Gordon Yates
Wildlife Photographer

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

Another short visit to Rivercatcher and the delights of the Welsh forests. A recent gale had dislodged Alder cones that now carpeted the forest floor. Over a hundred Siskins were

Regular readers of the blog will know that two months ago I was predicting that we were not going to see local Waxwings this winter. Two days later an immaculate

During the late snow and frost of last month I came across a small party of Redwings that were feeding on the woodland floor. They were very hungry and as