Gordon Yates
Wildlife Photographer

Only a few days since the last entry but we are now busy packing for a visit to Islay to complete filming there for this year. On the 14th October

High pressure has dominated all week producing dull, cloudy and calm conditions. With only a light southerly wind there has been no further influx of Redwings and Fieldfares. On the

As if to prove me wrong after last weeks prediction of no Fieldfares for a fortnight two arrived over the Golf Course on the 3rd – the earliest I have

Just over a week since my last entry and no filming during that time due to inclement weather and lack of subject matter. The last week has seen a big

After some good late Summer weather there has now been a change and in the last week we have had two days of heavy rain. Filming has ground to a

Here we are the first notes for the blog after the wettest and dullest summer ever. Despite the lack of sunshine, on video you don’t need it, I have amassed

I have been interested in wildlife, especially birds, since I was 4 years old, when I was shown the contents of a Dunnock’s nest by my father. As I grew

A perfect spring morning on the River Dee at Rivercatcher and in these conditions all over the country Kingfishers are beginning to dig their tunnels. It is the only time

I do not know of anyone who would rejoice at the visit of a Brown Rat to their garden. Let’s not forget that they Are an important creature of the

I have said many times before that with wildlife photography you never know what will turn up when you head for the hills. On one of those superb winter afternoons