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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Partridges
I've just finished this oil painting of a covey of partridges in snow. It will be exhibited in a special focus on game birds that I am preparing for my...
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Gearing up for Exhibition
I've been working on several paintings at once as I gear up for my Christmas exhibition. It runs from November 13th - 28th. Whilst that seems a long way off,...
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Peregrine Perfect
There's to be a focus on beautiful British game birds at my Christmas exhibition in November and although this peregrine falcon is by no means a game bird I've decided...
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Wren return
I have a new wren roosting in my back porch! The two that raised their brood last summer disappeared over the winter and I had missed them. It's nice to...
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Heather Honey
I took my bee hive up to feed on the heather on the North Yorkshire Moors this autumn. It makes a good setting for a family picnic when I need...
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Welsh Caps
The bespoke framing service is really kicking off. This week we had an international footballer in asking us to frame some of his Welsh caps! Graham Moore played for Wales...
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Pick a fight with a penguin?
I'm delighted to hear that this photograph of mine is appearing in the Times, the Sun & the Daily Mail today.It captures the moment when a giant elephant seal met...
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Open Invitation
I'd like to invite you all to my Christmas exhibition which opens on November 13th and runs until November 28th. I'll be unveiling a new collection of paintings of game...
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Book Now!
I have a fantastic line-up of speakers appearing at my Christmas Exhibition and the best thing about them is they are all local.Places are going fast so please do book...
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Hot off the Press
Be the first to read my newsletter when you click here and read all the latest gallery news.There is an indepth article about my recent trip to Namibia as well...
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Migration Magic
How would you like to join me on a safari to see the world's greatest animal migration next year ? Wildlife photogrpaher Daryl Balfour and I are going to guide...
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Sparrowhawk trap
This trap on Spurn Point is used by the British Trust of Ornithology to catch and ring birds for migration studies. But a local sparrowhawk had better ideas for its...
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Roe Deer at Spurn Point
Spurn Point really was magnificent. This lighthouse is just near the tip of the point. There was even a healthy population of roe deer on this narrow strip of land....
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Green Woodpecker
People often ask me how long it takes me to paint a picture, from start to finish, and I find it a difficult question to answer. This painting, for instance,...
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Sneak Digital Preview of My New Paintings
This is the front cover of a new digital book featuring all of my new original oil paintings. If you would like a sneak preview please click here.
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Lily Spots a Sparrowhawk
My two-year-old daughter Lily is getting quite adept at spotting wildlife. The other day she picked out a sparrowhawk before I did.Although she didn't identify it correctly, I was impressed.She...
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Finishing Touches
I've been hanging my new original oil paintings today in preparation for the Christmas Exhibition which opens the day after tomorrow.There's quite a trick to getting them looking right on...
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Waxwings
I've been out photographing waxwings this week and I have some cracking photographs. This is just one of them, but the best are still in my camera. I'm too busy...
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Game's On
My Christmas exhibition opened this morning with all the usual flurry of activity. The theme of the exhibition is game birds and my latest painting of a partridge covey seems...
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Exhibition Walks and Talks a Great Success!
So far the exhibition has been a great success. We had more than 1,000 visitors during the opening weekend and today a group of 30 from Pocklington U3A. The birdwatching...
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Zoo Vet
Zoo vet Matt Brash gave a fascinating speech to our audience last night.This TV vet's talk on how he cares for some of the world's most dangerous animals was both...
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Talk cancelled due to snow
The snow looks very picturesque, but unfortunately it has meant I've had to cancel my talk on the migration in Kenya's Masai Mara tonight. Although the drifts are nothing like...
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Tawny Owl Injured
I photographed this tawny owl roosting in its hole on Millington Pastures. It often sits there - a dusting of snow made the picture.As I drove on I spotted another...
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Stoat's White Winter Coat Now Out of Place
I photographed this stoat in ermine over Christmas, he was almost completely white except for his face. It's been a long time since I've seen a white stoat in this...
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Winter Wipe-Out of Barn Owls
The Wolds barn owl population faces disaster if we get another cold spell this winter. As a member of the Wolds Barn Owl Group, I have put up 130 nest...
