Watch this incredible recording of a mute swan as she lays a new clutch of eggs this spring. I’ve been following this pair of mute swans for three years now,...
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Phew! The first weekend of the exhibition has been a busy one. Luckily there were no hiccups and everything went as planned. The falconry display was a big hit with...
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It's been a dry Spring and all the conditions have been right for a successful breeding season for our birds. But yesterday I was reminded of the daily trials they...
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Tension has been mounting between the two kestrels that feed from my bird table. Kes One has been a regular at the table up until a year ago. But after...
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The beer arrived today ready to serve to visitors to the exhibition on Father's Day on Sunday. I've joined up with Wold Top Brewery, which brews a fine, low alcohol...
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Goldfinch on Thistle, by Robert FullerJust spotted a charm of up to 50 goldfinches all feeding on a patch of groundsel in a field margin at the bottom of my...
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The falconry displays in the car park outside the gallery have been a real hit with visitors. Run by Minster Falconry, there is a barn owl, Rock Eagle Owl, Saker...
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I put down my pallette yesterday to pull pints in the gallery for Father's Day! It was quite a hoot actually. (Once I'd mastered pulling the perfect pint that is..)...
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On a walk this morning I saw a Corn Bunting singing his socks off on the top of a hawthorn tree. His song is a bit like a yellow hammer's...
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So far the exhibition has been a great success. I have sold seven out of the eight new original pictures that I painted especially for the exhibition and every day...
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A few blogs ago you may remember that the male tawny owl that visits my bird table each night had acquired a serious injury to his eye. Just to let...
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I had an interesting comment about the difference between the song of the corn bunting and the yellowhammer. This chap's Beverley cornbunting had got a bit mixed up! See the...
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It's always interesting at an exhibition to see which original painting causes the biggest stir. I was surprised to see that it was this one of a Sparrowhawk and Woodpecker....
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It's the last day of my exhibition today and I'm really pleased how it's gone. We've had nearly 3000 visitors to this remote spot on the Yorkshire Wolds and it's...
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You'll remember the tale about my poor male tawny owl's eye. See below. Well no need to worry as three new models appeared on the boundary of my garden last...
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This is the view that David Hockney chose to paint of the Wolds & guess who's house is featured on it... mine!! BBC did a documentary on him painting the...
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I was delighted to meet George Till, who is 8, at my gallery. He's been following my work closely and is a big fan of my owl paintings! George had...
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A friend of mine works as a researcher for the Central Science Laboratory in Sand Hutton. She is currently working on a project tracking the movements of wild boards in...
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This year I used my exhibition to raise funds for a new conservation project that I'm planning. Nest Boxes on the Wolds will involve building and putting up nesting boxes...
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I'm always keen to hear about which animal or bird people would like me to paint next.This summer, during my exhibition, I thought I'd ask. I printed a questionnaire onto...
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The family of tawny owls that feed from my garden bird table each night are growing up quickly.I have learned a lot about how devoted parent tawny owls can be...
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The government has launched a new Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) which is to be based at the Central Science Laboratory here in Yorkshire.To mark the new facility, the...
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This week I saw a kestrel hovering over a patch of long grass on a roadside verge that, until this year, was kept cropped. It was heartening to see. This...
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Our natural instincts tend to be utterly reliable. But every so often they can drive us to do astonishing things.Take the kestrel I watched feed its greatest rival the other...
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Apparently my paintbrushes are charmed!I gave a set of them to a visitor to one of my exhibitions two years ago after she expressed an interest in what type of...
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As I was watching a partridge dusting in a shallow bowl it had dug for itself in the garden this morning, a group of sparrows suddently flew in and began...
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My daughter Lily was one last week. So this week Lily and my wife, Victoria, have been painting the thank you cards. I advised Lily that she was best doing...
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My bees are heading to the North Yorkshire Moors next weekend to (hopefully) make me some heather honey. So this weekend I have been getting ready for their departure. They've...
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Recently a customer of mine sent me a photograph of leverets suckling when they were almost the same size as the doe. Usually leverets are weaned after about four weeks....
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I have been watching wrens in my porch this summer. I kept seeing them bringing in a large grub-like insect that I did not recognise.Then the wren disappeared into a...
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I've had a few unusual sighting this week. First I spotted a common lizard running across the road just down the road from my house - I've never seen a...
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Kermit the Kestrel returned to Fotherdale after a month to be released in the wild. Jean Thorpe has been looking after him and has done a great job keeping him...
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I've put together a calendar of my paintings with the excellent charity WWF this year. I'm really pleased with the way that the calendar has turned out & I was...
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I've got a pet owl called Fern. He's been in flying training the last few weeks & is doing great. He loves to fly about over the Wolds. (Especially when...
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Sorry I've been a bit quiet on the blog front of late. The reason is that I'm IN THE MASAI MARA! It's one of my favourite places in the world...
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Whilst Robert's away he's asked me to keep you abreast of gallery news. So as he stalks lions across the savannah, I've been in bonny Birmingham running a trade stall...
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Bit of a shock to learn on my return from Kenya that one of my places to photograph wildlife has been turned into a golfing range.The NEC in Birmingham is...
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Now's the time to look out for osprey. These magnificent birds often stop off at lakes or ponds in this area as they make the 3,600 mile journey to West...
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I have been busy putting up nest boxes on farmland across the Yorkshrie Wolds after we raised £287 in a raffle at my summer exhibition. The money will fund 28...
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I've started working on a series of paintings of badgers for my Christmas exhibition, which opens on November 14th and runs until November 29th.Well, actually I've been working on the...
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We're having a Drawin' Darwin day at the gallery on Saturday, October 17th.Happily, we have now secured sponsorship from the quality pencil manufacturer, Derwent, for the art materials. Now all...
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Hi there. Thought you'd be interested to know that I've made myself a page on Facebook. If you want to follow my adventures on Facebook too click here. Or log...
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Bring on the rain! Don't know whether I brought the drought with me from the Masai Mara, but after a wet summer we seem to be having a drastically dry...
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Whilst it is spectacular to see a kill, the aftermath can be just as interesting. The day I watched a lappet-faced vulture take on some 35 rivals, plus a jackal,...
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I've just picked up the invitations to my Christmas Exhibition which opens on November 14th. Click here for your own copy.It was a bumper collection. The latest edition of my...
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The gallery has just hosted a week of Big Draw events. Some 60 school children, including those picture above from Ampleforth College and, below, from Pocklington School attended intensive drawing...
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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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I've finished the first painting in my new 'badger' series (see above) and have begun the second (see below). I was going to build up the background with layers, but...
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Sorry I've been offline for a little while - the thing is I've caught the painting bug. My wife Victoria & baby daughter Lily have been away and its been...
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I've been frantically sifting through my record collection this week after being invited in to BBC Radio York's Scarborough studios for a 'Desert Island Discs'-style interview. It proved quite hard...
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Thought you might like to hear my interview on Radio York click here to hear it
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