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Day 11 – 30 Days Wild

Jun 11, 2020Posted in Birds, Challenge, Coast, Conservation, Countryside, Encounters, Environmental, Exploration, Film, Lakes, Natural History, Nest, River, TV, Video, Vlog, WalkTagged #30DaysWild, #NowForNature, #WilderFuture, 30 Days Wild, A Focus On Nature, Adam Canning, Adam O'Hare, AFON, BBC Countryfile, BBC Earth, BBC Midlands Today, BBC Wildlife, Beach, Birder, Birders, Birding, Birds, Birdsong, Birdwatching, Bridlington, BTO, Challenge, Coast, Conservation, Countryfile, Countrylife, Countryside, CPRE, Days Out, Documentary, Earth Capture, East Yorkshire, Encounter, Environment, Environmental, Exporation, Feeding Birds, Gay Birders, Green Space, Journalism, June, Migration, Natural England, Natural History, Nature, Nature On Screen, Nest, Nest Building, Nesting, NestWatch, Now for Nature, Ornithology, Outdoors, Presenting, Random Acts of Wildness, Reader's Digest Magazine, RSPB, Sand Martins, Semirural, Spring, Springwatch, Springwatch 2020, Swallows and Amazons, The Nest Record Scheme, The Wildlife Trust, Video, Vlog, Wetlands, Wild June, Wilder Future, Wildlife, Wildlife Filmmakers, Wildlife Trusts, Wildlife TV Presenter, Wildlife Vlog, YorkshireLeave a comment

Today I have decided to share a wild moment from my past 🐦 😊

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Day 9 – 30 Days Wild

Jun 9, 2020Jun 10, 2020Posted in Challenge, Encounters, Environmental, Film, Garden, Insects, Natural History, Nest, Plants, TV, Video, VlogTagged #30DaysWild, 30 Days Wild, A Focus On Nature, Adam Canning, Adam O'Hare, AFON, Alex White, BBC Earth, BBC Gardeners' World, BBC Midlands Today, BBC Wildlife, Birmingham, Black Ants, Bugs, Challenge, Earth Capture, Encounter, Entomology, Environment, Environmental, Film, Frankley, Garden, Green Birmingham, Insects, Invertebrates, June, Migration, Natural History, Nature, Nature On Screen, Nest, New Frankley, Outdoors, Random Acts of Wildness, RSPB, Semirural, Spring, Springwatch, Springwatch 2020, Suburban, Suburbia, The Wildlife Trust, Video, Vlog, West Midlands, Wild Garden, Wild June, Wildlife, Wildlife Filmmakers, Wildlife From My Window, Wildlife Garden, Wildlife Trusts, Wildlife Vlog, WLT Bigger PictureLeave a comment

Today I did try to get better footage of the House Sparrows, but they weren’t playing ball 😅

So when I noticed some interesting Black Garden Ant behaviour, I decided to focus on them instead today 🐜 😊

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Day 7 – 30 Days Wild

Jun 7, 2020Posted in Birds, Challenge, Conservation, Environmental, Film, Garden, Local, Natural History, Video, VlogTagged #30DaysWild, 30 Days Wild, A Focus On Nature, Adam Canning, Adam O'Hare, AFON, BBC Earth, BBC Gardeners' World, BBC Midlands Today, BBC Wildlife, Birds, Birdwatching, Birmingham, BTO Garden BirdWatch, Challenge, Conservation, Earth Capture, Environmental, Frankley, Garden, Garden BirdWatch, Green Birmingham, House Sparrows, June, Natural History, Nature, Nature On Screen, New Frankley, Now for Nature, Ornithology, Outdoors, Random Acts of Wildness, Rewildling, RSPB, Semirural, Spring, Springwatch, Springwatch 2020, Suburban, Suburbia, The Urban Birder, The Wildlife Trust, Video, Vlog, West Midlands, Wild Art, Wild Garden, Wild June, Wilder Future, Wildlife, Wildlife Filmmakers, Wildlife From My Window, Wildlife Garden, Wildlife Gardening, Wildlife Trusts, Wildlife Vlog, WildlifeKate, WLT Bigger Picture, World Land TrustLeave a comment

For a couple of weeks, since the bottom part of the flowerbed was dug over, I have observed House Sparrows having sand / dust baths & I thought to myself, I must get footage of this!

