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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Penguins are B B B British!!
Falkland Islanders voted overwhelmingly to remain a UK overseas territory over the weekend which means you won't need a visa to visit the island's fantastic penguin colonies. I painted these...
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Wild Welsh Mountain Goats
During a recent trip to Wales I was struck by how well the goats that roam wild on the slopes of Snowdonia have adapted to the mountainous terrain . These...
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Kestrels clash with Short eared owls in epic battle for survival
This winter's snows have brought extra challenges for the wildlife about us - along with some dramatic wildlife watching opportunities.Determined not to miss out I got up in my warmest...
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Fox Hole in the Snow
I spent the day photographing the snow this week and looking at how the wildlife is coping with the cold when I came across this perfectly round patch of uncovered grass where...
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Short eared owls about?
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 making of a hare painting
It's taken months to finish, measures more than 5ft long and needed its own, bespoke frame (which I built and then painted in a complimentary wash), but by goodness am...
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First weekend of exhibition a success
The first weekend of the exhibition has been a great success. We've had over 600 people through the doors so far. This lady spent ages in my studio, I think she...
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Hegehog Weigh In Attracts a Facebook Hedgehog!!
The hedgehogs I found turned out to be way too small to survive the oncoming winter. This one only weighed 240gs!!! So I'll definitely be looking after them until I can...
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Duck on Ice
I've just finished this painting of two drakes and a duck for my exhibition which runs from November 3-18th. People often ask me how I paint so I decided to...
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Britain's most vulnerable species
After the exotica of Kenya, my attention was brought home to our own endangered species after I found two baby hedgehogs in the garden. They look too small to be able...
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Maneless Lions: Samburu's Unique Wildlife
Many of the animals found in Samburu are unique to this northern region of Kenya - including these mane less lions. It is not known why these mature males do not have...
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Samburu Bird Life
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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Untitled
This is the dining room at Elephant Watch Camp in Samburu - an eco-camp on the banks of the beautiful Ewaso Ngiro run by the wife of the world's most famous...
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Lake Nakuru
Recent heavy rains had watered down the salinity of Lake Nakuru so there weren't as many flamingos as usual when we visited. But there was still plenty to see -...
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Foal-tastic Zebra!
After a week in the Masai Mara my group and I spent a restful few days at a lodge on the shores of Lake Naivasha belonging to the world's foremost authority...
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Lions in the Mara
Lions spend 16 hours a day asleep so it was good to get the chance to photograph some action during the trip I led to the Masai Mara. These...
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Cheetah Perch
The big cats are always the biggest draw on any safari and this cheetah was so accustomed to being the star of the show she even leaped up onto a...
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The World's Greatest Animal Migration
The sheer numbers of wildebeest and zebra that cross Kenya's Masai Mara every year are hard to describe and photograph adequately. We saw hundreds and thousands. They simply cover the vast plains. The...
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The Magic of the Masai Mara
I've just got home from leading a trip to Kenya. I knew things were going to go well when we spotted this leopard on the first day. She had just killed...
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Beautiful Collection of Owl Art Prints
Many of the limited edition owl art prints in this collection feature owls living in my garden. I favour a detailed style to capture the individual character of these magnificent...
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Kes' Brood
This gorgeous trio is half of my resident kestrel's brood. I've been feeding Kes and his mate for years from my bird table and after years of encouragement I've finally persuaded...
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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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House hunting for little owls
When I spotted a pair of little owls inspecting rabbit holes for their nesting potential in Thixendale, I decided to show them some other potential properties. Little owls only use rabbit holes when...
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Gannets at Bempton
The gannets have arrived at Bempton RSPB reserve in huge numbers. The reserve near Flamborough is always a great place to visit and at this time of year it is...
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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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A Mad March Hare
We've all seen lambs racing around in the springtime, or those moments when dogs race round the garden at full pelt. I watched this hare have such a moment. It...
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John Craven interviews me for BBC Countryfile
John Craven visited the gallery today to interview me for BBC Countryfile. It was exciting to meet him, he is such a professional. But the subject matter was gruesome. He...
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Clouds of corn buntings
Hasn't the weather been mild? To think last week the fields were white with snow. And today temperatrues have risen to 15C!My column in the Yorkshire Post on Saturday featured a...
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Any chance of a snow box?
There are days when my wildlife subjects are so utterly disinterested in posing for me!I've had the image in my mind for a while now and I know it will...
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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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Field Fare Frenzy
The garden pond was bustling with bird life as the snow thawed this week. There were bullfinches, goldfinches, black birds, tree sparrows and these rather beautiful field fares. The field fares...
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Painting in the Backgrounds
I spend a lot of time photographing and watching wildlife for my paintings but the backgrounds that I get with each photograph is not always suitable for a painting. So at...
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An area of outstanding beauty?
I was interviewed by Look North last week on whether the Yorkshire Wolds should be designated as an 'area of outstanding natural beauty'. I told them about the wealth of wildlife...
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Mugs wearing my Wildlife images
Do you like my new fine bone china mugs? There are nine in the new range made by the British manufacturers Hudsons of Stoke on Trent. They feature some of my favourite images from best-selling paintings.They...
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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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Pheasants' Un-seasonal Spar
Birds and animals often confuse Autumn with Spring, simply because the days are roughly the same length. But this month has been so mild there have been more than the usual...
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Little Owls on the School Run
As our new baby settles in it's been my job to take on the school run in the morning and I've enjoyed the outings. This morning I spotted a little owl...
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White Rhino Double
I had a sense of deja vu when BBC Wildlife Magazine dropped through the letter box this week. On the front cover was this photograph of a white rhino by...
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A sparrowhawk with a casual hunting technique
I spent a few days watching this a young sparrowhawk feed her chicks and discovered that she had adopted a very casual hunting techniqueShe had taken to raiding wood pigeon...
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Ngoro Ngoro Crater: The Eighth Wonder of the World
The Ngoro Ngoro Crater has been described as the eighth wonder of the world and it really does live up to expectation. So much so that I couldn't quite finish...
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Equipment
I've had quite a few queries about which camera gear to take on a trip like the one I just took to the Masai Mara in Kenya so I've decided...
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Farewell Masai Mara
I took so many photographs in the Masai Mara that if I don't stop posting now I'll go on forever. I wanted to leave you with a few final shots...
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Bird Life
What the big cats and vast herds of the Masai Mara have in stature, the birds make up for in colour and character. These little bee eaters were very entertaining...
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Lion does the catty paddle!
This was the most extraordinary sight we saw during our safari - and it was on our first morning too!Lions detest water so we watched in astonishment when this male...
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Masai Mara's Celebrity Lions
There were one or two TV celebs to see in the Masai Mara too. This is Notch, the pride male that starred in the BBC series Big Cat Diaries. He's...
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Cheetah close up
There is so much to say about our trip to the Masai Mara in Kenya that it will probably take several blogs. We saw cheetah most days. It always amazes...
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