I'm hosting lots of exciting wildlife events during my Summer Exhibition and I've been flat out organising them.
There will be nature walks and bird watching tours of all the local wildlife as well as landscape photography workshops and children's falconry events here in the gallery courtyard.
My friend and colleague Michael Flowers who is a very knowledgeable and experienced naturalist will be running the bird watching tours for me.
He will be taking groups to Allerthorpe Common, where you can see adders, green woodpeckers, green warblers and small copper and common blue butterflies, as well as to Wharram Percy where orchids grow in a disused quarry.
Michael will also guide a group through Millington Pastures which hosts a wonderfully varied habitat that includes ancient ash woodland, meadow pasture and ponds.
So many visitors to my gallery are also keen photographers so I'm also going to lay on a number of intensive courses with professional photographer George Stoyle. He will be taking small groups over the Yorkshire Wolds to show them how to take great landscape and sunset shots.
There are also plans for family falconry courses and we've got some fun events taking place for kids in the gallery too. In keeping with my new collection of Galapagos-inspired paintings, the company Sam's Safaris are bringing both desert and jungle creatures for children to hold and to learn how they have adapted to their environment.
And I am busy checking that the owls and badgers that live in the nearby valleys are all in good health for my own tours of their nesting sites.
My guided owl safaris are already fully booked so I need to be sure the visitors get some good sightings.
I'm also going to be giving a talk all about my trip to the Galapagos Islands so I'm going through my best pictures and writing down all my experiences for the slideshow. It's all go at the gallery until the opening day on the Saturday 21st!!
Below is a full list of what's happening when:
Millington Magic
Experience the essence of the Yorkshire Wolds and the wildlife it has to offer
in this breath-taking tour of Millington
pastures. Expert naturalist and birdwatcher Michael Flowers leads this tour
through ancient ash woodlands, meadow pasture and picture perfect ponds where
kingfishers and water rail dart among the reeds.
Tickets: £10
Venue: Meet at the car park at Millington Wood.
Date: Saturday 21st June
Time: 10am session
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Wharram
Wildlife
This disused quarry is now a haven for wildlife and professional naturalist
Michael Flowers knows just where to find it.
As you tour the site he will point out rare orchids, butterflies and a wide
variety of birdlife that now abounds in the grassy quarry bottom.
Date: Saturday 21st June & Saturday 5th July
Time: 1.30pm
Meet at The Robert Fuller Gallery,
Fotherdale Farm, Thixendale
Tickets: £10
Saturday 21st June Click here for further information and to book
Saturday 5th July Click here for further information and to book
Photo the Wolds
Take landscape photographs like a professional. Celebrated photographer George Stoyle runs a photographic course showing you how to take the perfect shot of the wolds. You'll be out in the open taking photographs under George's expert tuition. Please bring your own camera with you.
Date: Saturday 6th July 10am-12 noon
Venue: meet at The Robert Fuller Gallery, Thixendale before venturing out to take photographs. This events is suitable for adults and children aged 14yrs+
Tickets £15.00
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Process like a pro
Find out how to edit, crop and manipulate your digital images on the computer.
Date: Saturday 6th July 12.302.30pm
Venue: meet at The Robert Fuller Gallery, Thixendale.
This events is suitable for adults and children aged 14yrs+
Tickets £10.00
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Photo at Dusk
Learn how to capture sunsets with your camera and take advantage of the golden hour of light on the Yorkshire Wolds in this workshop by expert landscape photographer George Stoyle.
Date: Saturday 12th July 7pm-9pm
Venue: meet at The Robert Fuller Gallery, Thixendale.
This events is suitable for adults and children aged 14yrs+
Tickets £15.00
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Galapagos Adventure
Talk and slide show by wildlife artist Robert E Fuller. Find out about his recent adventure in the Galapagos Islands. See photographs of blue footed boobies, marine iguanas, giant tortoises and the Galapagos Penguin and find out why he became known as the artist Darwin never had.
