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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I've only just finished my last painting of a blue tit and can put my paintbrushes down at last - just in time for my Christmas exhibition which opens tomorrow...
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Badgers have captivated me since I was 14 and from the comments from my exhibition so far it seems that people are fond of the old brock too. It has...
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Some bullfinches have begun to devour the honeysuckle berries outside my studio window. Isn't this one stunning? If you missed my live interview with Helen Philpot for BBC Radio Humberside...
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We had a party of 53 here yesterday from Farm Stay UK. They were holding their AGM at nearby Life Hill Farm B&B in Sledmere and decided to break up...
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Another group visit to the exhibition yesterday! This time we had 10 members of Sinnington WI. It was great to meet so many people who enjoy my work and so...
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We have had such a dry September the fungi is later than usual. But this current bout of wet weather has brought it all out now. I love the colours...
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It's been a busy day in the gallery, inspite of foggy wet weather. (In fact it may have helped!) As well as enjoying the show, visitors have really appreciated a...
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I've published three new limited edition prints of my paintings. They are:'Wren on Hook' Image size: 15 x 30cmClick here for details 'Fox on Lookout'Image size: 45 x 30cmClick here...
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I've been flying my new barn owl in the living room. She's still a bit young and has a lot to learn, so at the moment this is probably the...
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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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The new owners of the Blacksmith's Inn, formerly the Blacksmith's Arms, in Westow, popped in to the gallery yesterday to buy some prints from me to decorate their newly-refurbished pub.Mark...
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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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Don't get caught out with the last minute Christmas postal rush. We have two new Christmas cards this year which should fit the bill:Pheasant PortraitClick here to orderFox on LookoutClick...
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My Christmas exhibition is now over and as with the end of every exhibition it leaves me feeling both sad and happy at the same time. There was a really...
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After Kingfishers, I think bullfinches are this country's most colourful bird. But they are such shy birds that in the past I have had trouble getting close enough to photograph...
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This week the gallery has been filled with pictures produced by children for our Big Draw competition. The special exhibition follows a series of workshops in October in which the...
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....Amy Crowther, age 11 of Pocklington School, pictured below.Her painting really was wonderful. It kept catching my eye every time I walked past it and I thought it really deserved...
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Painting by Robert E FullerI had a call yesterday from Peter Levy of Radio Humberside wanting to know all about urban foxes after that photograph of a fox walking up...
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I always think of waxwings at Christmas. They are not resident to the UK, but like Santa they visit us from Scandinavia each winter and tend to hang around shopping...
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I didn't get time to go and see the seals pupping in Lincolnishire this November because my Christmas exhibition was so busy. But last week I decided to drive over...
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I took a break over Christmas to be with my family, but the snowfall made me keen to get back to work and I have spent this week out and...
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I'm thinking of making mallards the subject of one of my Christmas cards next year and so I drove up to Fridaythorpe yesterday to take some pictures on the frozen...
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The RSPB has warned that the savage wintry weather is the single greatest threat to wildlife this millennium. This week the society launched emergency action to help threatened red list...
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I've got loads of fieldfares in the garden at the moment. They're easily tempted in with old apples now that their natural food source is almost depleted in this long...
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Whilst the cold snap has brought the birds into our gardens in increasing numbers, it has also brought the predators - among them the ever-controversial sparrowhawk.A fast and single-minded killer,...
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I watched 20 to 30 red kites fly in to roost near Nunburnholme the other day. What a magnificent sight! One of the birds had a tag on it so...
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I had the opportunity to go to Grigin farm in Mid-Wales last month. Mid-Wales was once home to one of the last remaining red kite populations. There has now been...
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This weekend I travelled down to Gloucester. I had a meeting with the curator of Nature in Art Museum in Twigworth. I was really impressed with the collection of wildlife...
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There are three otters in the enclosure at Slimbridge, where the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust (WWT) are working to safeguard the recent return of the species to our waters, and...
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It's the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch this weekend. I'm going to go over and spend an hour with my two nephews and neice, ticking off the birds we see...
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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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Pictured above is Wendy Johnson, the proud winner of the raffle I held during my Christmas exhibition. She won £150 worth of prints and came in to the gallery the...
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It's National Nest Box Week next week and I decided to use the opportunity to spend some of the money I have raised this year through my conservation project, Nest...
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I've been exhibiting at Birmingham NEC's Spring Fair this week. It is the biggest retail event of the year and the main one to which retailers from all over the...
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I've just finished my first painting of 2010. I saw this red stag on a trip to Sleivemore on the Isle of Islay in Scotland and decided to paint him...
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Whilst in Otago, we went on two boating excursions. Once to fish and once to see the bird life. The fisherman who took us, Kyle, was accustomed to feeding this...
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On Sunday it is World Forestry Day and we are encouraged to treasure our woodlands and forests and all that dwell there.Cropton Forest is one place that I go to...
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It's the first day of spring tomorrow and time to look out for hares boxing. Hares are abundant on the Yorkshire Wolds just now, and their antics are always fascinating...
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I've had a bit of a blow this week which has upset my plans somewhat. The doctors have told me that I'm going to have to have major surgery on...
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I sold my elephant painting this week. Entitled 'Elephants on the Move', it is the largest oil painting I've ever done and at 5ft x 61/2ft it's abscene has left...
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I'm looking forward to the clocks going forward tomorrow as the lighter mornings and evenings mean more time for wildlife watching. In fact spring seems to be in the air...
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During my visit to New Zealand last month I was struck by how similar the countryside and its wildlife was to that of this country.It seemed to me that I...
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After a harsh winter, spring got off to a late start this year and I spotted these pheasants still sparring for territory this week.After taking this photograph of them I...
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It's been a busy springtime on the Yorkshire Wolds and the fields are a-run with hares boxing. I've been photographing them in a field near Little Givendale where there are...
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My pond is now full of tadpoles despite a bit of a false start. The frogs all came about a month ago but then the pond froze over, so it's...
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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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My back surgery was cancelled at the eleventh hour after I started feeling better! I was due to have the operation on Monday, but an MRI scan showed that the...
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If you're hoping for a lie in on Sunday you'll have to think again. It's International Dawn Chorus Day and officially time to get up with the lark...and the blackbird,...
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I'm going to be on TV tonight! Well, it should be tonight. Unless some drastically important breaking news shunts me out of the way, I'll be judging the pictures for...
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