
Don't get caught out with the last minute Christmas postal rush. We have two new Christmas cards this year which should fit the bill:Pheasant PortraitClick here to orderFox on LookoutClick...
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Special Deliveries
My Christmas exhibition is now over and as with the end of every exhibition it leaves me feeling both sad and happy at the same time. There was a really...
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Docking station lures shiest birds
After Kingfishers, I think bullfinches are this country's most colourful bird. But they are such shy birds that in the past I have had trouble getting close enough to photograph...
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And the winner is.....
....Amy Crowther, age 11 of Pocklington School, pictured below.Her painting really was wonderful. It kept catching my eye every time I walked past it and I thought it really deserved...
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Uptown Fox
Painting by Robert E FullerI had a call yesterday from Peter Levy of Radio Humberside wanting to know all about urban foxes after that photograph of a fox walking up...
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A waxwing Christmas
I always think of waxwings at Christmas. They are not resident to the UK, but like Santa they visit us from Scandinavia each winter and tend to hang around shopping...
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Seal Pups Galore!
I didn't get time to go and see the seals pupping in Lincolnishire this November because my Christmas exhibition was so busy. But last week I decided to drive over...
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Snow Beginnings
I took a break over Christmas to be with my family, but the snowfall made me keen to get back to work and I have spent this week out and...
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Christmas Quacker?
I'm thinking of making mallards the subject of one of my Christmas cards next year and so I drove up to Fridaythorpe yesterday to take some pictures on the frozen...
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Red alert for red list birds
The RSPB has warned that the savage wintry weather is the single greatest threat to wildlife this millennium. This week the society launched emergency action to help threatened red list...
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Field frenzy!
I've got loads of fieldfares in the garden at the moment. They're easily tempted in with old apples now that their natural food source is almost depleted in this long...
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Wise Woodpecker!
Whilst the cold snap has brought the birds into our gardens in increasing numbers, it has also brought the predators - among them the ever-controversial sparrowhawk.A fast and single-minded killer,...
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Red Kites Come Home to Roost
I watched 20 to 30 red kites fly in to roost near Nunburnholme the other day. What a magnificent sight! One of the birds had a tag on it so...
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Grigin Farm
I had the opportunity to go to Grigin farm in Mid-Wales last month. Mid-Wales was once home to one of the last remaining red kite populations. There has now been...
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WWT Slimbridge rocks!
This weekend I travelled down to Gloucester. I had a meeting with the curator of Nature in Art Museum in Twigworth. I was really impressed with the collection of wildlife...
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Seen anything otter?
There are three otters in the enclosure at Slimbridge, where the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust (WWT) are working to safeguard the recent return of the species to our waters, and...
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