Photographing the elusive BitternUK Wildlife2026-09-20 | Photographing the elusive BitternWood Ant super highway!UK Wildlife2026-04-27 | Today I found the largest and widest trail of Southern Wood Ants I've ever seen!Dancing Adders, nesting Spoonbills and feeding Beeflies!UK Wildlife2026-04-26 | A spring spectacular as I film nesting Spoonbills, beeflies hovering and feeding and Adders courting, yawning and fighting, as I finally witness (and film!) the Adder dance!Whitethroat callingUK Wildlife2026-04-21 | Quick edit of a calling Common WhitethroatSome diving birds from today - Tufted Duck, (a weed covered!) Cormorant and a Little Grebe #birdsUK Wildlife2026-03-21 | Some diving birds from today at RSPB Rainham - Tufted Duck, (a weed covered!) Cormorant and a Little GrebeHareUK Wildlife2026-03-05 | Some short clips from a close encounter with a HareMarsh Harrier flying effortlessly in the wind #birds #ukwildlife #birdingUK Wildlife2026-02-22 | Marsh Harrier hunting over grassland in strong windA Day of Birds of Prey and Swans in EssexUK Wildlife2026-02-21 | I spend the day filming the wildlife I saw Abberton and Copt Hall (and the middle of Chelmsford!) including Berwick swan, Whooper Swan, Bean Goose Kestrel, Marsh Harrier, Smew, and even a Hen Harrier and Lesser Scaup!Common Buzzard #birds #ukwildlife #wildlifeUK Wildlife2026-02-19 | Common Buzzard sat ona fence post stretching its legs, pooping and flying off!Some clips of a Rock Pipit at RSPB Rainham Marshes #birds #ukwildlife #wildlifeUK Wildlife2026-02-18 | Some clips of a Rock Pipit having a preen at RSPB Rainham Marshes on the seawall on a cloudy dayA year of filming wildlife #birds #ukwildlife #wildlifefilm #wildlifedocumentaryUK Wildlife2026-01-03 | I saw some great wildlife in 2025 and I've put the best of what I saw and filmed into a video This is the short version of what I saw and filmed, the full length (and much better quality) version is here: youtu.be/VOaDqPRaU_kA Year Filming British WildlifeUK Wildlife2026-01-01 | My best wildlife encounters and footage from 2025 - Kingfishers, Opsreys, Otters, Scorpionflies, Smew, Paper Wasps, Dragonflies and so much more. Its been a great year.
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Filmmaking videos youtu.be/Zr7HqTM5saE youtu.be/tmXYIc9fK5IA rarely seen Jack Snipe! #birds #bird #birding #wildlife #ukwildlifeUK Wildlife2025-12-31 | Amazing to see a Jack Snipe today at Rainham Marshes, after the 1st one flew off when a Canada Goose nearly stepped on it!Some old footage of a Red-backed Shrike #birds #birding #rarebirds #birdwatchingUK Wildlife2025-12-30 | Some footage form 10ish years ago filmed on the Pentax QReed Warbler song - singing in the reeds #birds #birdsounds #birdsong #wildlifeUK Wildlife2025-12-29 | A Reed Warbler singing in the reeds, before a Cettis warbler calls and it flies offSpring bird song - Whitethroat Starling + Corn Bunting song #birds #birdsongs #birdsong #birdingUK Wildlife2025-12-28 | Singing birds from back in Spring - Corn Bunting Sedge Warbler and StarlingShelduck washing #ukwildlife #birds #nature #wildlifefilmUK Wildlife2025-12-22 | A shelduck having a wash from my latest video - see related videoMarsh harrier, Geese, shelduck + some waders at Blue House Farm EssexUK Wildlife2025-12-21 | Filming marsh harrier, Waterfowl and Waders on my trip to Blue House Farm in EssexDiving Smew #ukwildlife #birds #natureUK Wildlife2025-12-20 | A few clips of a male Smew from Abberton todaySkylark feeding and fluffing! #ukwildlife #birds #wildlifeUK Wildlife2025-12-17 | Skylarks feeding, preening and fluffing up their feathersOystercatcher feeding #ukwildlife #birds #wildlife #wildlifefilmUK Wildlife2025-12-14 | Oystercatcher catches and eats a shellfishAvocets feeding #ukwildlife #birds #wildlife #birdingUK Wildlife2025-12-12 | A few clips of some feeding avocetsCommon Redshank (from my latest full video) #birds #ukwildlife #wildlifeUK Wildlife2025-12-06 | A short clip from my latest video, where I spent an evening sitting on the foreshore of the Thames Estuary filming waders, including these Common Redshank
Full video here: youtu.be/JwKwiclMMrcFilming birds on the Thames EstuaryUK Wildlife2025-12-06 | I spend a few hours on a Sunday evening filming the wading birds in the Thames Estuary, dealing with less than cooperative birds, and seemingly shy sun, but have a wonderful encounter with some RedshanksA few (distant) clips of a Kingfisher diving from the sluice gate #birds #ukwildlifeUK Wildlife2025-12-06 | A few (distant) clips of a Kingfisher diving from the sluice gate at Thameside Nature Discovery Park last weekendSome distant footage of the Kingfisher at Thameside NR having a preen #ukbirds #ukwildlifeUK Wildlife2025-11-30 | ...Creek Tide Timelapse #Essex #landscape #timelapses #timelapse #tides #seasideUK Wildlife2025-11-23 | Time-lapse of tide coming in at Mucking Creek - note how it doesn't just come in, going up and down, and couple of surges come in tooPentax Q footage of a Dipper #PentaxQ #dipper #pentax #ukwildlife #birdsUK Wildlife2025-11-22 | Some very old footage filmed over 10 years ago using the the tiny but mighty Pentax Q which had an tiny sensor with a 5x crop factor so with the Q to K adapter, my Pentax 300mm f4 became an the equivalent of a f4 1500mm lens!
