I got very lucky on this AUTUMN WILDLIFE WALK

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you for watching this video and taking a look at the comments! If you would like to support me to make even more videos, please consider my Patreon which can be found here> www.patreon.com/ashotofwildlife Cheers.

[@nix4738]

I started watching your videos a couple weeks ago and I just want to say that they make my day. Love the beautiful nature, love the knowledge, and love your enthusiasm, curiosity, and humility. It's all so wholesome and cozy.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you so much, thats very nice to hear. I have a few more videos lined up and and ever-growing list of ideas for things to film in the future so hopefully I will be able to keep on delivering the goods!

[@Artie1460]

Your videos and narrative are so enjoyable, I feel that we are walking alongside and having a lovely informative day out with good company. Thank you.😊

[@PeterGaunt]

Thank you Liam. What a lovely part of the world.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers Peter. Who knows, hopefully soon I'll be making a video of the wildlife in London so more familiar for you.

[@steve20664]

Brilliant, just as I'm slumping into dark night depression, this comes along to boost me. Thank you sir.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers Steve. I took a little bit longer to get this one out but have several videos filmed so hopefully I can help keep your spirits high over these coming months.

[@stevostevoz1976]

Like first then watch. I always know I am going to enjoy your videos Liam. Thankyou for the entertainment value your videos give everytime.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers. Every like and comment helps the video get recommended to more people.

[@clarsach29]

We get a lot of cloud and rain in the U.K., particularly in Scotland where I live....but sometimes you get stunning clear blue-sky days like Liam had at the start of the video and it reminds you what a beautiful, incredible and wildlife-diverse country the U.K. is. Cold, frosty, blue-sky winter days in Britain are utterly magical and make you feel glad to be alive, even if you don't see any notable wildlife.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you. Sometimes blue sky days in the winter and autumn are even more beautiful than they are during the spring and summer!

[@williamrobinson7435]

Wonderful as ever! Thanks Liam. ⭐👍

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks for watching!

[@patrickhiggins3582]

wel look after the wild birds and wild amanals they part of our family

[@damedavidfrith55]

Thanks for sharing the wildlife very well shot and informative 😊

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you for watching!

[@CouncilOfWolves]

Lovely shot of the deer. The skylark is one of my favourite birds but I don't get to see enough of them. A fond memory of warmer days I think.

[@Spacey7]

I agree, the Skylark is a wonderful bird & it's song is truly beautiful 😊

[@PaIaeoCIive1684]

They're disappearing fast now as they rely on grassland habitats for foraging. There are a few on our riverside common and it's joyous hearing them trill as they ascend above you. Unfortunately, a kestrel is also regularly in the sky there often and must take one or two each summer.

[@gerrimilner9448]

some delightfull creatures, we live on an awsome island

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Yes we do, theres always lots to see if you actually go looking! Cheers

[@patricianunes3521]

Thank you Liam. You did it again m! Another informative and enjoyable video.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@sidensvans67]

Stone Curlew . Excellent . Shorelark . wonderful .

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks, its always a great day at minsmere!

[@sidensvans67]

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[@Compo67]

Cool video Liam. I’ve never seen a Shore Lark or Wheatear before. Great coverage of these beautiful birds. I’ve seen plenty of the lesser spotted dumper trucks before though!🤣 Thank you for another great video👍❤️

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Haha, cheers! I suspect now that I have seen them both, I will see them more frequently throughout this winter. It always seems to be the way with wildlife- see none for ages and then loads all in a short space of time.

[@deerohdeer8000]

Ya loved this post !😉👍🦌🎥 great as always Liam 👍👏🏻👍👍

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers Craig!

[@ronseymour4976]

Great film Liam; I used to visit Minsmere, Sizewell, Westleton Heath, Dunwich Heath and Dingle Marshes whenever I could. Your visit brought back nostalgic memories of those places where I could lose myself in the ethereal atmosphere engendered by them. Thank you so much Liam!

[@birdsnestsnature]

wow , that shore lark is a birders dream, great video and footage.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers. It was a very lucky find!

[@nickwebb9290]

That was a lovely video Liam, really enjoyable, thank you 🙏

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Great. Thanks for watching!

