Gordon Yates
Wildlife Photographer

Only once before have I found the nest of a pair of House Martins with young still being fed in the nest in October. Last week on a day of

What a surprise! As every nature-lover is aware this year has been the worst ever for butterflies. The wet, cold spring has been to blame so last weeks five days

After last weeks photos of the male Barn Owl it is now time to catch up with three of the five young that have now fledged from this amazing pair

It is now more than six months since my local male Barn Owl has had to provide food for his family. Firstly he feeds the female for four weeks while

In the last couple of weeks Ospreys have spent time fishing lakes and reservoirs in the Pennines as they headed south to their wintering grounds in Africa. Whenever I see

For more than fifty years I have walked the local canal tow-path and admired the wildlife that calls it home. At present young Kingfishers and Common Sandpipers are on the

It is now nearly four years since the Covid restrictions were relaxed and we were again able to visit Islay. After losing our June holiday I was anxious to re-visit

August is the time to visit Spitsbergen to look for Polar Bears as there is less sea-ice then and many of the remote fiords are accessible to the cruise-ships. Any

For the male Barn Owl breeding time is his most demanding time of the year.For four months he has to provide all the food for the female and their young.I

It is now ten years since I last filmed Barn Owls in summer but I had not forgotten how spectacular they are as they hunt at sunset on a summer