Gordon Yates
Wildlife Photographer

Another superb weeks weather on Islay with warm conditions early in the week then turning cooler with a freshening southerly wind. Some good encounters with Corncrake during the week with

Here we are on Islay and after rain last Sunday we have had four fantastic sunny days with temperature up to 22c and no midgies yet! I spent some time

A good weeks weather and a hectic time with two ascents of Pendle Hill inside fourteen hours! On one morning I was at the Trig station on top of Pendle

With the wind turning to SW it was time to check the top of Pendle Hill for Dotterel. Unfortunately someone beat me to it and announced on Birdline that there

A cold week with strong easterly winds making this years nesting season one of the latest ever. Two full days in Bowland looking for Woodcock nests once again produced none,

Still snow on the hills even as late as the 12th April. This is having a marked effect on the breeding season with one pair of Long Tailed Tits only

At last after last weeks windy weather the 31st March dawned calm and sunny – perfect for filming Long Tailed Tits gathering feathers and taking them into their nests. To

The snow of last weekend remained in places for four days and with the north wind has held back the Summer migrants – only one day of March left and

A mixed week with one day of continuous rain and three inches of snow on the 23rd March, being the heaviest snowfall of the Winter or now technically Spring!! A

A wild week with a raging gale and plenty of rain. As a result of having to spend so much time looking out of the window I was able to