Ninja rat vs Matrix chicken!! David Harper 2016-05-11 | Witnessed something you don't see every day at the weekend!
Heron David Harper 2019-07-29 | Watched a remnant of the Jurassic catch his lunch today, pretty good at it too!
Emory Knoll Farm, Fall 2018 David Harper 2018-12-14 | A lovely visit to my good friends farm in Maryland USA, which just happens to be the largest grower and producer of living roof plants in the States, by using only a fraction of the land, the rest has been turned into a natural nature reserve!I went for the wildlife watching, which was amazing, but of course my skills were gladly put to other uses as well!My deepest gratitude to Ed for making it happen, and I hope to return to see the farm in all it's spring glory.
2018 05 28ForestHarvest David Harper 2018-06-06 | There's nothing better than spending a day in a natural setting with nice like minded people, and so it was this day at Forest Harvest, one of the oldest forest gardens in the UK.The aim of the day was to learn how to build a clay oven, but we learnt so much more than that!Surrounded by buzzing bee's and bird song, tadpoles in the pond, the sun filtering through the rustling leaves...... it's hard not to feel completely relaxed and at home!Many thanks to our host Nick for making us feel so welcome!Music from YouTube library;Amy Sayer, Hands of TimeThe 126ers, In Albany New YorkRiot, Jupiter OneAudionautix, Thingamajig
Scotland, October 2017 David Harper 2017-12-14 | Those that know me well, will not be surprised that when asked to help tart up a friends holiday cottage on North Uist, that any spare time will be spent out amongst nature with my binoculars and camera!October is the Red deer rutting season, something I have not witnessed before, and it did not disappoint!Bird life there is also spectacular, and although not so easy to capture on film, is always a pleasure to witness in their natural habitat.Nothing more need be said about the Scottish landscape, and Uist has it's fair share of jems all of it's own!This short video (8mins, and yes Dylan, I know it should be shorter!) is just a snippet of some of the shots I gathered. The weather was best suited for staying indoors working most of the time, but on those few occasions it did settle, I made the most of it!Hope you enjoy?Camera equipment used;Panasonic Lumix FZ330SooCoo C30R sports camDJI Mavic Pro droneMusic;A very special thanks to Kate Havnevik for allowing me to use the track "Lonely" on the start of my video, I have been waiting to add it to something worthy for a while now, so hopefully I have succeeded?youtube.com/channel/UCaJJocdIjzS3sZHGP7FG0AQ/featuredGarden Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0Immeasurable from DJI music library.
FoxesInTheSnow David Harper 2017-12-10 | First snow this winter (2017) in my friends garden (Essex)Looks like it's not just us that gets excited!
Camberwell Old Cemetery David Harper 2017-08-27 | A short video of my visit to Camberwell Old Cemetery, which has 10 acres of wild woodland growing over thousands of graves dating back to 1856.Nature has a wonderful way of reclaiming neglected spaces, fueled in some part, by those who were put to rest here........what a legacy?Southwark Council wish to clear the area and desecrate all the old graves to make room for new ones, for those who can afford it, as usual, this is a profit making en-devour!Check out www.savesouthwarkwoods.org.uk/home/4593946815for more info and how you can help save this amazing wildlife habitat in a peaceful corner of south London.Garden Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
2017 08 12 Sunset Timelapse David Harper 2017-08-12 | A short time-lapse of today's sunset over Blockley, Worcestershire, UK.
GorkhaRafflePrizeShort David Harper 2017-07-27 | A one day build of a bird box/bee hotel which will be the main prize at the 2017 Gorkha Learning charity music festival in a friends wildlife garden in Essex, UK. (time-lapse, short version)
Gorkha Raffle Prize Mk2 David Harper 2017-07-25 | How I made a bee habitat/bird box for a raffle prize at my friends charity music festival for Gorkha Learning......should gain some interest?
TimelapseHabitatWallForRosie David Harper 2017-05-20 | Finishing off a habitat wall with 6" bamboo around drilled logs for bees, this panel is going on one side of a sign for a park in London, it also has a bird box and some recycled wool for nest building!
HilldropMay2017HD720 David Harper 2017-05-20 | Arial view of some of the work we've done in a friends garden shot from my Mavic Pro drone........oh, and a sad man mowing!! ;)
MavicSunshade David Harper 2017-03-01 | A quick and simple DIY sunshade for your mobile device when attached to the Mavic controller, provided free by DJI with every Mavic Pro
Grass Snakes FullHD May 6, 2013 David Harper 2013-05-09 | I shot these clips at a friends pond this spring, have seen Grass snakes there many times before, but never actually hunting the Newts.My Olympus E-M5 camera focus hunts a little during videoing, so I apologize for that, it's new and I'm still learning!
Reed Bunting singing David Harper 2010-09-18 | Submitted for Imogen Heaps "Love the Earth" project.This was taken at the Slimbridge Nature reserve
HS10 slo-mo (120fps) Do dragonflies glide? David Harper 2010-08-07 | Fuji HS10 high speed (120fps) video of an Emperor Dragonfly cruising around my friends pond. You can see clearly that they do indeed "glide" every so often, and patrol their territory quite vigorously, acting like an Ace from WW1 in their biplane.................. that is until an F-16 comes along (Hobby) and eats them for breakfast!! For your information, a Hobby is a small bird of prey or falcon, that hunts, catches and eats Dragonflies while on the wing! They are also one of the few flying predators fast enough to catch bats, Swallows and Swifts!
HD frog with HS10 David Harper 2010-04-29 | Short video of a Marsh frog at Rainham Marshes, while trying out the HD on my new HS10. The frog was about 8-9 yards away, and the sterio microphones had no trouble picking up his calls. When there are many calling, it sounds like a load of Hyenas laughing! An introduced species, which has been here since the 1930's, there is some debate whether they have driven out the smaller native common frog in the area, of which there are very few!
