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Wildlife in December

Dec 18, 2017May 24, 2020Posted in Birds, Coast, Conservation, Country Park, Countryside, Encounters, Farm, Film, Garden, Local, Nature Reserve, River, Video, Vlog, Walk, West CountryTagged Adam Canning, Adam L. Canning, Birmingham, BTO, Documentary, East Yorkshire, Environment, Feeding Birds, Journalism, Migration, Nature, Outdoors, RSPB, Upton Warren, Urban, Video, Vlog, Water Rail, Whooper Swan, Wildlife Gardening, Wildlife Monthly, Wildlife Trusts, Wildlife TV Presenter, Winter, Winterwatch, WorcestershireLeave a comment

Out of the videos I have made, these three videos are definitely some of my ‘favourites’, as I love Water Rails, Whooper Swans and enjoy feeding the birds, and playingaround in the kitchen. 😀

We were pretty much Frozen Britain recently, certainly in the West Midlands…

Packed full of fun facts (2011):

Thanks for your visit! 😉
x

Wildlife in May

May 12, 2017May 24, 2020Posted in Amphibians, BBC, Birds, Country Park, Countryside, Encounters, Environmental, Exploration, Garden, Greenbelt, Lakes, Local, Mammals, Nature Reserve, TV, Video, VlogTagged Badgers, BBC, Birds, Birdsong, Botany, Countryfile, Countryside, Dawn Chorus, Documentary, Environment, Film, Frogs, Garden, Herptiles, Mammals, May, My Wild Life, Nature, Outdoors, Spring, Springwatch, Video, Vlog, Wildlife, Wildlife Monthly, Wildlife Trusts, WoodpeckerLeave a comment

A few years ago I made a series of short videos which were featured on the Reader’s Digest Magazine website, entitled Wildlife Monthly.

Each month I produced 3 videos around a minute or more, detailing flora and fauna (mainly fauna) for you to look out for; be it in your garden, local park / reserve or further afield.

Below I have included the videos from my May edition(s).

2012

2011
(apologies for the dodgy voice-overs)

Thanks for visiting 🙂

Day 16 – 30 Days Wild

Jun 24, 2016May 24, 2020Posted in Challenge, Conservation, Encounters, Environmental, Film, Garden, Interview, Local, TV, Video, Vlog, WorkTagged 30 Days Wild, Adam Canning, BBC Gardeners' World, BBC Midlands Today, BBC Wildlife, Birding, Birds, Birmingham, Challenge, Conservation, Countryfile, Environment, Film, Flora, Lucy Hall, Meadow, My Wild Life, Nature, Random Acts of Wildness, RSPB, Springwatch, Suburban, The Conservation Volunteers, The Wildlife Trust, Video, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Wild Time, Wildlife, Wildlife TrustsLeave a comment

Enthuse About Nature

16/06/16

I was at the Birmingham N.E.C yesterday and today – as a member of Press – to report on BBC Gardeners’ World Live (but my focus was on the wild side of it).

I interviewed a number of interesting people (the interviews haven’t all been edited together yet) and in the video below, I have taken a selection of clips from the interviews; showing gardeners – from all walks of life – enthusing about nature:

Thanks for visiting. 💚

Day 15 – 30 Days Wild

Jun 15, 2016May 24, 2020Posted in Birds, Challenge, Conservation, Countryside, Encounters, Environmental, Farm, Film, Literature, Local, Nature Art, Nature Reserve, Video, VlogTagged 30 Days Wild, Adam Canning, Birding, Birds, Bromsgrove, Challenge, Conservation, Countryfile, Countryside, Environment, Film, My Wild Life, Nature, Random Acts of Wildness, Springwatch, The Wildlife Trust, Video, West Midlands, Wild Time, Wildlife, Wildlife Trusts, Worcestershire1 Comment

“Write a wild poem”

15/06/16

The weather has been inclement again, and I was off to the N.E.C later as a member of Press, to report on BBC Gardeners’ World Live. So I opted to write a wild poem; I was happy there was a break in between showers, because I was able to get out into my partner’s garden to recite my poem.

Thanks. 🙂

Day 14 – 30 Days Wild

Jun 14, 2016May 24, 2020Posted in Challenge, Conservation, Country Park, Countryside, Environmental, Exploration, Farm, Film, Greenbelt, Local, Nature Reserve, Video, Vlog, Walk, WoodlandTagged 30 Days Wild, Adam Canning, Birding, Birds, Bromsgrove, Challenge, Conservation, country park, Countryfile, Countryside, Environment, Frankley, Frankley Beeches, Meadow, My Wild Life, National Trust, Nature, Random Acts of Wildness, Rubery, Springwatch, The Wildlife Trust, Video, Walk, West Midlands, Wild Time, Wildlife, Wildlife Trusts, WorcestershireLeave a comment

“Tweet for the wild”

14/06/16

Today I tweeted a link to the video below – which I made last year – about my favourite local patch and why it matters to me:

