Gordon Yates
Wildlife Photographer

Last week’s superb weather has had Corncrakes calling from all over the west side of Islay. In one evening alone I encountered eight different birds and whilst I did not

A week on Islay with fabulous weather and wildlife. In a newly sown barley field, away from the shore, upto forty one Sanderling were finding an abundant supply of leatherjackets.

You can only really say that Summer has arrived when the Swifts are screaming through the picturesque Pennine villages, as they were in last weekend’s glorious weather. Most will nest

Whilst looking for Woodpeckers in a Pennine wood I came across a pair of Treecreepers that were feeding their young at less than three minute intervals. As is usual with

The last three days on Islay were spent searching for Otters and for the first time ever we had 100% success rate with sightings on all three days. A female

With only two hours of rain in the last fortnight Islay has certainly made up for the dreadful weather that prevailed in February. Packed with newly arrived migrants and good

A visit to Islay is always good but especially so in late April when hundreds of wading birds are on the move. This week’s photo illustrates the spectacular setting as

Wherever you have been in the last two weeks Redpolls have been singing. In the garden the maximum number we have had at any one time has been eight but

  In Twitchers terms dipping out means failing to find the bird you set off to see. This happened twice to me on the 9th when I failed to find

In late March I visited Weir Street in Blackburn to have a final look at the four Waxwings that had spent all Winter feeding there. They were still present and