[@Spacey7]

Awesome video Liam. Thank you for taking us with you on your nature trek. 😊

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks for coming along!

[@auroraborealis2442]

Thank you for this beautiful video.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@dkirk5814]

Always a great adventure.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@tims9434]

Thanks for your video Liam. I think you went at the right time as this weather is really cold now. Thanks for the excellent camera work, sounds and narration ❤

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you. I have never been to Minsmere in proper winter so perhaps I will go back in a month or so and see what is about, I bet there is still a lot to see!

[@paulsanderson8804]

Very interesting and informative vlog such lovely wildlife i could watch all day liam 🎉

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks Paul. This is probably about as long as my videos will be but I suspect if you was to watch everything I have ever published back to back, that would cover a good portion of the day lol.

[@WatchRWildlife]

Great footage all round! Thanks for the outing (I was also on the trip)

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers Fred!

[@johnpark8297]

Superb Liam thank you for posting 🖖

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks John!

[@sidneylol]

Cracker Liam! Your humour is second to none in wildlife videos and this made me laugh out loud on more than one occasion. Yes, that was an absolutely cracking shot of a dump truck 🤣 then there was the Shore Lark tongue twister 😂 what a great video indeed, such variety and as always the narrative was perfect. Thanks again for your brilliant videos. I do wonder how you get such great photos and more to the point such amazing video capture. Well done and thanks for sharing 😊 Stu

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers Stu. Thanks for all your support on my videos this year, there will be one more before the end of the year (maybe 2) but if I dont see you in the comments of those, I'm sure I will catch you next year. Merry Christmas!

[@torquaymouse2236]

Very intresting video, In my opinion your our next David Attenborough, Great channel.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you. Thats very kind!

[@jess53nz]

What an awesome day!

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks Jess!

[@jonathansmythe6273]

Lovely.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@NorfLondonGardener]

Another great video thanks. I went to Minsmere for the first time in August and really enjoyed it. Would recommend it even for a nice outdoor walk

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks. I love the place!

[@sallywinyard5639]

Great sights of wondwrful things. Was worried hadnt zeen anything from you for a while. Glad u are back doing what you are good at ❤

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers Sally. I have had a sore throat/cold so havent been able to do the narration until this week. Thankfully I am better now, so lots more videos to come!

[@celestenova777]

Beautiful video with a plethora of wonderful birds. I had quite a few Peacock butterflies in my garden this year, took a shorts vid of one. Thanks for your work, a joy to watch 🦤🌳

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you! Its such a wildlife rich area, thats why I go every year.

[@Jaded-Wanderer]

Another super video.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@philparrish8892]

Terrific video. Thanks for sharing

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks for watching!

[@Daniel-S1]

Thanks.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@SkylarkFields]

Wonderful stuff. Didn't know anything about stone curlews before so found that part very interesting. The thermal monocular looks really useful too! Thank you for yet another great video.

[@mywildwelshgarden-es3fr]

I am so pleased to have discovered your channel. I loved seeing the stone curlews. They look such interesting birds. I was surprised you hadn`t seen a wheatear before. They are very common here where I live in south wales. The males are very smart. Keep up the good work. The more people that can be encouraged to appreciate nature the better.

[@janetturner7489]

This video is lovely Liam. I haven't seen a skylark in years, so thanks for sharing.

[@brentnearhood8874]

Thanks! Liam 🦌🦋

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@XtraOrdinar-y]

Great video

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you for watching!

[@muddyboots2531]

Brilliant video. Thank you.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks for watching!

[@Suprastar87]

I loved the crow

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Great, I am glad I included it then :)

[@Jonathantuba]

As always a very entertaining and informative video. I do like the unobtrusive piano music in background.

[@philiptaylor7902]

Great video Liam. Shore Lark - Awesome tick mate!

[@dancyprus6863]

Beautiful as always

[@PeterCrawford-kf3gn]

Loved this,keep up the great work.Best wishes from Seaton Carew 😊

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@kevinrowlands6753]

Liam your. The no 1 on wild life great video content

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you, thats very kind!

