Swans- a-swimming
I've just finished these two in time for the Christmas Exhibition. Don't know how they'll go down, they're a little different to my usual painting style.
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Barn Owl is Back
Barn Owl on Fencepost, oil painting The wild barn owl that I feed from my garden bird table is back at last. He disappeared over the summer after the tawny...
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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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Sparrowhawk Spoil
In preparation for the Big RSPB Garden Bird Watch at the weekend, I moved all my bird feeders - I have several so that I can watch the birds from...
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Robin Territorial
Robins are viciously territorial, but one year a robin in my garden took on a competitor he couldn't compete with - his own reflection in my car window. To read...
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Barn Owl Beauty
I've been watching this barn owl in Millington pastures recently and this week captured it just as it came in to land.It's been having a bit of a time of...
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Pied Flycatchers
These pied flycatchers have been nesting in an old woodpecker hole.I managed to get a shot of the male displaying to the female as she was collecting nesting material.
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Tawny Owl's Visit
Tawny owls have been feeding from a bird table outside my kitchen window for four years and this year is the second year they have brought all their chicks along...
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Pick a fight with a penguin?
I'm delighted to hear that this photograph of mine is appearing in the Times, the Sun & the Daily Mail today.It captures the moment when a giant elephant seal met...
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Sparrowhawk trap
This trap on Spurn Point is used by the British Trust of Ornithology to catch and ring birds for migration studies. But a local sparrowhawk had better ideas for its...
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Tawny Owl Injured
I photographed this tawny owl roosting in its hole on Millington Pastures. It often sits there - a dusting of snow made the picture.As I drove on I spotted another...
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Barn Owl Hope
Pleased to see that the press have picked up on my concerns about barn owls on the Wolds and they are getting the message out there. Today Radio York visited,...
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Barn Owls make TV Headlines
My barn owls were on TV today. Look North (North East and Cumbria) featured the barn owl crisis on its lunch time news.North Yorkshire correspondent Peter Lugg came to the...
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Tawny Owl in Flight
I've started to experiment with a stroboscopic flash recently. It fires off a rapid series of flashes so that you can record multiple images of a moving subject in a...
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Short Eared Owl Watch
Did you know that owls with yellow eyes hunt during the day? My column in the Gazette & Herald this week is all about the day I watched five short...
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Sparrowhawks: Love or Hate?
Love them or hate them, you have to admire sparrowhawks for their lightening speed and superior skill as hunters. I've been studying one for a painting and I have mixed...
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Barn Owl Chicks Hatch
Two of the barn owl chicks have hatched! These tiny owlets are vital to the recovery of barn owls here on the Yorkshire Wolds and I am continuing to monitor...
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Film | Three tiny little owl chicks hatch | Discover wildlife
Three, tiny and very noisy little owls have hatched! Listen to their loud cheeps and watch their first moments. Little owls Little owls are the UK's smallest owls. An adult...
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Film | Barn owl chicks keeping cool in heatwave | Gylfie & Dryer
Barn owl chicks Lucky & Uno have several tactics to help them cool off in the summer heat. Watch them open their beaks and draw in cool air (a technique...
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Film | Young barn owls: Life beyond the nest | Gylfie & Dryer
Barn owls Storm, Cloud, and Thunder have fledged from the nest, and I have the opportunity to follow their progress over the next few months as they find their way...
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Film | Barn owl sounds & what each call means | Discover wildlife
Nicknamed 'screech owl', the barn owl's call is a haunting, high-pitched scream that pierces the night sky. Identifying owl sounds Barn owls make a high-pitched screeching sound, very different to...
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Film | Lucky barn owl adopted by wild owls | Gylfie & Dryer
Meet Lucky, a rescued barn owl chick now adopted by Gylfie. Lucky's Story This barn owl chick is the only survivor from a brood of five living in a wild...
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Film | Kestrel mum stops chick fighting over worm | Apollo & Athena
Watch kestrel mum Athena intervene when her chicks start squabbling in a tug of war over a worm!
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Film | Tawny owls raising own chicks find room for more | Full story | Bomber & Luna
After two years of failed eggs, tawny owls Luna & Bomber finally had two chicks of their own, but this didn't stop them also taking four extra rescues. Bomber &...
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Film | Memories from the swan nest | Discover wildlife
Sharing my favourite memories from the swan nest in 2024. Cygnets lost Sadly all seven cygnets were predated by common buzzards (Buteo, buteo) and lived for just two and a...
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Film | Barn owl bachelor finally starts a family | Orion & Poppy
Just when it seemed like Orion the barn owl was never going to settle down, he finds a new mate and is already celebrating his first barn owl egg! Barn...
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Film | Tawny owl chicks weather the storm | Luna & Bomber
Bomber & Luna's chicks have all fledged the nest, having entered the 'branching phase'. Watch as they navigate the windy weather as they learn to hop, walk and fly between...