The poem I mentioned in the video: Ode to a Secret River

Thanks 😀

Day 13 – 30 Days Wild

Jun 13, 2016May 24, 2020Posted in Challenge, Film, Garden, Local, Video, VlogTagged 30 Days Wild, Adam Canning, Birmingham, Challenge, Film, Frankley, My Wild Life, Random Acts of Wildness, Semirural, Springwatch, Suburban, The Wildlife Trust, Video, West Midlands, Wild Time, Wildlife Trusts, Worcestershire2 Comments

“Dance in a downpour”

13/06/16

To the exact day; like last year – I danced in the rain! This time, I changed the lyrics to a popular song to accompany this particular Act of Wildness. 😉

Thanks for visiting. 😅

Day 12 – 30 Days Wild

Jun 13, 2016May 24, 2020Posted in Challenge, Conservation, Encounters, Environmental, Film, Insects, Local, Plants, Video, Vlog, Walk, WorkTagged 30 Days Wild, Adam Canning, Birmingham, Challenge, Conservation, Environment, Film, Flora, Insects, Meadow, My Wild Life, Nature, Random Acts of Wildness, Semirural, Springwatch, Suburban, The Wildlife Trust, Video, West Midlands, Wild Time, Wildlife, Wildlife Trusts, WorcestershireLeave a comment

“Follow a bumblebee”

12/06/16

After work, I decided to go for a nice stroll with a colleague and friend, Sophie. We sauntered around the semi-rural outskirts of Northfield Town Centre (in South Birmingham).

Before we got to the location Sophie had in mind, literally just a few yards from where we work, we noticed beside the path (there is a grass verge) was a patch of Bird’s-foot-Trefoil. I informed Sophie it is also know as Eggs and Bacon. We saw some bees buzzing around it, so we observed and followed them from flower to flower.

I took a short video:

Thanks. 🐝

Day 8 – 30 Days Wild

Jun 8, 2016May 24, 2020Posted in Challenge, Conservation, Environmental, Exploration, Interview, Local, Nature Reserve, Plants, Video, Vlog, Walk, WorkTagged 30 Days Wild, Adam Canning, Birds, Birmingham, Challenge, Conservation, Countryfile, Countryside, Environment, Meadow, My Wild Life, Nature, Random Acts of Wildness, Springwatch, Suburban, The Wildlife Trust, Video, West Midlands, Wild Time, Wildlife, Wildlife TrustsLeave a comment

Some Good News

08/06/16

See video:

More info: The course is ran by B’ham Metropolitan College at the Botanical Gardens – the course involves; boundary habitat conservation, ecological surveys and techniques, ecology of trees, woods and forests, game management and environmental studies.

Thankyou. 😊

Day 7 – 30 Days Wild

Jun 7, 2016May 24, 2020Posted in BBC, Challenge, Conservation, Environmental, Film, Local, Plants, Video, VlogTagged 30 Days Wild, Adam Canning, Bees, Birmingham, Broom, Challenge, Conservation, Do Something Great, My Wild Life, Nature, Random Acts of Wildness, Semirural, Springwatch, Suburban, Suburbia, The Wildlife Trust, Video, Vlog, West Midlands, Wild Time, Wildlife, Wildlife Gardening, Wildlife Trusts, WorcestershireLeave a comment

Wildlife Gardening

07/06/16

I thought it would be a good idea to combine a 30 Days Wild activity, with the BBC’s Do Something Great campaign! My parents needed some Broom planting, so I used this opportunity to my advantage – for a quick video:

Thanks. 🙂

Day 6 – 30 Days Wild

Jun 6, 2016May 24, 2020Posted in Challenge, Conservation, Environmental, Farm, Greenbelt, Local, Video, VlogTagged 30 Days Wild, Adam Canning, Birmingham, Challenge, Conservation, Countryfile, Countryside, Environment, Film, Flora, Frankley Beeches, Meadow, My Wild Life, Random Acts of Wildness, Semirural, Springwatch, Suburban, The Wildlife Trust, Video, West Midlands, Wild Time, Wildlife Trusts, WorcestershireLeave a comment

Green Birmingham

Finally! I’ve managed a blog on the actually day! Well it’s night now, but you know what I mean! 😄

06/06/16

The weather was gorgeous today – so on my way back from my parents, I decided to film a stretch of road I grew up near (using my phone); showing off the fields, trees and farmland I used to explore and play around, thus showing how Green Birmingham is! I still enjoy a good walk around there, passing from the Suburb into the Country, and there are parts of it still left to be explored by me. 💚

I love the Greenbelt in my feature image and my video below – if houses are ever built there, it would surely break my heart… 💔 Just the thought of it makes me extremely upset… Anyway! There’s a meadow, which you see a bit of (it has the Oak Tree almost in the middle) – I have seen a few of my first ever Butterflies in that very field!

I should also mention; the video features a bit of road I filmed last night too…

Enjoy:

Thank you. 😊