Adam L. Canning – Canned Wildlife

National Diversity Awards 2022

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022Posted in TVTagged Adam Ó Hare, Adam Canning, Adam L. Canning, Adam O'Hare, AFON, Award Nomination, Bats, BBC, BBC Countryfile, BBC Earth, BBC Gardeners' World, BBC Midlands Today, BBC Springwatch, BBC Wildlife, Bill Oddie, Birder, Birders, Birdfair, Birding, Birdwatching, Birmingham, Birmingham UK, Bromsgrove, Cadbury, Canned Wildlife, Celebrating Unity in Society, Chris Packham, Conservation, Conservationist, Conservationists, Countryfile, Creative Conservation, Dawn Chorus, DEFRA, Do Something Great, Documentary, Earth Capture, Environmental, Feeding Birds, Frankley, Frankley Beeches, Gay Birders, Green Belt, Green Birmingham, Green Space, Greenbelt, Homosexual, Horticulture, ITV News, Journalism, LGBTQ+, Longbridge, Made in Birmingham, Midlands, National Diversity Awards, Natural England, Natural History, Naturalist, New Frankley, Openly Gay, Ornithology, Outdoors, Random Acts of Wildness, Reader's Digest Magazine, Rewildling, SpringwatchLeave a comment

I’ve been nominated again.

Please vote for me here: https://www.nationaldiversityawards.co.uk/awards-2022/nominations/adam-o-hare/

Thank you x

Canned Wildlife

For my Social Media presence (especially my Instagram and Twitter), being an openly gay Broadcaster and a Nature Conservation advocate, I have been nominated for a Diversity Award as a Positive LGBTQ+ Role Model.

To vote for me / nominate me, please Click Here

Many thanks! x

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Review: Get Your Boots On

Jan 14, 2020Feb 6, 2020Posted in Literature, Natural HistoryTagged A Focus On Nature, Adam Canning, Adam L. Canning, Alex White, Badgers, Birding, Birds, Book, Chris Packham, Conservation, Countryside, Environment, Get Your Boots On, Green Space, Mammals, Natural History, Nature, Outdoors, Reptiles, Review, RSPB, Springwatch, The Wildlife Trust, Wildlife2 Comments

Last year (2019) a cool and vibrant book became available to purchase from your favourite bookstore and for your Ebook devices, written by an inspirational social media friend and fellow naturalist, Alex White! Published by Dived Up.

First off, what I really like is how colourful and cleverly graphically designed it is. Alex’s pictures are great and used superbly throughout the publication. Each page grabs your attention; what is said / written and each animal featured is captioned / labelled with its scientific name.

The tone of the book is encouraging, it balances out negativity and positivity. It is realistic, well humoured and in no way are you patronised or made to feel bad. As Chris Packham says, it’s heartening.

It is packed full of tips and hints. There is a brilliant quote on page 20 and on page 41 Alex details a magical encounter. I must admit; I found it hard to put this book down, it’s a real page turner.

Wildlife on your doorstep, locally and further afield is promoted, plus it covers what to see each month (bang in the middle of the book) and discusses Social Media, Local Groups and Clubs, which is really good.

Throughout there are contributions from familiar faces, people on Social Media, TV, Radio and in Magazines. In the section entitled Next Generation, I have a few pages detailing my career path (page 130-132).

Alex’s writing style is engaging, insightful, honest and down to earth. Get Your Boots On is excellent! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Thanks for reading 😊 x

October: Amazing Autumn

Oct 10, 2019May 23, 2020Posted in Country Park, Countryside, Deer, Encounters, Environmental, Exploration, Fungi, Greenbelt, Mammals, Natural History, Nature Reserve, Video, Vlog, Walk, WoodlandTagged Adam Ó Hare, Adam Canning, Adam L. Canning, Autumn, Autumnwatch, Birding, Birds, Birmingham, Conservation, country park, Countryfile, Countryside, Deer, Documentary, Encounter, Environment, Eurasian Jay, Fall, Fallow, Film, Fungi, Natural History, Nature, Ornithology, Outdoors, Suburban, The Wildlife Trust, Video, Vlog, Walk, Wildlife, Wildlife Monthly, WoodlandLeave a comment

Made in October 2011 [VIDEOS], three great things to look out for this month: acorn crazy Jays, Rutting Fallow Deer & fun looking Fungi!

