Great video Ash, looks like a top office you’ve got coming along! And the Dipper vlog was spot on, some superb shots of the dippers, I especially like the nest material shots and in flight! Such amazing birds, and along the river is a special place to be! Otter, boom!! What a great sighting. Lovely work as always 👍
Cheers Rich, yeh its been great to be down on the river and such a surprise seeing the otter, just added your last video Migrant birds to my watch list, looking forward to that one 👍
Well done on this one, Ash! Fantastic stills and footage of those dippers, and what about that surprise otter eh. There is a future project in the making if ever I saw one. Such a beautiful woodland that is, with all those bluebells too. Cracking job you are doing on that studio there also, give yourself a 'well earned' pat on the back for everything in this vid buddy!! 👏👏👍
Cheers Russ, thanks for the comment, yeh nice to see the otter, I am actually going to check on the camera tonight, its been out since Sunday so hopefully it will have been back, and yeh a good chance of a long term project there. 😜👍
Thanks mate.i really enjoy your vlogs.natural and normal,sometimes,well quite often we can spend a whole day in the cold and wet and see nothing..but when we do it makes it all worthwhile!! I'm in Wales so loved those trips...studio looks Brill. Take it easy
Great footage and photos of the dippers, fascinating how they bob up and down. I wonder if there’s any explanation for that behavior? We have dippers in northern California in the Sierra Nevada mountains. And grateful we don’t have midges in California.
The studio is coming along nicely 👌, and the shots of the dippers were wonderful. I don't think I have seen a UA-cam video by other photographers featuring dippers, yes, but not collecting nesting material. Well done.
Lots to see in this one and also look forward to once the Dippers start bringing up their chicks. Your studio is coming along nicely (lots of room); hoping to see that desk top when it's finished; it really intrigued me. Really beautiful images, Ashley, and I particularly loved the moss-gathering clip. Hope you get a good view of the Otter on your trailcam.
Apparently, Dippers use their sharp claws to grip onto the riverbed whilst they walk about underwater finding food. Adults eat a lot of shrimps, and feed their young chicks mainly on mayflies or stonefly nymphs, with caddis larvae increasingly important as the chicks grow....
Great video! Trail cameras/camera traps are very useful, and those look like a good option. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us and sharing your outing with us.
Many thanks for your comment 👍 just for your piece of mind I am actually following a deer track through the woods and causing minimal harm to the bluebells and I am well aware they are proacted which is why i stick to the same track all the time 😀
Great video Ash, looks like a top office you’ve got coming along! And the Dipper vlog was spot on, some superb shots of the dippers, I especially like the nest material shots and in flight!
Such amazing birds, and along the river is a special place to be! Otter, boom!! What a great sighting. Lovely work as always 👍
Cheers Rich, yeh its been great to be down on the river and such a surprise seeing the otter, just added your last video Migrant birds to my watch list, looking forward to that one 👍
Well done on this one, Ash! Fantastic stills and footage of those dippers, and what about that surprise otter eh. There is a future project in the making if ever I saw one. Such a beautiful woodland that is, with all those bluebells too. Cracking job you are doing on that studio there also, give yourself a 'well earned' pat on the back for everything in this vid buddy!! 👏👏👍
Cheers Russ, thanks for the comment, yeh nice to see the otter, I am actually going to check on the camera tonight, its been out since Sunday so hopefully it will have been back, and yeh a good chance of a long term project there. 😜👍
Literally scene one, walking through bluebells…You set a fantastic example to others.
Thanks mate.i really enjoy your vlogs.natural and normal,sometimes,well quite often we can spend a whole day in the cold and wet and see nothing..but when we do it makes it all worthwhile!! I'm in Wales so loved those trips...studio looks Brill. Take it easy
Great footage and photos of the dippers, fascinating how they bob up and down. I wonder if there’s any explanation for that behavior? We have dippers in northern California in the Sierra Nevada mountains. And grateful we don’t have midges in California.
Cheers Fred, ahh its not the same without the midges biting ya 🤣🤣
The studio is coming along nicely 👌, and the shots of the dippers were wonderful. I don't think I have seen a UA-cam video by other photographers featuring dippers, yes, but not collecting nesting material. Well done.
Hi ash,, great video of the dippers... Can you tell me what the location is please.. I'm off to Wales in July wanting to get dippers if I can 😊
Hi Ian, the dippers are near my home in Lancashire not in Wales 👍
Images are unbelievable
Lots to see in this one and also look forward to once the Dippers start bringing up their chicks. Your studio is coming along nicely (lots of room); hoping to see that desk top when it's finished; it really intrigued me. Really beautiful images, Ashley, and I particularly loved the moss-gathering clip. Hope you get a good view of the Otter on your trailcam.
Apparently, Dippers use their sharp claws to grip onto the riverbed whilst they walk about underwater finding food. Adults eat a lot of shrimps, and feed their young chicks mainly on mayflies or stonefly nymphs, with caddis larvae increasingly important as the chicks grow....
Hi ! Great video !!! Beautiful photos !!!
Great video! Trail cameras/camera traps are very useful, and those look like a good option. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us and sharing your outing with us.
Great video Ashley enjoyed it as usual and never boring 😀
Nice view, thanks! You talked about camera traps, which ones would you recommend? Good video quality is important to me! Stanislav
This was a nice inspiration for my weekend, thank you so much!
Young Hare's are called Leverets!
It should be noted that Bluebells are a protected species and shouldn't be walked on!
Many thanks for your comment 👍 just for your piece of mind I am actually following a deer track through the woods and causing minimal harm to the bluebells and I am well aware they are proacted which is why i stick to the same track all the time 😀