[@brperolls]

Yet another great video Liam. I went to Minsmear when I was a member ot the RSPB's YOC club (Young Onitholigy Club) that was nearly 60 years ago when I was 8 years old. My parents lived in the old entrance lodge to the RSPB which is now there shop. Keep the videos coming Liem

[@donnaml8776]

Really nice video. Had to laugh at your “really nice view of this … dump truck”, comment. And when you filmed that nice little lump. Lol that’s something I’d end up doing. Very nice video. Looking forward to your next. Thank you.

[@christrella3134]

Great content and explanations and video.

[@sjaakmcd1804]

Great stuff Liam, cheers.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers!

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

Great to see so many red deer and that magnificent stag ! By the way, "Wheatear" is from the Anglo-Saxon "Whit erse", meaning "White (ahem) backside", Anglo-Saxon language being rather more blunt than modern polite English. 😄

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers Kevin. I had a feeling that's what it was but the source I read said white rear so I quoted that. Thanks for watching!

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

@@AShotOfWildlife I think your source was probably aware of where the name came from but was putting it delicately. Thing is, the Anglo-Saxon version simply describes what you see when a Wheatear flies away from you.

[@JPLamoureuxsTravels]

Top stuff buddy, loved that! Stone Curlew and Shore lark! i'd have been well happy with that lol!!! The thermal imager is well handy too! Hope all's great with you 🤗😉❤

[@alanjust]

Fantastic Liam, thank you! Never seen stone curlews before. Great footage and it looks like they can run pretty quickly. Well done 👏

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers! I have only ever seen them at this heath at this time of the year. Their chicks look really interesting so thats a target for the springtime when they return from their migration.

[@NaturallyCuriousUK]

Good variety of sightings Liam. Great that you got to see the Shore Lark. Never seen one myself. As for Wheatear, I've seen those plenty of times, including dozens of them at Hunstanton many years ago one September all along the seawall between there and Hemsby. My understanding of their name is that it is a corruption of the old English nickname of "White arse", but you were far too polite and reserved to say that in the video! 😆😆😂

[@chattonlad9382]

Shortened version of White Rear.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Haha, I think you are right on the shortening. I suspect I have seen Wheatear before but on a time when I didnt have my camera or binoculars with me to be certain. I hope you and the family are well!

[@NaturallyCuriousUK]

@@AShotOfWildlife Yep all good thanks! Cheers! 👍😀👍

[@paulohara1502]

👏👍👌🥰

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@PaIaeoCIive1684]

Must be great seeing our largest mammals - red deer stags - in the wild. I've got herds of red and fallow deer in the Royal Parks a couple of miles away so I'm guaranteed deer sightings. Fine as they are, these are semi-wild though as they're used to humans - and their dogs and cars - so I take them for granted now.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Yes, these ones are properly wild although pretty regular in that area in the autumn. I haven't been to the royal parks to see deer yet but I will try to go one time soon. Cheers Clive

[@vetworker]

Fantastic video mate. I learn something new every time I watch your channel. I really should visit Minsmere as it’s so close to where I live. Nice to see the Water Vole. These little creatures were a common sight in my childhood but I couldn’t tell you the last time I saw one. From what I heard the American Mink were released into the wild by animal rights activists creating havoc. Great video as always 😊👍😊👍😊😊

[@PaIaeoCIive1684]

I was going to say exactly that about the water voles! We had two or three living on the River Mole here for a couple of years but they vanished as soon as a mink arrived. The voles are big and clumsy by rodent standards and are likely easy for the agile mink to predate. I've seen the mink once two years ago feasting on a duck - also easy prey - for a minute or two. If only I'd had a rifle handy!

[@vetworker]

@@PaIaeoCIive1684 Mink are an absolute menace, extremely vicious and damaging.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Well.... Mink were recorded breeding in the wild in the UK way before animal rights activists released them, but it definitely did not make the situation any better. Thankfully, in this part of the country at least, Mink are almost gone now.

[@markymark3075]

Amazing, thanks!

[@Crow_Friend]

Nice vid, well enjoyed 🙂

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@jillatherton4660]

Nice Nosh. 😄👍

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Haha, it was my first time eating a Scone with jam and cream... It will not be my last!

[@jillatherton4660]

lol@@AShotOfWildlife

[@gillianrands4019]

Hey Liam!!!!!!

