Gordon Yates
Wildlife Photographer

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

Last October tens of thousands of Waxwings were waiting in Scandinavia to cross the North Sea to Britain. We were promised one of the best invasions ever and all birders

Looking back on last year it was a very good year for finding the young of Owls and Raptors. It is always a privilege to examine the nests of Hen

Each winter we acquire a Sparrowhawk that hunts all the birds that come to feed in our garden. Last year he was a superbly marked male and it looks like