The footage is not amazing quality by modern standards but I was able to get in close enough film this dipper in HD all way back in 2014Wood Ants - Me + Macro probe lens + bean bag for 5 minutesUK Wildlife2025-11-19 | I spent 5 minutes at the Ant nests at Hanningfield Reservoir NR filming Wood Ants on Monday and here are a few clips I filmedThe Grey Heron FINALLY caught a flatfish only for the other birds to conspire to ruin the shot!UK Wildlife2025-11-16 | The Grey Heron FINALLY caught a flatfish (after I followed it for ages) only for the other birds to conspire to ruin the shot - Mallard in the background and a Black Headed Gull in the foreground for good measure!Feeding Black-tailed Godwit from late summer #ukwildife #birds #birdwatching #wildlifefilmmakingUK Wildlife2025-11-15 | Feeding Black-tailed Godwit from late summerMarsh Harrier hovering #ukwildlife #birds #wildlife#nature #birdsofpreyUK Wildlife2025-11-09 | A wonderful moment of a Marsh Harrier hovering above the reeds before dropping down and landing in themHunting cormorant #ukwildlife #birds #wildlife #fishUK Wildlife2025-11-08 | Short clip of a diving and fishing cormorantIntroduction to Wildlife FilmmakingUK Wildlife2025-11-02 | A guide and tip on how to film wildlife. What type of cameras you can use, which lenses are best suited, what settings to use and some useful tips and techniques
00:45 Which camera 04:05 What Lens 05:54 Other wildlife filmmaking equipment 07:54 Shutter speed vs Frame rate 09:33 Getting the right exposure 11:50 What aperture to use 12:27 Focusing 15:08 What video settings to use bitrate and - resolution 16:33 When to use which frame rate 18:06 Audio and microphones 21:00 General wildlife filmmaking tipsKingfisher catches a pipefish! #bird #kingfisher #fishingUK Wildlife2025-11-01 | Got some distant views of a Kingfisher at Thameside Nature Discovery Park - EWT the other day, but captured it.. erm...capturing a couple of fish! The 1st looks like a Pipefish, which its to long and armoured so it drops it, but the 2nd is swallowed after a bit of a bashing!Filming Grey Mullet #ukwildlife #Wildlifeflim #essexwildlife #fish #fishesUK Wildlife2025-10-26 | Filming mullet for my video on how I film WildlifeCormorants from my How I set up for filming wildlife video - see related video :) #filmmakingUK Wildlife2025-10-26 | A clip of a couple of juvenile cormorants from my "How I set up for filming wildlife" video I just posted Watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=tmXYIc9fK5IHow I set up for filming wildlife - wildlife filmmaking tipsUK Wildlife2025-10-26 | I take you on a day filming wildlife and run through how I set up my equipment to do that, and film birds and fish(!) in the process!Snipe feeding #ukwildlife #wildlife #birds #willdlifeUK Wildlife2025-10-24 | ...Is Tik Tok worth the effort for a Wildlife Filmmaker like me? #ukwildlife #wildlife #tiktokUK Wildlife2025-10-20 | ...Scorpionfly female feeding on a dead insect #insects #invertebrates #ukwildlife #nature #wildlifeUK Wildlife2025-10-19 | A scorpionfly feeds on a dea insect will sat ona bramble leafSinging Robin #ukwildlife #wildlife #birdsongUK Wildlife2025-10-18 | ...Black-tailed Godwit feeding in slow motion #bird #birdlover #birdwatching #nature #ukwildlifeUK Wildlife2025-10-17 | Bit of slow mo wader actionDragonfly Tour 2022 Autumn conclusionUK Wildlife2025-10-05 | I visit Thursley Common NNR , Canvey Way Ditch, Little Belhus and a few other sites looking for Late Summer and Autumn Dragonflies The final part of the Dragonfly Tour series - at least for 2022!
00:37 Canvey Way Ditch looking for Southern Migrant Hawker Scarce Emerald and Southern Emerald 03:54 Tices Meadow looking for Common and Red-veined Darter 04:36 Thursley Common for Keeled Skimmer 05:17 Little Belhus for Migrant Hawker Dragonfly 07:51 Thursley Common For Black Darter 12:49 Daws Hall for Willow Emerald Damselfly 15:35 Little Belhus for Last Dragonflies of the seasonWildlife by the RiverUK Wildlife2025-10-04 | ...The Hornet Robberfly - an insect worth obsessing overUK Wildlife2025-09-27 | A fact file on one of the UK's coolest insects, 1 of the biggest flies and certainly the top predator among them.
I first tell the story of how I ended up obsessed enough to spend every free sunny day in the last month, walking around a field near my house looking at horse poo, all so I can film them!Seals on the River ThamesUK Wildlife2025-09-08 | ...Migrants stop on their way to Africa - Wheatears #ukwildlife #wildlife #birds #natureUK Wildlife2025-09-07 | ...Some Kestrel footage I found while looking for something else! #ukwildlife #wildlife #birdsofpreyUK Wildlife2025-08-31 | ...A new wild fruit to me - a Medlar! #fruit #wildlifeUK Wildlife2025-08-28 | ...Hornet Robberfly eating a Grasshopper, a 15 year wait! #ukwildlife #wildlife #insectsUK Wildlife2025-08-26 | ...