Singleton, West Sussex; fabulous winter walk
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- Опубліковано 6 лип 2024
- Join us on a winter walk around the village of Singleton in West Sussex, and the beautiful Levin Down nature reserve. Singleton is located approximately 6 miles north of Chichester.
Due to its cinematic nature, this video is best watched on a large screen, such as a TV, to fully appreciate the visual detail and immersive aural experience we try to convey.
00:00 Intro
00:16 Intro drone flight
00:55 River Lavant
01:41 Levin Down
03:58 Levin Down nature reserve
05:52 Back to Singleton
06:50 Singleton village
08:56 St Mary's church
10:31 Closing drone flight
10:52 Outro
==Our filming equipment==
Camera: Sony A7S iii
Lens: Sony FE 16-35mm F4 G PZ
Gimbal: DJI Ronin SC2
Microphone: Sony ECM-XYST1M stereo
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Camera: Sony A7 iv
Lens: Sony FE 100-400 F4.5 GM
Teleconverter: Sony 1.4x TC E
Monopod: 3LT Legends Alana
Microphone: Sony ECM-XYST1M stereo
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Camera: Sony RX10 iv
Tripod: Manfrotto MT190GOC4 190 Go!
Tripod head: Manfrotto 500 Fluid Head With Flat Base
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Drone: DJI Mini 3 Pro
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We started our walk close to Singleton village hall; the River Lavant was very fast flowing, unlike on one of our previous walks here - • Singleton & Charlton, ... .
A frosty morning soon warmed as the sun rose, and we made our way up Levin Down. As we ascended, the views became more impressive; looking behind we could see Singleton village with views of Charlton Down beyond to the east and the Isle of Wight in the west. And to the north, what seemed like endless, beautiful Sussex countryside. Aside from the views, we were accompanied by the continuous song from numerous Skylarks, as they repeatedly rose and the dived to the ground.
The eastern part of Levin Down is a nature reserve, and whilst there was not a huge amount of wildlife at this time of year, there was enough to make one aware that Spring is definitely here. As the air warmed, thermal currents started to form, which brought out the Red Kites and Common Buzzards - it is amazing to see how they are masters of their environment.
We then descended to the River Lavant on the outskirts of Charlton, from where we followed its course back to Singleton.
Singleton is the quintessential West Sussex village in terms of its historic buildings and architectural styles. We did not film the entire village on this occasion as this is available in one of our previous videos - • Singleton & Charlton, ... .
Further information about the village maybe found here - wikishire.co.uk/wiki/Singleto... and www.westsussex.info/singleton.....
The C11 St Mary's church, which has undergone many changes over the centuries, forms part of one of the iconic views of the village (07:39). More details of the church are available at sussexparishchurches.org/chur....
As you will see from the video, aside from the Skylarks, Red Kites and Buzzards, we saw a few other birds including Rook, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Carrion Crow and Great tit.
Walking Levin Down requires some effort (it is a hill!), and is a little muddy in places at this time of year. Aside from that, this walk is fairly easy going, so suitable for most ages and abilities.
All background and natural sounds were recorded during our time filming.
We hope you enjoyed watching as much as we enjoyed walking. If you did, please remember to click the thumbs up (like) button, and leave a comment.
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John & Diana
Music: bensound.com and pixabay.com/music
It's been a little while since we have seen you because of the weather I know but this video has made the wait worthwhile! Thank you.
Thank you, Sue. That is so kind of you to say, and comments such as yours make the videos so rewarding. The weather was awful during February and since filming Singleton, any free time we had to walk and film has been awful too! We could film in the rain but it is not much fun, and flying the drone is not possible. We are pleased you enjoyed watching.
Hola son mis preferidos estos videos me hacen viajar. A otro país y son muy. Terapéuticos te ha yudan al estado anímico gracias amigo q estés bien
Thank you so much for your kind comments; we are pleased you enjoy the videos.
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Beautiful intro. Amazing background music 🎶 so calming 😊… new friend and follower here. Stay connected
Thank you for your kind comments; glad you enjoyed it. Have subbed to you, too.🙂- so much sunshine 🌞compared to our weather 🌧!
Beautiful content and music too!
Thank You!😊
Thank you for your kind comments; we are pleased you enjoyed it.
Wonderful footage. Beautiful production. Loved it ❤
Thank you for your kind comments.
A lovely walk - thank you! It's great to see the spring flowers, and soon everything will be turning green and I wish I could be there to see it. You bird videography is terrific, and catching the skylark on the ground was a bonus. I used to love watching them in the air, but never really caught sight of one on the ground except in the distance.
Thank you for your kind comments, Jim. After almost a month of rain in February, it did us good to have the perfect weather for such a lovely walk. Perhaps one day you will be able to return. The skylarks are so well camouflaged when on the ground; they can be less than 10 metres away, and are only visible when they fly away! We have recently added to our kit with a 1.4x teleconverter, which extends the reach. Just in case you are camera/tech inclined, we use a 100-400mm zoom. The camera is full frame but we switch it to APS-C for distant shots which gives a crop of 1.5x. Add in the 1.4x teleconverter, we have a max focal length of 840mm. For use on tripod or monopod only!
Thanks for the technical information. I used to be a professional photographer many years ago, but equipment has moved on tremendously since those days. I still take an interest, however, and certainly a lens set-up like that could not be used without a solid support, even if the camera has good stabilisation. These days I stick mainly to video, and my UA-cam channel, while less professionally filmed and edited than yours, has over 2,000 videos. I hope you carry on with your great productions.
@@JimNicholls I believe you mentioned, on a previous video, you were once a photographer for the West Sussex Gazette. You certainly have much content on your channel and it looks like a lot of fun! In the past, I have had a few kites, and found flying them was great escape from reality! We hope to be able to get out for more walks this year and perhaps go further afield.
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I loved the lark plummeting to the ground! They are so hard to spot in the sky & their song is beautiful- they do expend a lot of energy. If our lark doesn’t show up this year I think it will be 3 years that we haven’t seen it. Was it just chance that you captured it? The river was running so full!
A good capture of the bumblebee & the honeybee together! I saw our kite today- he/she did go missing but is back.( am sure someone feeds it) That did have the look of the perfect English village! Thanks so much!
Thank you for your comments, Diana. Whilst we had been watching the larks for a while, repeatedly climbing and diving, capturing the actual dive in that way was luck. All the other attempts to follow the diving through the air had failed! Something we learned from this walk is just how much the larks sing when on the ground; we had always thought the song was mainly when airborne, but clearly this is not the case. Sadly, we have lost much of the skylark population locally due to massive housing development and the consequential loss of habitat.
At one stage on the walk, we could see around seven Red kites at the same time and it was difficult to choose which to focus on!
Thank you for the reply! Like you,I thought larks only sang when on the wing!- mainly because it would draw predators to them when on the ground & vulnerable. I must say ‘our lark’ only sang when in the air- perhaps the song didn’t travel when on the ground as there was a row of houses in between us!
When you go to the Chilterns,the skies are riven with kites- how they all manage to find food is puzzling! A village near us that had none now has at least 3!They are everywhere we travel!
Thanks for a lovely video.
Its even got an oil well not far off the main road