Gordon Yates
Wildlife Photographer

Our 117th visit to Islay was blessed with unbroken sunshine and a max temperature of 28C! For a wildlife enthusiast Islay has everything to offer and it was good to

Last month I drove through the fog on the high Pennines to reach that special place in Yorkshire where the Black Necked Grebes breed. I had been before this spring

While I was filming the Kingfishers recently a party of Dippers came within camera range. I could only see one juvenile, but there may have been more, and the male

On the 24th May 1973 I sat for six hours in my hide, in the Forest of Bowland, photographing my first pair iof Kingfishers at the nest.It was a magnificent

A visit to my local Sand Martin site had dozens of them digging out their nesting tunnels. They are quick moving birds and from the camera aspect the best photos

While many of our garden birds have left to breed in the woodlands we still have up to four Redpolls coming to feed several times a day. There are two

With nine out of ten Long Tailed Tits nests being predated it is some years since I have monitored a successful nest. This year I have only found four nests

Global warming has been blamed for many of the present crises in wildlife including the predicted extinction of Adders in the next ten years. I have been familiar with our

Those of you who followed me on the Little Owl last year will know that this male Little Owl was due to lose his nest-site due to the barn being

With a return visit to Rivercatcher I was treated to some more prolonged observations on the forest Crossbills. The bird books will tell you that the breeding male Crossbills are