Birds – Page 2 – Canned Wildlife

Day 1 – 30 Days Wild

Jun 1, 2020Jun 5, 2020Posted in Birds, Challenge, Encounters, Environmental, Film, Garden, Insects, Natural History, Video, VlogTagged #30DaysWild, 30 Days Wild, A Focus On Nature, Adam Canning, Adam O'Hare, AFON, BBC Gardeners' World, BBC Wildlife, Birder, Birders, Birding, Birds, Birdsong, Birdwatching, Birmingham, Butterflies, Chaffinch, CPRE, Dawn Chorus, Earth Capture, Encounter, Environmental, Frankley, Garden, Garden BirdWatch, Gay Birders, Green Birmingham, Invertebrates, June, Moths, Nature On Screen, New Frankley, Ornithology, Park, Random Acts of Wildness, RSPB, Semirural, Spring, Springwatch, Springwatch 2020, Suburban, Suburbia, The Wildlife Trust, Video, Vlog, Waseley Hills Country Park, West Midlands, Wild Garden, Wild June, Wildlife, Wildlife Filmmakers, Wildlife From My Window, Wildlife Garden, Wildlife Trusts, Wildlife VlogLeave a comment

It’s that time of year again! To do something nature related & connect with the natural world every day in June, a “Random Act of Wildness” – as suggested by The Wildlife Trusts.

This morning I got up at 4pm to listen to the Dawn Chorus 💚 🐦 🎶 (Then went back to sleep 😆).

Yesterday I saw a lovely species of Moth in the Garden, for the first time, so I have included a video of that video too! 😀 🦋

In the early evening I went for a lovely walk with my Mom, around the Waseley Hills Country Park 🏞️ ❤️

You can make out the Malvern Hills AONB in the distance 😍

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Penned Wildlife

May 31, 2020Posted in Natural HistoryTagged A Focus On Nature, Adam Canning, Adam O'Hare, AFON, Artwork, BBC Wildlife, Bird Book, Birder, Birders, Birding, Birds, Birds of Prey, Birdwatching, Birmingham, BTO, Canned Wildlife, Chris Packham, Countryfile, CPRE, Drawing, Falconry, Gay Birders, Illustration, Made in Birmingham, May, Natural England, Natural History, Northern Goshawk, Raptors, RSPB, Spring, Springwatch, Springwatch 2020, West Midlands, Wild Art, Wildlife, Wildlife Trusts, WoodlandLeave a comment

For a while I have been meaning to do some drawing or painting, as I haven’t since High School (about 15 years ago).

So yesterday (29/05/2020) I decided I would draw one of my favourite birds of prey, which I completed today (30/05/2020)…

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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!)

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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 🙂

Waxwing Winter

Dec 27, 2018May 24, 2020Posted in BBC, Birds, Countryside, Encounters, Local, TV, VideoTagged BBC Midlands Today, Birder, Birding, Birds, Bromsgrove, Countryfile, Countryside, Encounter, Film, Interview, Migration, Nature, Ornithology, Outdoors, The Wildlife Trust, Waxwings, West Midlands, Wildlife, Winter, Winter Migrants, Winter Migration, Winterwatch, WorcestershireLeave a comment

Six years ago it was a similar mild and wet December, I happened to be looking on Twitter when I saw a tweet announcing that there was a large flock of Waxwings, at the Midlands best garden centre, Webbs of Wychbold in north Worcestershire.

It had been several years since the last irruption of Waxwings and it wasn’t a bird many people had seen, I had never seen any before and so like many people from all over the West Midlands region (and maybe further afield), I descended on Webbs of Wychbold.

Of course I took my trusty video camera along with me, it would have been madness not to get footage of these beautiful birds! Journalists at the local BBC Studios in Birmingham got wind of ‘something going on’ and so I decided to inform them of what it was and sent them a copy of the video I made (below).

BBC Birmingham loved my video, so I met up with Environment Correspondent, Dr David Gregory-Kumar and his lovely producer and cameraman, to be part of a news package on the Waxwing irruption (below).

Today I found out the collective noun for Waxwings is a museum or an earful. 😆

Many thanks,

Adam 🙂

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)

(2011)

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Wildlife in February

Feb 4, 2018May 24, 2020Posted in Birds, Conservation, Encounters, Nature Reserve, VlogTagged Adam Canning, Adam L. Canning, Bewick's Swan, Birding, Birds, Chaffinch, Documentary, East Yorkshire, Environment, February, Garden, Gloucestershire, Goosander, Journalism, Migration, Natural History, Nature, Outdoors, RSPB, Slimbridge, Urban, Vlog, Waxwing, Wildfowl, Wildlife Vlog, Winter, Winter Migrants, Winterwatch, WWTLeave a comment

So, it’s February and quite a lot of us are seeing signs of spring. But what wildlife is there to see? Well, here are my four short fact filled informative videos; on some cool bird species you should look and listen out for this month!

Enjoy 🙂

(2012)

* irruptions

(2016)

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About Me

Sep 9, 2017Sep 10, 2017Posted in UncategorizedTagged A Focus On Nature, Adam Canning, BBC Gardeners' World, BBC Midlands Today, BBC Wildlife, Birding, Birds, Birmingham, Bromsgrove, Conservation, Countryside, Documentary, Frankley Beeches, My Wild Life, National Trust, Natural History, Reader's Digest Magazine, RSPB, The Wild Side, The Wildlife Trust, West Midlands, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Wildlife, Wildlife TV Presenter, Worcestershire

Just a (very) short one, to say: Finally! I have an ‘About Me‘ page! 😀 I’ve decided I will be gradually turning my WordPress into my website, so it becomes more than just a blog!

In the past I used Webs, I believe my website there was looking ‘dated’ and I no longer do anything branded Nature On Screen – so I stopped using that site. Eventually Canned Wildlife will look great!

Thanks for visiting. 🙂