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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Badger Baiting Still Rife
The trial of a horrific case of badger baiting which I was witness to comes to an end tomorrow. Seven men will be sentenced by a judge at Scarborough Magistrates'...
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Underworld of badger baiting.
There was a very good piece in The Yorkshire Post last week on how police nationwide are struggling to tackle badger baiting, which has continued unabated despite being outlawed in 1835.But...
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Canvas Prints
Due to customer demand, I've started to offer some of my prints as canvases. This one measures 6ftx4ft and costs £250. Gives it a modern twist. What do you think?
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Short Eared Owl Watch
Did you know that owls with yellow eyes hunt during the day? My column in the Gazette & Herald this week is all about the day I watched five short...
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No Snow at Spring Fair
I love getting out in the snow to see what wildlife I can find - last year I got some amazing photographs of hares mating despite the bitterly cold conditions. But...
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Animal Love
Do animals experience love in the same way that we do? Whether animals feel emotions like love, jealousy and grief is the topic of my special'Valentine's Day' column in the Yorkshire Post this month.Click...
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Kestrel Love
The kestrel pair I that feed in the garden every day often wait on the electric poles for me to put food out for them. I was quite amazed one...
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Nest Box Giveaway
I had great day at Warter Primary School yesterday giving away nest boxes to the children there. I gave away 117 boxes - one for each family at the school and...
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Badger Love
I've started a new painting of a badger. It takes a week for the white paint to dry so I'll have to wait now before I can get the next...
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Territorial Blue Tit
People say robin's are fiercely territorial, but this blue tit spent a whole day attacking its own reflection in my car wing mirror.I felt quite sorry for it!
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Trip of a Lifetime
There are just three places left on my trip to the Masai Mara in August.The exclusive safari is limited to just 12 people and we camp in luxury tents beside...
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Drought
What about this drought then? It's rained non-stop since I dedicated this month's column in the Yorkshire Post to it! Luckily I had a positive stroy to tell about the...
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Olympic Art Show- May 26th-June 10th
I'm staging an art show of Olympian proportions next month. I'll be showcasing my latest paintings of some of Britain's greatest wildlife athletes at this free exhibition. And there are plenty...
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Untitled
My new studio is just about finished. There are still workmen stomping through but I've begun painting in it already - even if the banging about sometimes jogs my paintbrush!...
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Badger Trust Award
I am very proud to have received this glass badger from the Badger Trust - but somewhat humbled to have been presented it by Jean Thorpe, the Badger Trust's Ryedale...
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Summer exhibition opens
My exhibition opens today and runs until 10th June - so hope to see you at the gallery. See all the latest originals at http://www.robertefuller.com/acatalog/Originals.html
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Wood shed haven
I photographed this robin nesting in my friend Nick Coates' wood shed. Birds like his shed despite the fact that it is very busy and noisy. In fact his workshop...
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An award from RSPCA
I was chuffed to get the Elsie M J Evans award for an act of kindness or bravery from the RSPCA on Saturday at RSPCA HQ in Horsham. The award...
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Fantastic river crossings
It was fantastic to see this spectacle when I was in the Mara.
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A Famous Baby Elephant
The safari I led to Samburu in Kenya was a bit like being on a film set - there were so many famous elephants there. The herds that wander past Elephant...
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Winter Wildlife Exhibition
I'm very busy finishing off paintings for my winter exhibition which runs from November 3rd-18that my gallery at Thixendale. There's a lot to do. I'll be opening my studio so...
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New Limited Edition Prints
These images are now available as a limited edition prints - I hope you like them! This picture of a woodpecker hiding from a sparrowhawk is one that customers asked...
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Nearly finished: New hare painting
I've nearly finished this painting of hares in snow. It's five foot long - larger than my easel. I've taken this close up to see if you can spot what...
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Fairy Wren
I've just finished this painting of a Fairy Wren. It was a present for a local couple's Ruby Wedding Anniversary from their daughter who lives in Australia. What a nice...