Date: Saturday 28th June
Venue: The Robert Fuller Gallery, Fotherdale Farm, Thixendale, Malton YO17 9LS
Time 7.30pm Click here for further information and to book
Wild Allerthorpe
A walk through deep wooded glades at Allerthorpe common with expert naturalist Michael Flowers. Let him point out adders, green woodpeckers, garden warbler, small copper and common blue butterflies as well as all the other wildlife as you walk.
Date: Saturday 5th July
Meet: at Allerthorpe Common - exact location to be confirmed on booking
Tickets £10
Time: 10am session
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Owl Prowl:
Children will love the chance to handle the owls on this exciting falconry course - especially the snowy owl, Hedwig, who is understood to have been one of a number of snowy owls used in the popular children's films, Harry Potter.
Expert falconer Danny Carpenter has a remarkable collection of owls and will show you how to hold them and teach you all about what they eat and where they can be found. Afterwards try your hand at becoming an owl detective by dissecting real owl pellets. Expect to find the tiny bones of small rodents and see if you can piece them together to find out what the owls have been eating.
Date: Sunday 22nd June
Venue: The Robert Fuller Gallery, Fotherdale Farm, Thixendale, Malton YO17 9LS
Tickets: £10
Time: 10am session
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Kids Discover Galapagos
Let your children find out all about the Galapagos Islands from our experts at Galapagos Conservation Trust and learn all about this exciting archipelago and the amazing wildlife that lives there through fun educational games and treasure hunts.
Date: Saturday 28th June 2pm & Sunday 29th June 10am
Venue: Meet at the Robert Fuller Gallery, Fotherdale, Thixendale, Malton YO17 9LS
Tickets: Child £4 Adult £6
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Fly a Falcon
Learn all about falconry and handle an array of beautiful birds and fly your own fabulous falcon under the expert guide of Eagle Eye Falconry.
Date: Sunday 29th June
Venue: Meet at the Robert Fuller Gallery, Fotherdale Farm, Thixendale, Malton YO17 9LS
Tickets: Child: £4.00 Adult: £6.00.
Time 10am
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Falconry Academy
Learn all about falconry how to feed and care for birds of prey then handle an array of beautiful birds and fly your own fabulous falcon under the expert guide of Eagle Eye Falconry.
Date: Sunday 6th July
Tickets: Adults £6 Children £4.00
Venue: The Robert Fuller Gallery, Fotherdale Farm, Thixendale, Malton YO17 9LS
Time: 10am session
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Desert Animals
Come, meet and hold, a leopard gecko, a berber skink, bearded dragon and other desert animals. Learn about what they like to eat and how they protect themselves in the desert at this fun family event run by Sam's Safaris.
Date: Sunday 13th July
Venue: The Robert Fuller Gallery, Thixendale
Tickets: £6.00 adults £4.00 children
Time: 10am session
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Desert Bushcraft
Learn the basics of survival in the desert. From fire-lighting to making a shelter, bushcraft expert Brian Bates covers the essentials at this fun family event.
Date: Sunday 13th July
Tickets: £6 Adults and £4 Children
Venue: The Robert Fuller Gallery, Fotherdale Farm, Thixendale
Time: 11.30am
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Jungle Animals
Come and meet some jungle creatures at this fun family event. There will be stick insects, giant millipedes, tree frogs, gecks a yellow tortoise and even a python to hold or touch.
Date: Saturday 12th July
Time: 10am
Venue: The Robert Fuller Gallery, Fotherdale Farm, Thixendale York
Tickets: £6 Adults £4 Children
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Jungle Bushcraft
Learn the basics of survival in the jungle. From fire-lighting to making a shelter, expert guide Brian Bates covers the essentials at this fun family event.
Venue: Meet at the Robert Fuller Gallery, Fotherdale Farm, Thixendale YO17 9LS
Date: Sunday 13th July
Tickets: £6 Adults £4 Children
Time: 1.30pmClick here for further information and to book
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