Gordon Yates
Wildlife Photographer

This weeks photo is of a first winter Glaucous Gull trying to eat a black piece of plastic. It is a bird of the Arctic but was filmed at Hollingworth

Not a subspecies of the Redpoll but a small party of Common Redpolls found feeding last week in Wales. We have just returned from a snowy week in the Berwyn

There are few birds more colourful than a Parrot Crossbill. This winter several small flocks of Parrot Crossbills are in Britain and one of these is to be found deep

When you walk around a moorland reservoir on the 5th January the last bird you expect to see is a Common Sandpiper. This bird should now be enjoying the warmth

This weeks photo shows Lapwings that appear to be deliberately roosting in the steam outlet from our local Industrial estate. It is another example of how Lapwings are taking full

Another hectic year comes to a close and it is now time to choose my favourite ten photos from the thousands that I have taken this year. It is never

No not Santa Claus or his Reindeer but much more illusive, a Jack Snipe, covered in jewels – well droplets of water actually! It is a rare event to encounter

It is seven years since we had weather as severe as last week. Deep snow and severe frost can make some normally wary birds more approachable and one of those

Every winter tens of thousands of Pink Footed Geese spend winter on the Lancashire mosslands. This year there are record numbers due to an abundance of food because the local

For the first time in at least the last fifty years there has been a massive migration of Hawfinches into the UK. Unfortunately for people in Manchester most of these