Gordon Yates
Wildlife Photographer

The current fantastic Spring sunshine was perfect for a visit to the Yorkshire wildlife reserves. While the Bittern still eludes my camera it was good to film a displaying pair

During a quick visit to my local Sand Martin colony last week I counted at least twenty holes in the course of completion. Almost as soon as they arrive in

Is there anything better, in last weeks fantastic weather, than filming a pair of Kingfishers as they feed their young in perfect conditions? I filmed the male bathing in a

From a human point of view close contact with a pair of Adders may prove fatal but from the male adders point of view he may spend days courting a

With fantastic evenings this last week it was great to visit the Pennine hills to watch the Short Eared Owls. Sadly, fires on some moors have destroyed the breeding habitat

When you have been photographing birds for more than 60 years there are not many birds that turn up on a Pennine reservoir that you have not seen before. However,

With Spring days upon us now is the time to re-visit old Barn Owl breeding sites and hope that luck is with you. Some of the males only come out

One of the attractions of a stay at Rivercatcher is that you are close to the Welsh pine-forests where Crossbills like to breed. Unfortunately most of my encounters with them

When you have been photographing birds of prey for more than fifty years the challenge eventually is not the bog standard photo but the food-pass photo – that split second

I have spent the last 49 years visiting Islay and filming its Corncrakes. During that time the number of calling male Corncrakes has fluctuated from less than ten to more