🥜 🦌 🍄

Apologies for the inaccuracies in the Fungi video; pronunciation of hallucinogenic and apparently you can eat Amethyst Deceivers – but it is better to be safe than sorry! (No matter how good a recipe sounds!)

Thanks for visiting! x

Common Loon at Pitsford Reservoir

Jan 17, 2019May 24, 2020Posted in Birds, Countryside, Encounters, VideoTagged Adam Canning, Adam L. Canning, BBC Earth, Birder, Birding, Birds, Brixworth, Countryfile, Countryside, East Midlands, Encounter, Film, James Burman, Nature, Northamptonshire, Northants Birds, Pitsford Water, Video, Wildlife, Winter, Winter Migrants, WinterwatchLeave a comment

Wednesday last week (09/01/2019) I spent a day at Pitsford Water in Northamptonshire, with James Burman. We were there to track down one, if not both, of the Great Northern Divers (GND) a.k.a Common Loon, which are currently wintering there.

On our long walk around this vast body of water (starting at the Dam), we saw the usual suspects, along with approx four Goldeneye (drake & hen), two Great White Egrets (on the other side of the Causeway) and two lovely Stonechat (male & female at the Causeway entrance) on some flowering Gorse.

After getting a good look at the Stonechat pair and a quick scan of the water, we were going to walk speedily to where the sailing club part is, as there had been an update on the reports of them and one had been seen there, and James says: “Adam, I’ve seen something that definitely isn’t a Cormorant! It has just dived.” So we stopped with our binoculars at the ready and James pointed it out when it resurfaced, I didn’t need my bins to confirm it was what we were looking for! As it was by the waters edge and I recognised it instantly! I exclaimed: “That’s it! That’s the Great Northern Diver!” 😁 ⬇️ My video ⬇️

Recently I read that British GNDs mainly winter in the Mediterranean, and the ones that winter in the UK are usually from Iceland.

Thanks 🙂

Common Kingfisher on an Urban River

Jan 11, 2019May 24, 2020Posted in Birds, Encounters, River, VideoTagged Adam Canning, Adam L. Canning, Birding, Birds, BTO, Countrylife, Earth Capture, Encounter, James Burman, Kingfisher, Leicestershire, Market Harborough, Natural History, Nature, Ornithology, Outdoors, River Wellend, RSPB, The Wildlife Trust, Urban, Video, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Wildlife, Wildlife Trusts, Winter, WinterwatchLeave a comment

On Tuesday I got up somewhat early, to arrive in Leicestershire for sunrise, where I met up with my friend James Burman. We planned to have a full day to locate, observe and film (or photograph in James’s case) his local Kingfishers, which frequent a river in the middle of a fairly busy town.

This is what I managed to get ⬇️

Thanks 🙂

The Wild Side: WWT Welney

Nov 17, 2018May 24, 2020Posted in Birds, Conservation, Encounters, Nature Reserve, VideoTagged Adam Canning, Adam L. Canning, BBC Wildlife, Bewick's Swan, Countryfile, Documentary, Earth on Location, Film, Flight of the Swans, Floodlit Feed, Journalism, Migration, Nature, Norfolk, Ouse Washes, Sacha Dench, Wetlands, Whooper Swan, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Winter, Winter Migrants, Winter Migration, Wintering, Winterwatch, Wisbech, WWT WelneyLeave a comment

Two years ago my friend Jamie Wyver and I visited the wonderful Welney Wetland Centre, near Wisbech in the east of England (Norfolk). We were there filming for episode five of our TV series, The Wild Side, which was commissioned and broadcast by Cambridge TV (now called That’s Cambridge). The main subject of course, was the beautiful Bewick’s and Whooper Swans, as they migrate there each year in their thousands from Artic Russia and Iceland. You’ll see in the last part of the episode (below), I was given the amazing opportunity to perform a floodlit feed!

For more episodes of The Wild Side click here.

