Gordon Yates
Wildlife Photographer

On Islay in winter there are now more than a dozen Sea Eagles.They are there for one good reason – to eat some of the thirty thousand or more Barnacle

Any visit to Islay in mid October is bound to coincide with the migration south from Iceland of Whooper Swans, especially when there is a north wind blowing. It is

A week later than last year but at long last the first local Redwings have arrived. Unfortunately the Hawthorne and Rowan berries are very few this year so they may

Only once before have I found the nest of a pair of House Martins with young still being fed in the nest in October. Last week on a day of

What a surprise! As every nature-lover is aware this year has been the worst ever for butterflies. The wet, cold spring has been to blame so last weeks five days

After last weeks photos of the male Barn Owl it is now time to catch up with three of the five young that have now fledged from this amazing pair

It is now more than six months since my local male Barn Owl has had to provide food for his family. Firstly he feeds the female for four weeks while

In the last couple of weeks Ospreys have spent time fishing lakes and reservoirs in the Pennines as they headed south to their wintering grounds in Africa. Whenever I see

For more than fifty years I have walked the local canal tow-path and admired the wildlife that calls it home. At present young Kingfishers and Common Sandpipers are on the

It is now nearly four years since the Covid restrictions were relaxed and we were again able to visit Islay. After losing our June holiday I was anxious to re-visit