Gordon Yates
Wildlife Photographer

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

As we endure awful weather for filming wildlife it is perhaps time to reflect on the 52 years that I have been filming Hen Harriers. For the first forty years

There is no doubt that the male Parrot Crossbill is one of the most spectacular and illusive British birds. Every year some breed in the Highlands of Scotland but in

In 1958 I found my first birds nest (a Blackbird’s) and in the 67 years since I have recorded and photographed thousands more – but never in January. So filming