I built a pond, and the wildlife came. Watch this to see the wildlife that visited during the first year of the pond at Ash Wood. No wildlife habitat is...
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Welcome to my stoat cam where I collate the best clips of stoats from the cameras hidden inside and outside nest boxes in my garden. I've been watching stoats in...
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Enjoy the story of what happened with the tawny owls that live in my garden in 2018. Here I have collated the best clips of tawny owls from cameras hidden inside and...
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Welcome to my 'Rare Footage Cam' where I collate the best of my nest cam footage for you in a series of short films. Each year I begin a new...
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The shrill call of a young cuckoo is a sound that I don’t hear that often but when I do I recognise it immediately. It has long been an ambition...
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Why is your mum special to you? Is she a great cook? The perfect dining companion? Or someone you're always happy to share a cuppa with? Take a look at my...
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Bandita the White Stoat in my GardenMeet Bandita, the white stoat who has been capturing hearts on social media and in the news. As a band of snow accompanied by...
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Robin makes nest in my storm lanternOne spring I hung an old storm lantern over my back door and by the end of the day a robin had begun building...
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Over the years, I have put up nearly 200 nest boxes for owls and kestrels and I have found some designs to be more successful than others. Attracting a tawny...
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Courting Roe Deer, by Robert E FullerOf the six species of deer resident in Britain, roe deer are my favourite. They move with an elegance which makes them an irresistible...
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The very best Christmas present I got this year was a white stoat appearing in my garden. For most of the year and throughout most of the British Isles, stoats...
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https://youtu.be/L8hPO7FGfFcWhilst I was busy painting for my Christmas exhibition last October, I began to hear news of huge flocks of hawfinches arriving in the UK. As more and more sightings...
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https://youtu.be/gPfO2punh_cA rare invasion of hawfinches from Eastern Europe to Yorkshire in 2017 had bird watchers like me all of a 'twitter' this winter. The colony of more than 100 of...
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Red squirrels are an increasingly rare sight in England. Their decline is mainly due to a deadly pox carried by grey squirrels. But the loss of conifer woodland across the country...
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A rare, living elm treeOn the wooded slope of a valley that sweeps away from my home and gallery in Thixendale, grows one of England’s rarest species: a magnificent old...
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As I look back at the pictures I've painted in 2017, I'm reminded of all the adventures I've had out watching wildlife this year. It's been incredible. My personal highlight...
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Woodpecker and Chick, painting by Robert E Fuller.Woodpeckers usually nest either in dark woodland or high up in the trees where they are difficult to photograph. But a few years...
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Covey of Partridges in Snow, limited edition print. Click to buyAs the snow fell last week I was reminded of one winter morning in similar December snows. I had woken...
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Everybody has a favourite bird or animal. Some adore creatures from the English countryside: squirrels, hares, hedgehogs, badgers. Others are wild about animals from distant shores: zebras, lions, tigers. Whether your...
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I have an enormous old tree stump that I hoisted many years ago into the branches of a sycamore tree outside my living room window in the hope of attracting...
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I am currently exhibiting a new collection of paintings of wildlife in winter and I thought I would share with you the photographic and video research that went into this...
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UPDATE: This post was written after heavy snows in 2011. Since then the farmer next door to my gallery has also planted a very successful conservation strip. Read the following...
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I'm all set for my latest exhibition which opens at my gallery in Thixendale on Saturday. I thought I'd share my very latest original paintings with those of my followers...
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It's been a busy day in my gallery in Thixendale today. My team and I have been hanging all the new paintings for my exhibition and putting up the decorations....
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The breeding season is over for our garden birds and you would think that they would be able to take a well-earned rest. Instead, they are as busy as ever...
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I am constantly on the look out for new subjects to paint and I have designed my garden to ensure I attract as many birds and mammals here in order...
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Follow a single-track road as it drops into a deep fold of the Yorkshire Wolds landscape and you will, eventually, reach my home and gallery. Dedicated exclusively to my artwork,...
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I met my wife Victoria when I was 20 and she was just 17. Six years later in June 1998, we moved to Fotherdale Farm, a house high on the...
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I have designed the garden at Fotherdale specifically to attract wildlife and many of my paintings are portraits of the wild creatures that now regularly visit it. Designing a garden for...
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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 endured the icy winds of Antarctica in order to photograph wildlife for my paintings. But nothing in that cold climate compares to my ordeal of watching courting hares on...
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Paintings inspired by hares in snowI spent days following a group of hares through knee-high snow drifts and my sightings inspired a flurry of new paintings. This is the story...
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This painting of a fox mousing in the snow forms part of a new collection of wildlife in winter on show at my gallery until November 26th. For more information...
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I still have some paintings to finish off for my exhibition, which opens on November 4th and runs until 26th. I work mainly in oils and it is necessary to...
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The invitations to my exhibition have just arrived back from the printers. I'm really pleased with them. Now to deliver them to my wonderful customers!The event is gearing up to...
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When I set off to Australia for a family holiday this summer, I was sure I would return with plenty of photographs of kangaroos and wallabies. But these creatures aren’t...
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I've been very busy gearing up for my Christmas exhibition, which runs at my gallery in Thixendale, North Yorkshire, between November 4th-26th. This year I'm planning to show a new collection...
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Squirrel of Formby, painted by Robert E FullerOn a trip to Anglesey a few years ago I was lucky enough to see a thriving colony of red squirrels and even...
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I’ve just returned from a family holiday in Australia where I was lucky enough to visit the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral reef system. And although I was...
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Foxes have suffered a poor press throughout history and often the loudest complaints seem to come from people living in towns and cities where population densities mean tensions get high. Occasionally...
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Bullfinch on Apple Blossom, by Robert E FullerThis weekend birdwatchers and novices alike will flock to Spurn Point for the Migration Festival. This weekend-long event, which includes talks and guided walks,...
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The Great British countryside is an endless source of inspiration and delight whether it be for artists, thrill seekers or simply lovers of the diverse wildlife that lives and thrives...
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The story of how I helped pop a juvenile peregrine back onto the medieval parapets of York Minster last month is in the Yorkshire Post today. I've copied it below...
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Followers of my blog will know how I have installed cameras in custom-made nest boxes throughout my garden and the countryside beyond so that I can follow the individual stories...
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I’ve been watching a family of wild weasels in my garden for two years, monitoring their lives closely via surveillance cameras hidden in the shrubbery. It’s been fascinating following their...
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I often get asked by visitors to my gallery how the barn owls are doing locally. This year I’ve enjoyed being able to reply that they are faring really well....
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A pair of peregrines have been resident on the ramparts of York Minster for many years now and I have painted the pair and photographed them too. In 2016 the pair...
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Today is World Snake Day and I thought I'd share some paintings from my archives with you in celebration. I have spent many hours watching and sketching grass snakes, which...
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My trip to the Galapagos Islands in 2014 inspired a new range of paintings, pictured above. I was so overwhelmed by the experience I wasn't able to put my paintbrushes...
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Visitors to my gallery often like to get out and enjoy the stunning scenery whilst they are here. Sometimes they head out to see if they can see the wild...
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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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