Thanks 😀

Eurasian Nuthatch

Apr 19, 2018May 24, 2020Posted in Birds, Encounters, Greenbelt, Local, Nest, Video, Vlog, Walk, WoodlandTagged Adam Canning, Adam L. Canning, Birding, Birmingham, BTO, Documentary, Eurasian Nuthatch, Film, Natural History, Nature, Nature Reserve, Nest, Nest Building, Nesting, NestWatch, New Frankley, Ornithology, Outdoors, RSPB, Spring, Springwatch, The Nest Record Scheme, Trees, Video, Vlog, Woodland2 Comments

On 28th March (2018) I was out walking with my mum, when I spotted a couple of Nuthatches on the edge of a wood where we were just about to walk through, and I happened to notice that one of them was putting mud around a hole in a tree, as its nest is in the cavity of the tree.

My mum and I was delighted to witness this and were both surprised at how close to the path it was. Recently I purchased my latest video camera – my first semi-professional one – a Canon XF300 and decided I would return on a day with better weather and test it out on the Nuthatches.

On 5th April (2018), the conditions were perfect, so I went to where I observed said behaviour and thankfully the construction was continuing and below is what I filmed:

Thanks for visiting 🙂

Wildlife in April

Mar 31, 2018May 24, 2020Posted in Birds, Coast, Conservation, Countryside, Encounters, Exploration, Film, Nature Reserve, Nest, Video, VlogTagged Adam Canning, Adam L. Canning, Conservation, Documentary, Easter, Environment, Film, Journalism, Migration, Nature, Outdoors, Spring, Summer, Trees, Video, Vlog, Wildlife, WoodlandLeave a comment

Dash out in between the drip, drip, drop, little April showers and see the wildlife detailed in my short videos below:

(2012)

(2011)

Thanks for visiting 🙂 x

Upton Warren: Eurasian Curlew

Mar 7, 2018May 24, 2020Posted in Birds, Conservation, Countryside, Farm, Nature Reserve, Video, VlogTagged Adam Canning, Adam L. Canning, Autumn, Autumnwatch, Birding, Conservation, Eurasian Curlew, Film, Natural History, Nature, Nature Reserve, Ornithology, RSPB, The Wildlife Trust, Upton Warren, Video, Vlog, Wetlands, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Wildlife Trusts, Worcestershire1 Comment

The now classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, UK Amber and Red List species under the Birds of Conservation Concern review and as a Priority Species in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan, Eurasian Curlew are still holding on at Upton Warren in the landlocked county of Worcestershire in the West Midlands region, and they can be seen throughout autumn and winter, roosting at The Flashes most evenings.

For waders they’re large and tall, approx the size of female a Pheasant – making them the largest European wading bird. Their haunting call (‘Cur-lee’) is unmistakable – it’s one of my favourite bird calls – it can be heard from February through to July on its breeding grounds; wet grasslands, farmland, heath and moorlands. From July onwards coastal numbers start to build up and peak in January.

Curlews feed on worms, shrimps and shellfish. The largest concentrations of them are found at Morecambe Bay, the Solway Firth, the Wash and the Dee, plus, the Severn, Humber and Thames estuaries. Their greatest breeding numbers are found in north Wales, the Pennines, the southern uplands and east Highlands of Scotland and the Northern Isles.

The agricultural intensification (e.g drainage and reseeding) of upland farmland and moorland – plus the afforestation of moorland – is a big factor in the decline of their breeding population.

Thanks for visiting 🙂

Wildlife in March

Mar 1, 2018May 24, 2020Posted in Amphibians, Birds, Countryside, Encounters, Farm, Film, VideoTagged Adam Canning, Adam L. Canning, Beast from the East, Birding, Birds, Bittern, Brambling, Chiffchaff, Countrylife, Countryside, Courtship, Documentary, Frogs, Garden, Great Crested Grebe, March, Natural History, Nature, Ornithology, Outdoors, Red Kite, Snowmageddon, Spring, Springwatch, Storm Emma, Video, Vlog, Wildlife, Winter, WinterwatchLeave a comment

Despite Snowmageddon, the Beast from the East and Storm Emma, some animals will still be going about their business as usual, if you can believe it! The videos below are of what you may see if you venture out, if not, then you got to enjoy these species in detail in the comfort of your home, and maybe would have learnt a thing or two about them as well!

(2012)