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Film | Kestrel chicks' first wing flaps | Apollo & Athena
All six kestrel chicks are now just over two weeks old and discovering their wings! As they start to stretch out and flap, it suddenly seems very crowded in the...
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Film | Barn owl sounds & what each call means | Discover wildlife
Nicknamed 'screech owl', the barn owl's call is a haunting, high-pitched scream that pierces the night sky. Identifying owl sounds Barn owls make a high-pitched screeching sound, very different to...
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Film | Swan reveals 7 tiny cygnets | 4K | Discover wildlife
It's been a busy time for the swan family I follow. Over the weekend, 7 baby swans - known as cygnets - hatched out. 3 of the eggs failed to...
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Film | Swan cygnets hatching from eggs - amazing close up view | Discover wildlife
Watch the very first swan cygnet hatch out and see how mum turns the eggs as they to begin to crack open.
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Film | All six kestrel chicks hatch | Apollo & Athena
After a month of incubation, Athena the kestrel now has six chicks. Watch them arrive one by one - for a moment there it seemed like chick number 5 wasn't...
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Film | Kestrel chicks first moments | Athena & Apollo
Athena and Apollo's kestrel chicks are less than a week old. Their eyes are only just beginning to open and they instinctively call for food whenever their parents are around....
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Film | Wild tawny owl family welcome 4 foster chicks | Luna & Bomber
Tawny owls Bomber & Luna raise four rescued owlets alongside their own two chicks. Foster owl family Tawny owls Luna & Bomber are used to fostering chicks, so when I...
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Film | Kestrel narrowly avoids red kite | Discover wildlife
Thankfully Apollo the kestrel has his wits about him and manages to flee before this red kite swoops in. This male kestrel has a nest at Ashwood, but recently he's...
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Film | Kestrel recovers from serious illness | Apollo & Athena | Wild lives
Good news! Dare I say it... Athena is on the mend! I'm not sure what infection she had, and I guess we will never know - but she seems to...
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Film | Tawny owl's first flight | Luna & Bomber
The first of tawny owls' Bomber & Luna's chicks has fledged. Watch its first, short flight here. Tawny owl chicks are notoriously adventurous and often leave the nest before their...
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Film | Mute swan pair on 10 eggs | Discover wildlife
The swan pair now have a clutch of 10 eggs. Watch as the male settles down to incubate.Mute swans are the most common of swan species here on mainland Britain...
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Film | Tender barn owl moment after egg laid | Gylfie & Dryer
Gylfie the barn owl laid her first egg of 2024 on April 21. Watch her partner Dryer preen her lovingly as she settled down to brood after laying. Gylfie &...
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Film | Kestrel lays clutch of six eggs | Apollo & Athena
Athena the kestrel now has six eggs. Watch as she lays them one by one and don't miss the moment her proud partner Apollo arrives to help out with incubating....
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Film | Kestrel lays 2nd egg & calls out to partner to help incubate | Apollo & Athena
Moments after Athena the kestrel lays a second egg, she calls out to Apollo to come & take his turn at incubating. Kestrel pair- Apollo and Athena Relations between Apollo...
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Film | Mute swan pair welcome 2 eggs | Discover wildlife
This Mute Swan pair now have two eggs, having returned to the same nest they used last year. Laid on the 2nd and 4th of April. The female will now...
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Film | Barn owl stakes nest claim | Discover wildlife
Shortly after this new barn owl was spotted courting a female in Ash Wood, he began scraping out a potential hollow for eggs in my Ash Tree nest box. This...
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Film | Kestrels are mostly monogamous, except when they're not | Jenny & Apollo
When I spotted Jenny the kestrel with a new male I was excited to find out his identity. The truth is a little more complicated than I expected. Jenny the...
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Film | Barn owls sweet courtship
This new barn owl pair spotted 'beaking' in Ash Tree at Ash Wood seem very devoted! Although it would be great if they settle in this nest box, there could...
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Film | Tawny owl mum welcomes 3rd chick | Luna & Bomber
Luna the tawny owl is now the proud mum of three chicks. Watch her patiently feed her young brood. Luna's third chick hatched on April 2nd and is four days...
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Film | Kestrel mates with new male | Jenny
My cameras capture the moment Jenny the kestrel (our resident female here at Fotherdale) was mated. Despite initially spotting Jenny with Apollo from Ash Wood, this footage shows that Jenny's...
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Film | Tawny owl eats a rat | Luna & Bomber
Tawny owls Luna & Bomber's chicks are due to hatch any day and Luna needs to keep up her energy levels up. Watch her gulp down a rat delivered by...
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Film | Tawny owl's egg is cracked and how it happened | Luna & Bomber
This week, I found out that one of tawny owl Luna's eggs was damaged. Now I've found out how it happened. Luna's eggs are a week away from hatching, but...
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Film | Barn owl chicks' develop extraordinary bond | Gylfe & Dryer
This is the story of how three barn owl chicks are so well cared for, they put aside usual sibling rivalry and develop an extraordinary bond. Barn owls Thunder, Storm...
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