I just gave up on auto focus a couple of years ago, I was losing so much footage. Now I use auto to get focus but pull the manual focus button back on the lens before I hit record. Quickly double check that I stll have focus and then monitor focus with my right had little finger on the manual focus ring. Most shots the birds are moving across the field and rarely have to adjust manually. I use one of the manual focus aids which turns everything in focus pink and allows me to see my depth of field clearly. Give it a try. Thanks for your work love it.

Nice to see you posting again. Thank you for sharing 😊.

We dont bother with the RSPB anymore. They are not interested in conservation, just land grabbing.

Wind turbines are decimating eagles. They should be banned.

If you like White-tailed Eagles you should come to Hokkaido; much easier to photograph. I find photographing them in flight is not so hard but videoing them is really tricky. You did fine!

Isla is a great place for eagles.. we saw both species together at Loch Gruinart. It is just a great place for birds of all kinds.

Just subscribed, loving the videos mate, Any chance of a video showing ya kit?, clothing, bag, camera, lenses, tripod and such, I've been attempting wildlife photography for a while and I'm always interested in what kit and why.

Scotland can be harsh with weather conditions but always stunning , Mull is amazing for eagles, otters and deer , you would love it .super footage 👍

Nice video, could you post some of your stills

Fantastic videos. I’m new to your channel, I’m glad I found it. Kent was my home until I moved to Devon 20 years ago.

Hello, if you have the opportunity, you can try the Chinese brand budddiesman professional tripod.

agree with other comments, great to see this one pop up in the notifications, really enjoyed it, I like the focus on the divers at the beginning, they are great birds, also love the sheer excitement coming out of the encounter with the sea eagles. The footage at around @9.18 is highly intriguing, looks more like a Golden Eagle than a White-tailed, did you think you had seen a Golden? It could just be a Buzzard of course...

Just stumbled across this video mate and I have to say:Man its great.

Beautiful work 🤩🤩

Love Scotland! Cool video! 👌

Very nice Chris, some epic eagle encounters & some mega weather too by the look of it! Difficult conditions to photograph & even harder trying out videography hand held, well done on getting anything at 800mm - not sure I would’ve done as well! 👏 All the best, Nick

Good work Chris, thank you. Looking forward to some more.

Nice to see this crop up on me notifications, i thought youd gone for good ill watch it later.

Good to see you uploading again! Great eagle picture!

Great to have you back Chris. Seems like an epic trip. Those eagles..... 😮

Great vlog from one of my favourite areas. I visit Sheppey quite a lot, but I don’t go into Elmley - there’s less people & just as much wildlife elsewhere on the island. Great to see the male HH & Peregrine, nice work. Keep on keeping on! Now subscribed. Best, Nick

You should of popped to upless in oare aswell we get lots of different birds there im lucky enough to have a bit of land up there that over looks oare marshes we got lots of birds of prey up there you can hear the the little owls at night and in the summer you can hear the cuckoo's it's a haven for birds.

Not impressed, very quick ,not enough information,

Hi, love the vid but you didnt explain what the male hen harrier at the start appeared to catch?

Beautiful world we live in, protect and look after it before this amazing wild life disappears

It’s a inundation sluice let’s water out it was a inland sea in 12 to thirteen

Hi Chris, looking forward to your next video or two, hope your well.😊

Keep up the videos !

Drop me a message when you're near Folkestone as I know a Peregrine nest site

You picked the worse weather for your visit. I've had some great days in November when the winds have been gentler. Bearded Tits all over the reserve but especially in the corner by the sluice. BTW, there's a great cafe in Oare village by the creek.

The issue I have with Sheppey is transport. I don't drive so I'm reliant on public transport and my own two feet to get anywhere. I live in London and there are two places I love to go, Dovercourt and Walton on the Naze. My main interest is Wading birds so in the winter the Essex coast is fantastic. On the impossible list for me is Fetlar on Shetland, it's the best place in the UK to see Red necked Phalarope but it's an absolute nightmare to get to

The one in Kissimmee was that Joe Overstreet?

Hi Chris, I like your videos a lot, so I hope you don't mind this feedback but I think the geese around 1.40 are White-fronted Geese; if you look at them carefully you can see bars across their bellies, white flashes around their bills and they don't have big white patches on their wings like Greylags. There was a large flock of these on the Isle of Sheppey over the winter.

Such a beautiful place to go birding! New subscriber here ✨

Excellent, thinking of going there, would they still be there in a fortnight?

Excellent video, very enjoyable. I like that you keep them short and sweet, yet filled with all sorts of information and great footage and pics. Look forward to the next.

Really interesting. I find it incredible that birds do these long migrations. I currently live in NZ and the Bar-tailed Godwits are the big migrators - leaving here in March to head north and returning in Spring.

Nice Video

Good job!

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Ah I remember the magic of hearing their calls back in Poland. So happy to see that they are here

i like this guys voice. very deep.

Dog walkers and walkers in general are the bane of my whole life....i feel you 😂

Great Chris. Love the variety of your videos 👌

The scent of Gorse after rain in intoxicating .

Subscribed love Pagham Harbour & Medmerry will be there for the Terns later in the y👍ear

Great video, looks like you had a great outing!

Looks like a tree covered in old man beard but hard to tell without seeing it in person

A super video again! People can be so ignorant - no wonder I prefer birds and animals! I think the bushes you passed were blackthorn - flowers before leaves. Then it's hawthorn with lovely scented blossom, this month - leaves before flowers! And yes, love the scent of gorse - seems better in the sunshine. I think it's a mix of coconut and pineapple!

Welcome back Chris, I'm so happy to see you posting a birding video again! Do you ever come to Scotland? We have such fabulous Birdwatching Sites up here... Thanks for another great video, Peter x.