Robert E Fuller: In my own words | Early life
Early years I was born in 1972, and moved at the age of two to Great Givendale in East Yorkshire, not far from where I still live today. My father,...
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Robert E Fuller: In my own words | Early life
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Black Grouse Lek
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 in...
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Hedgehog Rescue. Saving Nature
I like to think there is a reciprocal relationship between my conservation work and my paintings – I do a creature a good turn and it helps me out by...
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Wild Barn Owl Mum Takes on Foundlings
I have discovered that the instinct to nurture and protect young is so fiercely ingrained in birds of prey that it is possible to get them to act as surrogate...
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Art to Save Nature
A report published by World Wildlife Fund last month claimed that 52% of the world's animals have vanished. It followed research earlier in the year that claimed thecumulative effects of...
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Do One Thing to Save Nature
Our wildlife is in trouble. My Christmas exhibition, which runs at my gallery in Thixendale, North Yorkshire, from November 7-29th, is aimed at raising awareness for endangered species through art. ...
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Art for Nature: National Badger Day Paintings
Today is National Badger Day and so I thought I would share my paintings and my passion for these gentle creatures in the hope that I can convince people that...
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A Black Fox
I’ve always got an ear to the ground for interestingwildlife sightings. So when I had a call from a customer saying he had seen ajet-black fox near his flat, my...
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Warrior Fashion
I've really enjoyed watching BBC2's new series on elephant expert Saba Douglas Hamilton's safari camp in Kenya - especially after noticing in last week's episode that the warriors were wearing...
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Sparring Sparrowhawks win Top Photography Award
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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Robert E Fuller: Weasel: I just can't stop itching
The weasel kits continue to entertain me outside my kitchen window. This one is indulging in a really good scratch! If you've been following this blog you will know that...
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Robert E Fuller: Weasel kits in my back garden
I've built the weasels a dry stone wall to play in!
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Robert E Fuller: Rare Footage of Weasels Moving their Kits in my Back ga...
Since the weasel's kits were born she has moved them at least three times. She literally picks up each of the seven kits and carries them one by one to...
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Kestrel tug of war
My nest cams offer me a window on to the hidden world of growing chicks and its been such fun to watch their most intimate moments: messy meals, sibling rivalry...
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Weasel kits on film
The weasel I have been watching in the garden has had seven kits and this week she moved them into my purpose built nesting chamber which means I can now...
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Strange food cravings. A Barn owl struggles to eat mole
Watch how this brooding barn owl reacts to the unusual meal its mate brought for it. Well, it was mole!!!
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A bit of favouritism in this kestrel family
Watch how one chick seems to get all the grub!!! Is it favouritism or is this one a survivor?
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Kestrel chicks too big to brood?
The chicks seem a little big to brood now, but this kestrel mum is determined to do her duty. Trouble is she can barely fit onto them!!
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Stunt Stoat's TV Debut
Did you catch my stunt stoat on BBC's The One Show this week? Presenter Mike Dilger described it as the only performing stoat in the world!!!Click on the link to...
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Barn Owl feeding Chicks: It's too big!
Poor chicks are struggling with too large a morsel mum, tear it up smaller please!
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Weasel in my garden
Take a look at this weasel I photographed in my garden!!! Weasels are incredibly difficult to watch in the wild, but I've got this one posing for me in front...
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A new way to rehabilitate orphaned tawny owl chicks
I've set up a bit of a new idea of rehabilitating tawny owl chicks that are found either abandoned/ orphaned or mistakenly picked up by passers by. I've tried putting...
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Peregrines on York Minster
Mr Peregrine, painted by Robert E FullerI don’t really frequent cities that much and usually only venture in to York once a year. But whilst preparing for a talk on...
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Yay! Mrs Kestrel has laid her 5th egg
After an epic battle with a barn owl for possession of a nest box, the kestrel pair I have been watching moved off to a nearby nest box I fashioned...
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How Tawny Owls Make Excellent Foster Parents
Tawny owls make excellent parents. So caring in fact, I've found they will even take on foster-chicks. Last year I put this nurturing instinct to the test by giving a...
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Blue tit raids wren nest
Caught on camera!!! We see you!! This cheeky blue tit was caught red handed stealing moss from a wren's nest then taking it back to line its own nest box!Watch...
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Watch this wild weasel as it builds a nest in the garden
The CCTV cameras in my garden are working a treat! Yesterday I captured this wild weasel as she made a nest!I first spotted her in the garden a few months...
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Nest Cams Reveal Brutal Bird Battle
My nest cams are so popular I've decided to extend my Easter Nest exhibition so that visitors to my gallery in North Yorkshire can watch as the eggs hatch and...
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Easter Eggs and Nests
As spring approaches it’s tempting to tackle the cobwebs that have knotted up the corners of the greenhouse, but I like to leave them for the long-tailed tits. These beautiful...
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Nesting Season
The birds at Fotherdale have been very busy looking for nest sites. I was a little alarmed when this robin decided it fancied the tyre on the back of the Landcruiser. Whilst...
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Learning to listen to nature
As spring gets underway, the birdsong in my garden has ratcheted up a notch or two and the noise got me thinking about how I watch wildlife and the techniques...
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RSPB Leighton Moss under ice
Recently I visited one of the country’s most importantwetland reserves run by the RSPB at Leighton Moss. I arrived shortly after dawn and watched the sun come up.Most of water...
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White Stoat Capture
I've managed to get a better picture of the white stoat I've been watching. It is still very elusive though and recently sightings have been particularly unreliable because buzzards, crows...
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Stoat Agility Course in Action!
Here it is! My stoat agility course in action. If you remember from my last blog I've only just finished making it and the stoats have made barely stopped in...
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Red Squirrel Watch
I've been watching an endearing colony of red squirrels in the Dales.Wildlife photographer Simon Phillpott has been feeding these indigenous squirrels near Hawes for some years now and they have...
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Stoat Assault Course
Exactly three days before the snow fall last week, I spotted this white stoat hunting in the valley opposite.I watched it hunting and then put out food and set up...
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Stalking a red stag with a camera
Red stags are truly magnificent beasts and can be seen quite readily in Scotland. But to get up close you need to be prepared to really get down on your...
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Watch the Birdie
This weekend is the RSPB annual Garden Birdwatch where everybody can get involved in a nationwide count of Britain's garden bird species. It's great fun and something I always make...
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Coaxing Wild Buzzards to Pose for their Portraits
When planning a painting of a buzzard, I spent some time photographing a pair in detail. Scroll down to see the final painting this experience inspired.I'm often asked how long...
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Hoping for stoat kits in the garden this spring
Do you remember the female stoat that moved in to the garden in the autumn? She seems to have attracted a male now and I've seen them together in the...
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Why Barn Owls are better parents than Tawny Owls
Happy New Year everyone. I’ve been mainly watching this pair of barn owls and their chicks between Christmas and New Year. It has made me think about how they treat...
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Painting Peregrines in the City
I've been putting the finishing touches to this acrylic study of a peregrine falcon this week. I was inspired to pick up my paintbrushes after watching a pair of peregrines...
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City Wildlife
I am currently exhibiting a new collection of paintings of wildlife in Yorkshire and after claiming that this county is teaming with incredible species I was challenged by Radio York...
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Fotherdale's Fantastic Breeding Season
I'm just getting ready for my new exhibition all about the wealth of wildlife to be found in Yorkshire and I've been looking back at the remarkable breeding season we've...
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Wild About Yorkshire
I'm busy finishing a new collection of paintings of Yorkshire wildlife for my latest exhibition, which opens on November 8th. The event, which I've titled 'My Yorkshire', will be a...
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