RED SQUIRREL  Sciurus vulgaris

Photographed in the Yorkshire Dales.

RED SQUIRREL  Sciurus vulgaris

Photographed in the Yorkshire Dales.

RED SQUIRREL  Sciurus vulgaris

Photographed in the Yorkshire Dales.

RED SQUIRREL  Sciurus vulgaris

Photographed in the Yorkshire Dales.

SWALEDALE SHEEP

Photographed on the Swinton Estate, North Yorkshire

LIMOUSIN BULL

Our planned 4 mile walk in the countryside was shortened when we encountered this sign on the gate and the magnificent Limousin Bull (and friend) in the middle of the field we were about to cross.

Sensibility prevailed and we turned around.

Fox resting in my garden at York house

Highland Cow at Malham Tarn

Roe Deer photographed at Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, Potteric Carr while watching Heron

Bank Vole spotted while photographing Brambling in a wood

Late night shot of Badger in a wood on the New Farm Estate near York

Picture taken from my Hide with a remote flash

Naughty fox digging in my plant pot at York house

Fox appeared while photographing Buzzard

He spotted me and quickly sped off

Brown Rat spotted while photographing Greenfinch

Fallow Deer at Studley Royal Park

Fallow Deer at Studley Royal Park

WEASEL Mustela nivalis

I was sitting quietly in a wood for over an hour when this little beauty appeared a few metres from me.

Weasel and Stoat are almost identical but the Weasel can be identified by the short stubby tail where the larger Stoat has a much longer tail with a bushy black tip.

FIELD MOUSE Apodemus sylvaticus

During the Coronavirus lockdown I set up my camera equipment to photograph Dunnock visiting my garden when this cute little Field Mouse appeared in front of me, it returned a number of times and I managed a couple of nice shots.

FIELD MOUSE Apodemus sylvaticus

During the Coronavirus lockdown I set up my camera equipment to photograph Dunnock visiting my garden when this cute little Field Mouse appeared in front of me, it returned a number of times and I managed a couple of nice shots.

FIELD MOUSE Apodemus sylvaticus

The little Field Mouse returns after a few weeks absence.

GREY SQUIRREL - Sciurus carolinensis

Grey Squirrel having a snack, spotted at the MAKE IT WILD Sylvan Nature Reserve, North Yorkshire

during some voluntary work.

EUROPEAN HARE Lepus europaeus

EUROPEAN HARE Lepus europaeus

photographed at MAKE IT WILD Nature Reserve, Bank Wood, Summerbridge, North Yorkshire.

EUROPEAN RABBIT Oryctolagus cuniculus

BELTED GALLOWAY BULL

DONALD (to his friends) - the Belted Galloway Bull recently introduced to ‘look after’ the Belted Galloway Cattle on the Nature Reserve in Nidderdale where I volunteer.

The Belted Galloway is a traditional Scottish breed of beef cattle. It derives from the Galloway cattle of the Galloway region of south-western Scotland, and was established as a separate breed in 1921. It is adapted to living on the poor upland pastures and windswept moorland of the region. The exact origin of the breed is unclear, although the white belt for which they are named – and which distinguishes the breed from the native black Galloway cattle – is often surmised to be the result of cross-breeding with the similarly-coloured Dutch Lakenvelder breed.

Belted Galloways are primarily raised for their quality marbled beef, although they are sometimes milked for kept for ornament.

BELTED GALLOWAY BULL

DONALD (to his friends) - the Belted Galloway Bull recently introduced to ‘look after’ the Belted Galloway Cattle on the Nature Reserve in Nidderdale where I volunteer.

The Belted Galloway is a traditional Scottish breed of beef cattle. It derives from the Galloway cattle of the Galloway region of south-western Scotland, and was established as a separate breed in 1921. It is adapted to living on the poor upland pastures and windswept moorland of the region. The exact origin of the breed is unclear, although the white belt for which they are named – and which distinguishes the breed from the native black Galloway cattle – is often surmised to be the result of cross-breeding with the similarly-coloured Dutch Lakenvelder breed.

Belted Galloways are primarily raised for their quality marbled beef, although they are sometimes milked for kept for ornament.

BELTED GALLOWAY BULL

DONALD (to his friends) - the Belted Galloway Bull recently introduced to ‘look after’ the Belted Galloway Cattle on the Nature Reserve in Nidderdale where I volunteer.

The Belted Galloway is a traditional Scottish breed of beef cattle. It derives from the Galloway cattle of the Galloway region of south-western Scotland, and was established as a separate breed in 1921. It is adapted to living on the poor upland pastures and windswept moorland of the region. The exact origin of the breed is unclear, although the white belt for which they are named – and which distinguishes the breed from the native black Galloway cattle – is often surmised to be the result of cross-breeding with the similarly-coloured Dutch Lakenvelder breed.

Belted Galloways are primarily raised for their quality marbled beef, although they are sometimes milked for kept for ornament.

EUROPEAN HARE Lepus europaeus

EUROPEAN HARE Lepus europaeus 

Having ‘fun’ with a friend

EUROPEAN HARE Lepus europaeus