Barn owls Gylfie & Dryer were exhausted whilst raising their second, late brood. But when this fatigue began to threaten their chicks' chances of survival, I felt I had to...
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Learn all about the penguins of the Antarctic regions. Filmed in Antarctica, the Falkland Islands and South Georgia, see gentoos, king penguins, Magellanic penguins, and rockhoppers and find out how...
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Watch the process as I complete a new painting featuring a pair of king penguins. See how I go from inspirational sightings of king penguins in South Georgia to finished...
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Barn owlets Autumn & Fall have remained close to the nest site since fledging and can often be seen together on the feeding post. Watch this short clip to see...
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Gylfie the barn owl and her partner Dryer recently raised a late second brood and Gylfie has been enjoying time in her favourite nest box, known as Elm Stump. But...
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Follow my journey as I paint this portrait of Willow, a beautiful barn owl whose secret life I have followed closely. Barn owls are extremely beautiful birds and watching them...
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Listen to the different hoots and calls this tawny owl pair make as they resume their courtship ready for the breeding season to come. Hear how Ozzy make a soft...
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Watch as barn owl chicks Autumn & Fall get ID tags. These metal rings are numbered and registered with the British Trust for Ornithology so that conservationists have a record...
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Autumn the barn owl has fledged, but shortly after returning from her first ever flight she gets knocked out of the nest by a tawny owl! This young barn owl's...
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Barn owls Gylfie & Dryer have five eggs in their second clutch of the year. Watch as three chicks hatch out and a new barn owl family is made. Barn...
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Barn owls Willow & Ghost nested so early this year, there was still snow on the ground when they laid their eggs. Quick to start the season And it was...
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Happy Easter everyone! I've seen the first swallow just up the road from my gallery. I know it's a lot later up here on the rather cooler Yorkshire Wolds than...
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A blow to the eye has brought an end to the modelling career of one of my favourite subjects. It took me three-and-a-half years to get this wild tawny owl...
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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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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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Barn Owl on Fencepost, oil painting The wild barn owl that I feed from my garden bird table is back at last. He disappeared over the summer after the tawny...
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I've sold all three of my new swan paintings. This is great news as they were a departure from my usual style and I wasn't sure how they would go...
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In preparation for the Big RSPB Garden Bird Watch at the weekend, I moved all my bird feeders - I have several so that I can watch the birds from...
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Robins are viciously territorial, but one year a robin in my garden took on a competitor he couldn't compete with - his own reflection in my car window. To read...
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I've been watching this barn owl in Millington pastures recently and this week captured it just as it came in to land.It's been having a bit of a time of...
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These pied flycatchers have been nesting in an old woodpecker hole.I managed to get a shot of the male displaying to the female as she was collecting nesting material.
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Tawny owls have been feeding from a bird table outside my kitchen window for four years and this year is the second year they have brought all their chicks along...
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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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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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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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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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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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I've started to experiment with a stroboscopic flash recently. It fires off a rapid series of flashes so that you can record multiple images of a moving subject in a...
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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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Love them or hate them, you have to admire sparrowhawks for their lightening speed and superior skill as hunters. I've been studying one for a painting and I have mixed...
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Two of the barn owl chicks have hatched! These tiny owlets are vital to the recovery of barn owls here on the Yorkshire Wolds and I am continuing to monitor...
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Three, tiny and very noisy little owls have hatched! Listen to their loud cheeps and watch their first moments. Little owls Little owls are the UK's smallest owls. An adult...
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Barn owl chicks Lucky & Uno have several tactics to help them cool off in the summer heat. Watch them open their beaks and draw in cool air (a technique...
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Barn owls Storm, Cloud, and Thunder have fledged from the nest, and I have the opportunity to follow their progress over the next few months as they find their way...
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Nicknamed 'screech owl', the barn owl's call is a haunting, high-pitched scream that pierces the night sky. Identifying owl sounds Barn owls make a high-pitched screeching sound, very different to...
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Meet Lucky, a rescued barn owl chick now adopted by Gylfie. Lucky's Story This barn owl chick is the only survivor from a brood of five living in a wild...
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Watch kestrel mum Athena intervene when her chicks start squabbling in a tug of war over a worm!
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After two years of failed eggs, tawny owls Luna & Bomber finally had two chicks of their own, but this didn't stop them also taking four extra rescues. Bomber &...
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Sharing my favourite memories from the swan nest in 2024. Cygnets lost Sadly all seven cygnets were predated by common buzzards (Buteo, buteo) and lived for just two and a...
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Just when it seemed like Orion the barn owl was never going to settle down, he finds a new mate and is already celebrating his first barn owl egg! Barn...
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Bomber & Luna's chicks have all fledged the nest, having entered the 'branching phase'. Watch as they navigate the windy weather as they learn to hop, walk and fly between...
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All six kestrel chicks are now just over two weeks old and discovering their wings! As they start to stretch out and flap, it suddenly seems very crowded in the...
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Nicknamed 'screech owl', the barn owl's call is a haunting, high-pitched scream that pierces the night sky. Identifying owl sounds Barn owls make a high-pitched screeching sound, very different to...
Robert E Fuller |
It's been a busy time for the swan family I follow. Over the weekend, 7 baby swans - known as cygnets - hatched out. 3 of the eggs failed to...
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Watch the very first swan cygnet hatch out and see how mum turns the eggs as they to begin to crack open.
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After a month of incubation, Athena the kestrel now has six chicks. Watch them arrive one by one - for a moment there it seemed like chick number 5 wasn't...
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Athena and Apollo's kestrel chicks are less than a week old. Their eyes are only just beginning to open and they instinctively call for food whenever their parents are around....
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Tawny owls Bomber & Luna raise four rescued owlets alongside their own two chicks. Foster owl family Tawny owls Luna & Bomber are used to fostering chicks, so when I...
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Thankfully Apollo the kestrel has his wits about him and manages to flee before this red kite swoops in. This male kestrel has a nest at Ashwood, but recently he's...
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Good news! Dare I say it... Athena is on the mend! I'm not sure what infection she had, and I guess we will never know - but she seems to...
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