Reserves are great, you just get settled in nice and quite and always someone stomps up and ‘have you seen anything yet mate’ at the top of there voice…. gets me every time 😂😂

@Gazzab6

Жыл бұрын

@smiffy5467 yeah that really annoys me too. The RSPB reserves are much better than the open free reserves where irresponsible dog walkers think it’s funny to throw a stick in the water for their dogs to chase where they end up chasing the nesting birds causing a huge disturbance.

Great advice Simon. I’m lucky to have a number of permissions. I’ve always identified a subject looked for their habitat and then use maps Google earth to find suitable areas. I then write a letter asking for permission. Best thing Ive ever done.

@simoneardley

Жыл бұрын

I love Google Earth, its a great tool to use 👍🏼👌🏼

Some sound advice Si. Keep on badgering on 😀

@simoneardley

Жыл бұрын

Will do Pat 👍🏼

Top stuff yet again and we'll said. I have good access to land around the village I live in and we have some great wildlife around here too.....especially hares which are my go to subject 👍👌 I may get to the birdfair next weekend, I'll call and say hi if I do Keep up the great work Simon 👍 👏

@simoneardley

Жыл бұрын

Nice one Ray, if you get there I look forward to having a chat 👊🏼

I really enjoyed the permissions part of your talk you gave to our society back in March. It’s great advice and as you say, it’s the best way of improving your photography. The location I go to in the Trough of Bowland is free to roam but I have contact with the farmer and as you mentioned in the video, message him to notify him when I’m in the area. As I mentioned in the vote of thanks in March, I like to be able to be an extra pair of eyes on the ground for the farmer and will notify him of anything I see that is untoward. One time my evening out went slightly wrong. Even though the area is free to roam, the track I was using passed from one field to another through a large opening in the wall. I set up using my bag hide behind a wall and I thought I was off the ridge line but I wasn’t so my outline was visible to the farms further down the valley. When I was packing up, another farmer came rushing up the hill on his quad bike asking what I was doing. It turned out the field belonged to him and not the farmer I had been making contact with. He thought that I was camping and kept mentioning it even though I explained I was observing the Short Eared Owls and used the bag hide so as not to cause a disturbance. The OS Maps app is my favourite app and is invaluable as you say when out and about. I’ve had it for three years now and the price for renewal is £23.99 but I’ve noticed the current price to new subscribers is £28.99 but even at that price, I still think it’s worth it. By the way, I bet that’s not the packet of Fig Rolls I gave you at the end of your talk 😏

Thanks Simon, very useful advice.

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

No worries, thanks for watching 👍🏼

Cheers Simon, sound advice as always. All the best. 👍📷😎

@simoneardley

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Rob 👍

Great info and great tips again excellent work! Keep theese videos coming 👏👏👏Good man Simon 👍and good luck with the badgers🙏

@simoneardley

Жыл бұрын

Haha, cheers Paul. I need it!!🦡🤣🤣

Awesome.. thanks for sharing important information about this.. really appreciate it 😁

@simoneardley

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful Richard👍🏼

Great advice Simon

Keep up the great work Simon great video

@simoneardley

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do Adrian 👍🏼

Looking forward to seeing you at Rutland 👍🏻

Brilliant video Simon, very informative 👍

@simoneardley

Жыл бұрын

Glad you think so Andy, nothing ground breaking but can help massively with your creativity.

Ey up Si. Good sound advice mate. Can always pop the landowner a calendar at Christmas, keep em sweet. 😉Nice to see the fig rolls reappear. Good luck Si.

@simoneardley

Жыл бұрын

Good shout Richard 🤣🤣👍🏼

Great video Simon and well explained. One concern I always had about speaking to farmers was telling them what species I saw. Many farmers I know near me hate foxes and badgers, and admit to shooting them so I'm very wary now

@simoneardley

Жыл бұрын

Yeh I get that Greg, maybe something I should have mentioned in the film. Ive had the same issues to be honest. Thanks for watching 👀👍🏼

@GregSheard

Жыл бұрын

@simoneardley I'm sure it's something you will have the opportunity to discuss again in the future, but your video is still very valuable information for those looking for good sites. Not all farmers are bad when it comes to wildlife and some love to embrace it. Where I live it's more livestock based so they are more wary of badgers and foxes due to tb and possible predation, plus hatred that has probably been passed down generations sadly

Great advice. I have access to a large farming estate and my contact is the game keeper. A really valuable guy to talk to because he knows every knook and cranny of the land.

@simoneardley

Жыл бұрын

Yeh Gamekeepers can be great contacts Nigel

Brilliant advice simon people who have permission are very lucky i seem to be struggling to get any permission from anyone.

@simoneardley

Жыл бұрын

Stick at it Bob, you'll get there in the end👊🏼

Awesome advice, I have permission for a farm and love it, just built a woodland hide, put up a little owl box and set up a feeding station, my bit for nature. What day/s are you at the Global bird fair, ill come and say hi and taste one of your famous fig rolls.

@simoneardley

Жыл бұрын

Good shout Ray, yeh any little bit we can do to help the wildlife is a massive bonus. I'm there all 3 days mate, come and have a chat 👍🏼👊🏼

@raytaylor3090

Жыл бұрын

@@simoneardley 👍

My solarpannelwire also gets ruined regularly. But it saves on batteries enormously. And you're wright, having access to private areas increases the experience big-time. Greetings from Antwerp.

@simoneardley

Жыл бұрын

Yeh, luckily its only a red and black wire and easy to repair. Might look at some form of chew proof cover for mine. Thanks for watching David👍🏼👀

Where would you start before private land. What should we be looking for on public land too know where to set up what to look for. I have bought myself the nighthawk chair hide, I have a 300mm lens as I am just starting and saving for a longer lens. Amazing videos delivered with such knowledge fantastic keep it up

@simoneardley

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Philip, if you have one your garden is a great place to start. If not ask family or friends if you can set something up in their garden. Its amazing what will come into a feeding station thats regularly stocked. Nature reserves are another great location to try!! 👍📷

❤❤❤❤ it was good video thanks for your video see you

@simoneardley

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Sandra👍🏼

Simon you should have been polite and asked the for squirrels permission to put camera on tree 🌳 😊

@simoneardley

Жыл бұрын

If it was a red I wouldnt have minded!!

Hi I wonder if you can help. I sold all my Sony camera gear and I'm wonder if you can help me please on what to buy next. I've been in to photography since I was 18, and now I'm a lot older and the mobility is not good. What would you recommend for the my next journey into photography please. ( I've always been interested in wildlife) but I've been taking other pictures mostly people. Upto 7 years ago.

@simoneardley

Жыл бұрын

Where to start Nigel, if youre seriously thinking of getting into the wildlife genre and your mobility isnt good then size is going to be a big consideration. Take a look at the OM system, micro 4/3 setups offer excellent reach with relatively small and lightweight lenses.

Compulsive Obsessive Badgers Photographer ;-)

@simoneardley

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🦡

Do you make videos in English as well?

@simoneardley

Жыл бұрын

Yeh, I do em in sign language as well 🖕😄

Did you spot any wild just stop oil activists 😂?

@simoneardley

Жыл бұрын

Haha, not this time !!

Good stuff but I can barely undersand the accent.

@jotwee63

9 ай бұрын

You shouldn’t have left school after 3rd grade 🤷‍♂️

@Quickscribbles

9 ай бұрын

@@jotwee63 - Did you stay up all night to come up with that brainstorm?