Gordon Yates
Wildlife Photographer

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

A couple of weeks ago we had the return of snow and frost which brought an influx of birds back into the garden. Our star species in the garden is

When you have been filming birds for more than 55years there are not many local ones that you have not captured on film. However, last week one of our smallest

The first breeding bird of the year is usually the Heron. It is always a delight in February to spend time at my local Heronry and capture on film the

One of the delights of our recent visit to the Dee valley was the discovering of a garden that had dozens of Yellow Hammers coming to feed on the ground

An advantage of going to Rivercatcher in the Dee valley is that vast pine forests of Wales are all around you.One of the most colourful inhabitants of these forests is

Where else but Rivercatcher, on the river Dee in North Wales,could you sit in the bubbles and steam of a Hot Tub and watch a Little Egret feeding below you?

When you have been filming birds for more than 55years there are not many species that you have not got on film. However, whilst in the hills the other week