Over 50 years in the wild

Gordon Yates
Wildlife Photographer

Documenting wildlife through photography and film since 1972, from Scotland to some of the world’s most remote landscapes.

Having spent all summer filming the hunting male Long Eared Owls it was good to catch up with the fledged juveniles. They would normally be hard to find in the

With all this summers superb weather I have spent many hours watching Long Eared Owls as they hunt, hoping for one to capture prey when I was within photographic distance.

With wildlife filming it is always the unexpected event that gives you most satisfaction and none more so than last week when I was filming my local Sand Martins I

There is no doubt that the ultimate challenge for any wildlife photographer in the Pennines is to find and photograph the Nightjar.In more than 60 years of searching I have

No trip to Islay is complete without time spent searching out and filming its Hen Harriers.They are without doubt one of Britain’s most magnificent raptors, even on Islay they are

The Sound of Islay is one of the best places in Scotland to see Black Guillemots and last week was no exception. As they are one of the latest birds

One of those birds that you look to photograph when you visit Islay is the Chough. Normally your photo opportunities are restricted to birds feeding in the coastal dunes. However,

Now is the time to go out around the moorland forests to look for hunting Long Eared Owls.The demands on his time to find voles for his recently fledged young

In the last period of drought I was able to film the two wading birds that typify the high Pennines – the Dunlin and the Golden Plover. Both breed on

The last few days of our fantastic Spring have brought young Goldfinches into the garden and also resulted in eight Blue Tits leaving our nest-box on the 22nd May –

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