The last Waxwing?
This weeks photos are of a small group of Waxwings in Burnley a month ago.We were told that this winter was going to be a big waxwing Winter but while some parts of the country have had a lot , in Greater Manchester have had very few. For four months I have checked a berry […]
Stick Time
February is the month when our earliest breeding bird, the Heron, starts to refurbish its nest. Any sort of twig will do and the Herons will cover some distance in their visits to and from the nests with their twigs. Unfortunately, the weather has been so wet and dull this February that I only managed […]
Catching Crabs
There are not many birds that look better in their winter plumage compared to their summer plumage but the drake Long Tailed Duck is one. Unfortunately you have to go to the very north of Scotland to see them in any numbers in winter. They normally feed in the open sea but when conditions are […]
Arctic Visitors
While high in the Cairngorm mountains last week I was able to film a flock of up to fifty Snow Buntings that were feeding in the snow.No small bird breeds closer to the North Pole than the Snow Bunting and we are lucky that in Winter some will migrate south to Britain. They make amazing […]
Road Kill
When you are keyed in to wildlife you never know when a photo opportunity will arise. Last week I was sat in my car outside a Corn Mill in Accrington awaiting for an employee to give me a bag of sunflower hearts that I had just paid for.On a spillage of grain by the car […]
Jack Frost
It is easy to see why, looking at this weeks blog photo, the Jack Snipe is the most illusive Winter v visitor to the Pennines. Without frost and snow they are almost impossible to find but last weeks conditions were in my favour with snow followed by a min temp. of minus seven.I knew that […]
Garden Delights
At long last we have had some classic winter weather with frost and snow to bring the wildlife into the garden. As a result Badger and Fox come daily together with 6 Bullfinches,10 Blackbirds, 8 Long Tailed Tits, 8 Goldfinches and even a Fieldfare – the first for years. www.facebook.com/gordonyateswildlife
Splash
Once again, following the second hottest year ever recorded, we are reminded that the summer ice in the arctic may disappear within the next few decades due to global warming.It is only eight years ago that I took these unique shots, in Spitsbergen, of a female Polar Bear leading her three young across the pack-ice. […]
The Corvid Roost
Just after sunset in Winter a special event occurs in Hopwood woods. From miles around hundreds of Corvids begin to settle for the night in the woods surrounding the Spire.It is an amazing sight to witness against a winter sunset when up to a thousand Carrion Crows, Rooks, and Jackdaws all settle in the tree-tops. […]
New Year Top Ten
Another year comes to a close and while I lost several months of filming due to hip replacement the rest of the year has produced some good photos – top of the list has to be the night I filmed the male Long Eared Owl passing a vole to his female.It was the only time […]