This film follows the fortunes of a family of tawny owls living in a wild woodland in North Yorkshire, UK. A tail of tawny owl resilience Filmed using cameras hidden...
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Barn owls' Willow & Ghost's first brood 2021 Thanks to cameras hidden inside a barn owl nest, I've followed the secret lives of a barn owl pair named Willow &...
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Bird migration in autumn The bird migration is one of nature's most breath-taking dramas. and you don't need to travel far to see it. In fact, here in Yorkshire, you...
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When lonely male barn owl Ghost met Willow, a female, it seemed like the perfect match! But when their would-be home was taken by kestrels, the pair had to search...
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All six kestrel chicks here at Fotherdale Farm in Yorkshire have hatched, in spite of brutal raids on their nests. Read on to find out more about the fascinating process...
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There are six kestrel eggs nestled together in a kestrel nest in my garden and they are due to hatch any day now. The eggs were laid by Mrs Kes,...
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To learn how barn owls lay their eggs, I follow the lives of a pair of barn owls living in my Yorkshire garden via cameras hidden in their nest. Gylfie...
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The shelves in my art studio are littered with animal skulls, bones, and feathers. I collect these essentially because they help me to understand the underlying form of an animal...
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This new exhibition of paintings was inspired by watching birds build their intricate nests. I used a mix of oil and acrylic paints and applied fine, detailed brushstrokes to make...
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I have begun an ambitious new project to install cameras inside a little owl nest so that I can learn more about the secret life of Britain’s smallest owl. The...
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What is a bird pellet? A bird pellet is a ball of matted fur, bones and skulls regurgitated by a bird. Essentially, it contains anything a bird cannot digest. A...
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Filming Tawny Owls in the Nest Tawny owls are very secretive, so I’ve only managed to persuade them to raise their chicks inside a nest with hidden cameras a handful...
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Waxwings at Christmas Although they are not native birds, I often associate flocks of waxwings with the run up to Christmas. These colourful birds flock in from Scandinavia each year...
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As I paint, I can see pair of courting barn owls on a TV monitor next to my easel. The owls are standing side by side, the feathers of their...
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This is the extraordinary story of an only barn owl chick whose lonely, chequered, life was recorded on cameras hidden inside her nest. Read on for an owl drama that,...
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Hatching & Early Development Like many ‘baby’ birds, barn owlets are naked and ugly after they first hatch. But they quickly develop a very thin covering of down and by...
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Barn owls: the factsThis list of barn owl facts is drawn from a lifetime of watching barn owls for my paintings and tells all you need to know about barn...
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This is the story of a rescued tawny owl chick named Eric and how he is fostered by a family of wild owls.Rehabilitating Eric & Ernie | AugustAlmost Time to...
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This is the story of a family of peregrine falcons living on an industrial site in Hull. Known as the 'Salt End Peregrines', these birds live high on a cooling...
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A new exhibition of my artwork opens today at my gallery in Thixendale. The theme is ‘Natural Treasures’ and is a celebration of Britain’s wildlife heritage through paintings, photography and...
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Last autumn I installed four cameras inside a peregrine falcon nest located at a vast industrial site on the banks of the Humber Estuary in Hull. This meant I could...
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The three barn owl chicks are now flying free and the parent birds are sitting on a new clutch! Read on to watch their first flights. From the beginning: Click here...
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After a worrying start to the season, just one precious tawny owl chick hatched inside my purpose-made Beech Stump nest box. This fluffy owlet was joined by two foster chicks...
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The barn owl chicks are growing up fast. Their fluffy down is giving way to fine, buff-coloured feathers and they are now exploring the nest and even standing at the...
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The female tawny owl is now incubating three eggs. She sits on these eggs alone for 30 days until hatching begins. This year she laid two weeks later than usual...
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The female barn owl is now laying. She is supported by the male who brings regular meals into the box. Barn owls differ from other birds in that they incubate...
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March 2019 UpdateUpdate: Barn Owl Love in the BoxWhat's new on the Barn Owl Nest Camera this MonthThe barn owl courtship is hotting up. The pair are still deciding which...
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March 2019 Update - Will there be eggs?What's Happening this MonthI'm expecting the female tawny owl to lay any day now, but she hasn't been looking well. Read on to...
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Jan & Feb 2019 UpdateUpdate: Barn Owls Find LoveWhat's new on the Barn Owl Nest CameraRead on to follow the story of barn owls as they pair up and find...
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Feb 2019Update - Finding, Digging & Defending A NestWhat's new this monthThe tawny owls are still uncertain where to nest. Read on to see them flit between Beech Stump and...
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Waxwings on Rowan Berries, by Robert E FullerI always associate them with the run up to Christmas, when they arrive to escape the icy winters further north. So when I...
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I've been following the intimate lives of a pair of kestrels living in my garden for more than 10 years and over the years I've come to know them well;...
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I've been following the story of a barn owl pair on my nestcams throughout this breeding season and in this post I plan to tell their story from the moment...
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I've just finished this painting of a short eared owl and it is now on show in my gallery in Thixendale, North Yorkshire. . Birds of prey have alwaysfascinated me,...
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If you've never seen black grouse perform their annual courting ritual, known as a lek, you've really missed a treat. I painted the picture below after spending a week out...
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This week I won 'highly commended' in the 2015 British Wildlife Photography Awards for this photograph of two sparring sparrowhawks. I traveled down to London to collect my award on Wednesday...
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Watch how this brooding barn owl reacts to the unusual meal its mate brought for it. Well, it was mole!!!
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Poor chicks are struggling with too large a morsel mum, tear it up smaller please!
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Each Spring I look forward to the arrival of the swallows to my garden. They usually nest in the front porch of my house. This year they arrived on cue...
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One of this year's young I've been watching the tawny owl chicks mature over the season. They arereaching maturing now and virtually indistinguishable from the adults.The feathers on the backs...
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The five barn owl chicks I have been studying have now all fledged. I have watched these chicks via nest cams from the moment the first egg was laid and...
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The pair of tawny owls that feed in my garden every night have begun to bring their chicks to the bird table and this week I had all eight at...
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I know I should be posting moreon Galapagos and I promise I will but last week the tawny owl chicks got caughtout in the rain and I just had to...
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Earlier this month after undergoing surgery at York hospital, I came round from the general anaesthetic to see two nurses smiling down at me. I questioned them why they’d woken...
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My summer exhibition is now over. The barn owls worked their magic and people flocked to see them. Now it's time for them to take a bow and say good...
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After nearly two days of solid rain, I'm hoping the short-eared owls will be hungry and out hunting today. I have to drive out to Hull to deliver an original...
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The bird life in Samburu was fantastic. These vulturine guinea fowl became iconic - a symbol of the safari I led. They were everywhere and were real characters. Such great fun to watch. I felt...
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