Badger's unlikely lodgers
Whilst examing a badger sett looking for signs of occupancy recently, I stumbled across a fox den. The vixen was using part of the sett for her cubs and when...
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Tawny Chicks Loving their Arty Nest Box
These sweet tawny chicks fledged last week from a nest box made from an old sycamore stump. I hoisted the stump, which I've used before for a family of kestrels,...
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Roe Doe at Longdale
I keep seeing this roe doe near the gallery here at Fotherdale. I think she has a fawn stashed somewhere close by. The cold weather we had in April means...
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Power line tragedy
The dangers of power lines was brought home to me with a jolt last week when I found one of the tawny owls that I often paint had been electrified on the...
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Swan Special
Some days things just don't go to plan and I find I have to make the best of things. The other day I set out to Wakefield after some visitors...
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Photographing Swans for Paintings
I came across these swans on the formal lake at Foutains Abbey near Ripon whilst on a family day out last week. I couldn't resist photographing them. Swans are relatively...
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Badger Baiters are sent to prison
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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Short Eared Owls by the Humber
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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Roe Buck
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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Badger Cubs
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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Seal-tastic
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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Snow Fun for Barn Owls
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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Spurn Point
Spurn Point is a great place to see winter migrants coming in. The unique shape of this spit of land means the birds don't disperse as quickly as they would...
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Studley Royal
I had a day out in Studley Royal Deer Park at Fountain's Abbey near Ripon on Sunday. I know it's not the Highlands of Scotland, but with a busy schedule...
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Swallow Summer
During my exhibition a lot of visitors said they had seen less swallows this year nesting in their buildings. I photographed these newly fledged chicks being fed by their parents...
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Barn Owl Sighting
The owl safaris were such an inspiration that I spent some time afterwards getting photographs of all the wildlife we had seen.This was the barn owl that we saw hunting...
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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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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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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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