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Hellooo!

[@gillianrands4019]

Sup Liam

[@AShotOfWildlife]

@@gillianrands4019 sup Ciara!

[@gillianrands4019]

How'd u know it was me?

[@kiwi_sodas]

Minsmere is so great!! I'd love to visit one day

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Definitely do if you can. This year I have been twice, both times were brilliant and I think there is something to see all year round at the reserve.

[@cvgthedaydreamfairygirl8092]

I’ve seen an egret near Abingdon recently! I was amazed and excited cause I’ve never seen one before, for someone like me I only get to see great animals through chance encounters. There is so much to see if we look out for it :)

[@alanjust]

I take it that they don’t migrate? Look forward to seeing the chicks if you can glimpse them 😉

[@AShotOfWildlife]

They do migrate and these ones will be gone by now, but they'll return in the spring :)

[@paulwarner5674]

I loved the shore lark. What a beauty. I live half hour from slimbridge but have never been. Doesn’t seem as much fun unless you know what you are looking at. (Used to live in poole and visit Brownsea Island to see the birds resting on their journey south.) 17st.? With all the walking you do you should be 10st.😂😂 Thank you so much for this video So much content. Just mind boggling that you have so much info in your portfolio of a brain.❤❤❤ Does your wife go twitching with you?

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers Paul. Yes, 17 stone but I do weightlifting so most of it is muscle (for now at least!) No, my wife doesnt have much interest in wildlife, she is a people person instead. I do often go with other people - this time for example, I was with another guy who films wildlife but he doesnt like being on camera. Thats why you might notice I sometimes switch between saying "I" and "We" by mistake. I suspect a lot of the wildlife at this time of the year would be similar at Slimbridge to the species featured either in this video or another I did a while back at Welney Wetland. It might be worth taking a look, you could surprise yourself.

[@paulwarner5674]

@@AShotOfWildlife Lol. I'm 5'5" and 14st. Yes I lift weights too 3 or 4 times aweek( leg press 200kg . My personal Trainer was impressed)but at 70 never going to become a bodybuilder. Just finished my normal Sunday 2 hrs cleaning bird tables(2) ,feeders(7), water bowls etc. Now filling them 2 or 3 times aday.(like my own outdoor aviary) Give me animals any day against people🤣 This was the best video ever Thanks. 😊

[@GrimJRS]

If I thought I could avoid all the dogs I'd love to explore more.

[@geetgeorge9696]

Hey Liam! New to your channel :) Just binged a bunch of your videos yesterday and subscribed for more. I greatly appreciate your compilation of content with the fact file videos. I have a small request. With videos like these, when you mention some species, could you write out the name in a small box on the screen somewhere? I think it might be very helpful for people like me, who are amateur enthusiasts of wildlife and nature, who are still getting familiar with names. Once again, great work! Looking forward for more.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you. I am glad you are enjoying the different types of videos I make and appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment. . Funnily I was going to do species labels for this video but wasnt sure if people would like it- I will trial it in my next long form video :) Cheers!

[@Dornacgove]

I'm enjoying the videos, however, what would be very helpful is if you could add the names of the various species on screen in text as well - I'm not a native English speaker and don't have a huge knowledge of British wildlife, so it's often quite difficult for me to track down what animals exactly you're talking about.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks for the suggestion. Funnily I was going to do that for this video but wasnt sure if people would like it- I will trial it in my next long form video :) Cheers!

[@Dornacgove]

@@AShotOfWildlife That's great, thanks! Will be looking forward to new episodes!

[@missapippin9020]

You can also put the transcript on too. It is in the drop down menu

[@missapippin9020]

What a wonderful wonderful video Liam. You really spoilt us with this one. Every single part was so interesting. I love the red deer and that stag was magnificent. You are a wealth of information and your videos are as I said before just wonderful. Thank you for sharing them with us

[@birdgangs]

I've had my fair share of filming dirt mounds thinking it's an animal

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Haha, I thought it was a bird hunched down but definitely not.

[@andy_plainvillelakeyorkbak2828]

If you ever want to get some films shots barn owls busserds kestrel sparrow halk jays crows or ya smaller birds gold finch robins wren kingfisher gold crest and lots of finches be my guest.