Gordon Yates
Wildlife Photographer

Everyone enjoyed that fabulous warm, summer last year but, unfortunately, it came at a price for Islays Barnacle Geese in Greenland. While we had the good weather all the Atlantic

The one bonus of thousands of Geese on Islay in winter is that there are always sick and injured birds available for Islays raptors. The commonest of these is the

Any visit to Islay would not be complete without time spent with their special member of the Crow family – the Chough. Despite inclement weather and strong winds I was

All winter I have been waiting for some severe weather to have any chance of filming Jack Snipe. I have several bogs that don’t freeze up in severe frost and

Well not quite a true Snowy Owl but a Barn Owl hunting in the snow. When this winter started I never thought that I would be in a position to

This winter we had our first snowfall on the 18th January making it the latest arrival date for more than fifty years. At long last we have had some classic

Thick cloud and mist negated any chance of seeing the eclipse of the moon last week so I have included, for this week’s blog and gallery, photos taken three to

Last weekend I finally caught up with two Waxwings in Salford. The weather was foul and the birds were sub-adults but as they are my favourite birds I could not

Its always a nice surprise when a Peregrine appears from nowhere and flies past you at breakneck speed. This happened during the week when I was exercising our two dogs

What better way to start the new year than watching Kites from a Hot Tub in the valley of the River Dee in Wales. Its that time of the year