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New paintings on the go
I've just started work on these three new drawings of otters. I'm hoping they'll be ready in time for my Winter Exhibition which opens next Friday (Nov 3rd). Paintbrushes are...
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Red Kite Walk
My exhibition opens this weekend! I'm just finishing off my final originals which I'll post details of in the next couple of days. But I thought you might be interested...
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Untitled
I've just finished this painting of a fox. All that's left is to hang it on the gallery wall ready for my exhibition which opens on Saturday. You can see...
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Last few paintings finished ready for the exhibition
Otter of Jura Racing Hares Otter on Waterfall I've just finished off these last three paintings ready for my exhibition opening tomorrow. Now all that is left is to tidy...
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Welcoming Back Otters
I've been celebrating the incredible success of otters in Yorkshire at the gallery this week.The theme of my exhibition has been geared around telling their incredible survival story and I've...
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Leopard Lure
Take a look at my latest column in today's Malton Gazette & Herald. I've focused on the recent trip I led to Kenya's Masai Mara and how nervous I was...
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Last Christmas for the Partridge in a Pear Tree?
It was worrying to read in @The Guardian yesterday that partridge populations are still dangerously low. According to wild bird statistics published by Defra yesterday, there was a 30pc drop...
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Elephant Encounters
I watched the four-footed stars of Planet Earth elephant surfing during my trip to Kenya in August. Read all about it by clicking here to transfer to my latest column in...
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Ash Tree Disease Spells Bad News For British Wildlife
The news that ash tree dieback disease has reached the Yorkshire Wolds is very, very worrying, not least because of the effect that the possible devastation of our native ash...
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BBC The One Show Tonight!!!
I'm scheduled to be on BBC's The One Show tonight. Presenter Miranda Krestovnikoff visited the gallery last spring to ask me about how I testified against a gang of badger...
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BBC The One Show on Wildlife Crime and Badger Baiting
Click here to follow the link if you missed the piece on badger baiting on BBC's One Show last night.
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All the fun of the farm here in the gallery
Next month I've invited a mobile farm to visit the gallery. There will be piglets to pet, lambs to feed and calves to cuddle and I'm hoping the event will...
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Fox's Snow Hunt
I spent a fascinating evening watching a fox vainly trying to hunt for voles under the snow. It is very difficult to get up close to foxes in the countryside...
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Choose her something special this Mother's Day
I'm offering 10% off all my products for Mother's Day this year. All you have to do is type LOVEUMUM in at the checkout when you shop at my online...
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Gearing up for some Farm Fun
These lambs were born this weekend - just in time for the farm event we are holding here on March 16th. I needed a photograph to publicise the event and...
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Never too young to discover a love of outdoors
My daughters, Lily, aged four, and Ruby, aged one, are becoming accustomed to joining me on my many trips to watch wildlife. They take freezing cold winds and muddy...
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Farm Fun!
The farm event on Saturday was a great success, despite the cold. We had some 200 children and they all adored handling the animals. There were lambs, piglets, ponies, birds...
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National Sparrow Day
It was National Sparrow Day yesterday so I thought I'd post this photograph. I've been under some pressure to turn the image into a painting - would be quite a...
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Spring Blues
This long cold spring has got to me. I started on this painting today because I needed to feel that summer will come - sometime! I hear that a few...
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Falcon and boy reunited thanks to Facebook!
When 17-year-old James Dickinson lost his beloved lanner falcon over Barnsley this week he was devastated. The young female falcon, named Nakela, was his pride and joy and when she...
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Making a living out of the countryside
FARMING has undergone tremendous change over the years. As a farmer’s son, I can remember having family picnic lunches during harvest. Can't imagine the combine harvesters stopping now. And whilst the bigger...
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A TV Mug
Anyone spot the real star on BBC Countryfile last week? As presenter John Craven sat down to interview Badger Trust vice president Jack Reedy about the latest badger cull, there...
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