My attempts failed, at first, because they either didn’t turn up or I had just missed them, or it was raining 😅

However, today I thought I would give it another go and within about 5 minutes into recording they showed up & I got footage! 👇🏻

I plan on getting closer & better footage very soon!

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Day 5 – 30 Days Wild

Jun 5, 2020Jun 5, 2020Posted in Challenge, Conservation, Encounters, Environmental, Film, Garden, Insects, Natural History, Plants, Video, VlogTagged #30DaysWild, 30 Days Wild, A Focus On Nature, Action For Insects, Adam Canning, Adam O'Hare, AFON, BBC Gardeners' World, BBC Midlands Today, BBC Wildlife, Birmingham, Bugs, Butterflies, Challenge, CPRE, Earth Capture, Encounter, Environment, Environmental, Film, Flora, Frankley, Garden, Green Birmingham, Insects, Invertebrates, June, Natural History, Nature, Nature On Screen, New Frankley, Outdoors, Random Acts of Wildness, RSPB, Semirural, Spring, Springwatch, Springwatch 2020, Suburban, Suburbia, The Wildlife Trust, Video, Vlog, West Midlands, Wild Garden, Wild June, Wildlife, Wildlife Filmmakers, Wildlife From My Window, Wildlife Garden, Wildlife Gardening, Wildlife Trusts, Wildlife Vlog, World Land TrustLeave a comment

After a lovely walk around my local wood & a wee heritage site, I got back to find a beautiful Butterfly basking in the sun, in the garden, & I managed get some lovely footage of it! 😊

Gotta love Small Tortoiseshell Butterflies 🦋 💚

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Day 4 – 30 Days Wild

Jun 4, 2020Jun 5, 2020Posted in Challenge, Conservation, Countryside, Encounters, Film, Garden, Insects, Local, Natural History, Nature Reserve, Plants, Video, VlogTagged #30DaysWild, #NowForNature, 30 Days Wild, A Focus On Nature, Action For Insects, Adam Canning, Adam O'Hare, AFON, BBC Gardeners' World, BBC Midlands Today, BBC Wildlife, Birmingham, Botany, Bugs, Butterflies, Challenge, Chris Packham, Conservation, country park, Countryfile, Countryside, CPRE, Days Out, Digitalis purpurea, Encounter, Environmental, Film, Frankley, Garden, Green Birmingham, Green Space, Insects, Invertebrates, June, Natural England, Natural History, Nature, Nature On Screen, Nature Reserve, New Frankley, Now for Nature, Outdoors, Presenting, Random Acts of Wildness, Rewildling, Semirural, Spring, Springwatch, Springwatch 2020, Suburban, Suburbia, The Wildlife Trust, Video, Vlog, Walk, Waseley Hills Country Park, West Midlands, Wild Garden, Wild June, Wildflower, Wildlife, Wildlife Filmmakers, Wildlife From My Window, Wildlife Garden, Wildlife Gardening, Wildlife Trusts, Wildlife TV Presenter, Wildlife VlogLeave a comment

On Monday, whilst walking passed some Foxgloves with my Mom up the Waseley Hills Country Park, I remembered that we had some seeds at the back of one of the kitchen cupboards 😉

Digitalis purpurea – Waseley Hills Country Park

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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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My Dawn Chorus Guide

May 1, 2020May 23, 2020Posted in Birds, Exploration, Film, Garden, Greenbelt, Local, Natural History, Video, Vlog, Walk, WoodlandTagged Birmingham, Dawn Chorus, Documentary, Film, Garden, International Dawn Chorus Day, Nature, Outdoors, Spring, Springwatch, Urban, Video, WoodlandLeave a comment

2011
(apologies for the dodgy voice-overs)

International Dawn Chorus Day is annually the first Sunday in May – it was invented in Birmingham, in 1984 at Moseley Bog LNR.

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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: