Sunflower Delights
The warm and sunny summer has been the bonus that our butterflies have been waiting a long time for. Our garden sunflower has recently attracted Red Admirals with the local Golf course providing home to an incredible 260 Ringlets in August. Better still were 6 Wall Browns sunning themselves by the edge of a […]
Galloping Roe Deer
It never ceases to amaze me how, when you go out with your camera to photograph something, another subject appears that might give you a better picture. That’s exactly what happened the other week when I was sat under the camouflage cloth waiting for the Foxes to appear. Suddenly, two Roe Bucks came charging […]
Barn Owl Success
For the second successive year our local Barn Owls have reared five young. It’s a long process and has involved the male catching hundreds of prey items over the last six months. In his favour of course has been the best Spring and Summer weather in living memory. It won’t be long now before he […]
Daytime Floric
An encounter with three grown-up Fox cubs playing on top of bales of hay has been one of the highlights of late summer. I waited several nights for them to perform !!! www.facebook.com/gordonyateswildlife
Long Eared Owls and Summer
With the exceptional Summer that we have had it’s been an absolute pleasure to spend time in the company of hunting male Long Eared Owls. So as they return to their strictly nocturnal activities we can savour some of the photographic delights that they have provided me with. […]
Heading South
After a highly successful breeding season all the Sand Martins at my local nest-site have now moved south. Some have reared two broods so with fifty pairs present hundreds of young have been reared from just one sandy bank – well worth the effort to get it ready for their return every March!! www.facebook.com/gordonyateswildlife
Second Broods
Now is the time that two species of birds of the Pennine streams have their second broods. Both Kingfishers and Dippers managed to rear their first young without a drop of rain falling on them. For their second attempts the weather has not been as kind and one of my Kingfisher nests failed after a […]
Juvenile Long Eared Owls
Having spent all summer filming the hunting male Long Eared Owls it was good to catch up with the fledged juveniles. They would normally be hard to find in the forest but when they are hungry they give a high-pitched call which makes them easier to locate. Unfortunately for the male Owl he will still […]
No Escape
With all this summers superb weather I have spent many hours watching Long Eared Owls as they hunt, hoping for one to capture prey when I was within photographic distance. It finally happened on a wet evening , with wet grass and a wet bird! Nevertheless I was able to capture several photos of the […]
Weasel and Sand Martin
With wildlife filming it is always the unexpected event that gives you most satisfaction and none more so than last week when I was filming my local Sand Martins I was deeply engrossed in their comings and goings when there was a sudden movement in the lowest hole. It was a Weasel and in less […]