My Favourite Photos Of 2025
It is always difficult to choose the best photos from a year, especially a year that was dominated by perfect photographic weather! During this last year I also photographed two subjects that I had never captured before – Red Necked Grebe and a Weasel so they had to be included in the list.
As always my Spring was dominated by moorland Owls so Barn, Short-Eared and Long Eared are included. The highlight has to be a Long Eared Owl taking off with a vole in its mouth on a rather wet Pennine evening.
I don’t usually enter many photographic competitions so the Kingfisher photo, taken in Bowland, was a pleasing result as it won their annual competition!
What will 2026 bring along? We can only pray for good subjects, good weather and good health.
So all the very best to all our readers. www.facebook.com/gordonyateswildlife
Published by
Gordon Yates
Updated on
December 31, 2025
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Alongside filmmaking, Gordon has earned recognition in still photography competitions with the BBC, RSPB, Scottish Wildlife, and the Scottish Ornithologists’ Club — using his trusted Pentax equipment. One of his proudest achievements was seeing ten minutes of his work broadcast by Granada Television — a milestone in a lifetime dedicated to wildlife storytelling. Today, he continues capturing the natural world with his Canon EOS 7D and Canon XM2 digital camcorder.