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Barn Owl Hope
Pleased to see that the press have picked up on my concerns about barn owls on the Wolds and they are getting the message out there. Today Radio York visited,...
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Stop the plan to sell off our forests
The news this week that the government plans to sell off publicly owned forests is very alarming.Red squirrels are already struggling and so much of our threatened wildlife depends on...
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Barn Owls make TV Headlines
My barn owls were on TV today. Look North (North East and Cumbria) featured the barn owl crisis on its lunch time news.North Yorkshire correspondent Peter Lugg came to the...
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TV Owls
If you missed it, click here to see the Look North news clip about my barn owl crisis.The cameraman got some great shots of an owl resting on this same...
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RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch
Don't forget to take part in the RSPB big garden birdwatch this weekend. Apparently the RSPB is expecting more unusual 'countryside' birds like this brambling to feature this year because...
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Year of the Hare?
Chinese New Year begins tomorrow and this time we're entering the Year of the Rabbit. But according to the Wood Land Trust it was the hare that first figured in...
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Hunkering Down
I spent a morning during the worst of the snows watching these partridges cope with the cold The experience inspired me for my latest column in the Ryedale Gazette &...
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Love Birds
I painted this for my wife one Valentine's Day.It's now available from the gallery as a card. Visit the website if you haven't already found the perfect gift.
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Spring Fair
My wife Victoria has been in Birmingham all week exhibiting at the annual Spring Fair. Held in the NEC, it is the biggest retail event of the year and a...
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Loving the Lemurs
Isn't David Attenborough's new series on Madagascar spectacular? Makes me want to go. I used to work at Chester Zoo, where I painted this lemur, but that's the closest I've...
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Blue Tits Set Up Home at Leavening School
A pair of blue tits has moved into one of the nest boxes that I donated to Leavening School last year. The early birds were spotted flying into the box...
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Hooray for the Forest Sale U-Turn!
Squirrel Nutkin gets to live another day after yesterday's spectacular climbdown on government plans to sell the nation's forests. Thankfully the government has seen sense and withdrawn its plans to...
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And Badgers Get to Live Another Day Too
It seems squirrels AND badgers have had a narrow escape this week. After yesterday's dramatic climbdown on its plan to sell off our forests, today the government has announced a...
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Wild Dogs Coming to Chester Zoo
Chester Zoo is getting a new pack of wild dogs, or painted dogs as they are sometimes called, and have asked me to provide some photographs for their publicity material....
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Falcon Fracas
The other day I watched a buzzard take on a peregrine mid-air. The pair locked talons and tumbled alarmingly through the sky in a spectacular display. Read more about it...
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Otter Search Reveals a Wildlife Bridge!
My search for this elusive otter continues....I decided to give up on the log and followed some tracks up a tributary of the Derwent until I found an otter holt....
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BBC Countryfile Visit!
Yesterday I had a visit from a researcher and a director of BBC Countryfile.It seems they are going to be filming in the Yorkshire Wolds next week and are looking...
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Masai Mara Wildlife Trip
Africa's great wildebeest migration is something I'm drawn back to again and again - despite having already seen it five times!Tomorrow I shall be giving a talk here at the...
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Countryfile filming here tomorrow
COUNTRYFILE BBC Countryfile are coming to film here tomorrow! They'll be arriving first thing and want to spend the whole day with me as I look for subjects to photograph...
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Wildlife Log Footage
For those of you who remember my wildlife log which I discovered whilst looking for otters along the River Derwent, I've now got some very amusing footage of the animals...
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Spring at Last!
Isn't it nice to get out in the fresh air without having to bundle up into warm clothing. I've spent two days photographing a pair of long tail tits and...
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Need a Card for Mother's Day?
Now there's a mother's love for you: The way this tiny reed warbler struggles to keep up with the demands of the huge cuckoo chick got me thinking about parenthood...
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Listen out for me on BBC Radio Humberside.
I'm going to be on BBC Radio Humberside tomorrow morning. I'm going to be interviewed by Ruth Barcroft, pictured below, for Saturday Breakfast Show's 'Learn Something New' slot. Ruth wants...
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