Over 50 years in the wild

Gordon Yates
Wildlife Photographer

Documenting wildlife through photography and film since 1972, from Scotland to some of the world’s most remote landscapes.

After a fortnight on Islay it is now back to basics with the first hide work of the year. I spent three hours on a Heron’s nest hoping for a

Malcolm Ogilvie in his recent review of the movie for the local Islay & Jura newspaper, the Ileach, wrote: “I sat enthralled through the film and then wished for more.

We have just returned from two weeks on Islay, mainly to establish outlets for the sale of the DVD. There are now six places where the DVD can be bought.

After a Winters work the DVD ‘The Wildlife Gems of Islay’ is now available for sale. For those of you who don’t know, Islay is part of the Inner Hebrides,

At last some better weather this week. I climbed up to the high Pennine tops and spent a good three hours with the Mountain Hares. Saw at least a dozen

January has come and gone with less than one hour of sunshine per day – one of the dullest Januarys on record. Its a good job I don’t need sunshine

Well it had to happen – the male Sparrowhawk returned and caught a Starling on our lawn. It was a gruesome event, with the Starling still alive for ten minutes

With more than two inches of rain in the last seven days and only four hours of sunshine no filming has been possible. On Hopwood, on three separate days ,

Another wet and cold week with very few days available for photography I spent a morning in a friends garden filming up to five Bramblings that had been feeding for

Although to late for Christmas we had our first sprinkling of snow this week which made the Robins more seasonal looking. It also brought into our garden two Reed Buntings

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