What Wildlife lives in UK Farmland?

[@AShotOfWildlife]

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[@paulfullerton8393]

Just another outstanding video 'farm land animals'. Keep them coming 👍nice one

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you! Next habitat will be urban wildlife so stay tuned for that... although this weeks video is me trying to find a rare mammal- with mixed success.

[@annecoplestone40]

Thank you for the lovely walk around that beautiful countryside and its wildlife . Love your narrative.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@MazSwanboroughSmith]

I absolutely love your videos! Thank you so much for sharing your expert knowledge! ❤

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you, I am really glad you like them!

[@GaryLewis-z5z]

Another great video 📹 👏

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you, lots more to come!

[@marinaknife4595]

Thanks Liam - love your videos - you've become a weekend tradition for me! Happy Easter Liam & everyone watching!

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Brilliant, I am glad to hear it. The next video is looking to be a bit of a longer one but should be out this weekend, If I can get it finished on time.

[@tims9434]

Thanks again Liam. I saw a couple of Roe Deer the other night out driving, went round a very tight bend at about 15 mph and they were stood there at side of the road looking right at me. They looked very cute.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers! Where I have recently moved to, the deer I see most is chinese water deer. They have no road sense whatsoever and will just walk out as if the car isnt going towards them.

[@alanjust]

Well done Liam. Great that you are raising awareness of animals and birds in danger through falling numbers. Very professional as always.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@celestenova777]

Thanks Liam, that was great. Didn't know there are so many species of bees, always learning on here 😊🐝.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you. I learn so much whilst making these videos and try to cram in as much interesting stuff as possible.

[@freebornjohn2687]

I live in countryside the birds that I miss are cuckoos, thrushes, lapwings and sky larks.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

In hindsight, Lapwings would have been a good addition to this video. I cant wait for the cuckoos to start arriving again, they are on their way!

[@TheHoveHeretic]

A lapwing turned up on the tree outside my friend's flat ..... in central Hove! I tried and failed to put a name to it and it was only Liam's clip last week which allowed me to identify it.

[@jase123111]

I miss turtle doves 😢

[@CatonaWall175]

Excellent presentation. Thank you.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed it!

[@lindaaird6232]

Thanks - lovely video. I've started to see and hear the skylarks again in the fields around where I live - this brings joy as I know spring is finally here! 💚

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you! I realised yesterday that I could hear a skylark singing from my office! A brilliant sound which inspired me to be outside as much as possible.

[@Daniel_Oberg]

Great video man! So many nice moments you captured there!

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you. This footage is a mixture of my own and some filmed by other people so I cannot take full credit for all the filming unfortunately.

[@MrTrick.]

Thanks Liam, that was great. Happy to say I've seen almost all of the animals featured, except for the voles.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you! Voles are quite good at staying hidden, they do rely on it for survival after all.

[@Jaded-Wanderer]

Another great video.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks again!

[@johnpark8297]

Thank you Liam, very informative 👍

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you for watching!

[@williamrobinson7435]

Great, and thought provoking. Agriculture must needs impact upon wildlife at times. We see it doth, and so doth it. Happy Easter m'dears. 🌟👍

[@timroot4207]

Thank you Liam !!!

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you Tim!

[@mattgoodchild8215]

Fantastic Liam thank you too notch 👍🏼

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers Matt!

[@paulhowe8420]

Hi.Liam, another great show for a Sunday evening. Just a quick story for you about a rural fox I live up on the North Downs in Kent. Four miles from a major single track lanes I used to save food scraps and throw them out. One morning I see a foxes eyes in my headlights as I approached the spot where I throw the food I see the same thing every morning after that the fox was obviously waiting for his breakfast. I fed that fox all winter and all of sudden I never see it again.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks for watching. Hopefully the fox moved on to a new territory as they sometimes do. Were you putting food out before it was there or did you pick that spot because you had seen the fox about?

[@MegaVector2011]

Another winner, love these insights into species a lot of people have never seen.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed it!

[@radders261]

A bloody brilliant video, thank you for sharing!

[@ianwilkinson3315]

We got all the animals you have highlighted around our village (except the grass snake). We have red listed birds including the yellow hammers yet their destruction is ignored by our local council. They may soon be destroyed by the introduction of a Solar Farm. We have been fighting this for 2 years even taking Durham County Council to court ... winning for now by proving they passed the planning application unlawfully in January 2024. We would love a video like this of our area around Burnhope which we could use in our future fight as we feel it is not over. So so sad!

[@geoffharding7779]

Another excellent and informative video. Great to see various habitats being featured as well as individual species. Looking forward to your next video. 👍

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you! I think the next habitat I am going to cover will be urban wildlife and then ponds will follow a few weeks later :)

[@PeopleAreFish]

Lovely video Liam. I live in the Midlands and can confirm the farmland and connected woodland near us are full of life

[@MJ-hl1kk]

Wonderful UK - long live!

[@sundancer014]

Another very interesting video, Liam.Back in the 70s, while living on the outskirts of a city in New Zealand, there used to be a few Yellowhammers about, but I haven't seen one for years.Thanks for mentioning their declining numbers in Britain.

[@jess53nz]

Oh funny, i live in nz and feel like I've been seeing them more.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you. I am always amazed by how many european species are still living in Australia and New Zealand. I havent checked but I am guessing they are another species taken there by early europeans.

[@dkirk5814]

Wonderful as always, thanks.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you.

[@PhilipMurphy8Extra]

Some nice wildlife here for Easter Day

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you, im glad you enjoyed it.

[@paulsanderson8804]

Another well researched and informative video Liam . Great knowledge as per usual

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers Paul. I do have to research a lot of the facts I feature whilst writing the narration for videos, but I learn something every time and will continue to do so.

[@petelumley1578]

Another interesting one Liam.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks Pete!

[@paulwarner5674]

I had a red fox walking "over" the roof of my car(suv) whilst it was on my driveway yesterday at 3pm ( I put cooked sausages on the roof for a couple of Gulls everyday and put out cooked chicken breast for the fox every evening at dusk) Great video. Well edited and researched. Thanks Liam.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Oh nice, does the fox ever try to get the sausages and do the gulls turn up on time? Thanks for watching!

[@patricksmith4424]

I live in London and there are foxes everywhere. However, I have only ever seen a fox on top of a car once. It made a great site on an urban street, unfortunately it was too dark to take a picture.

[@paulwarner5674]

@@AShotOfWildlife Yes the fox does take the sausages from the roof of the car but no clashes as yet. The 2 Gulls perch on a neighbours roof, when they see me come out they fly over to mine and start 'chatting.' I put a few sausages on either side of the roof and walk away. Within seconds they fly down eat a couple and then fly away with one in their beaks. If any are left the Magpies are soon on the scene. It's brilliant . Although the sparrowhawk did devour a pigeon a few days ago which was unpleasant but that's nature.

[@Compo67]

Cracking video Liam , and I can relate to a lot of these creatures as we are lucky to have them where we are Buzzards seem to be top of pecking order , lots of Kites, love watching their flying acrobatics , I would of thought these were more numerous than the buzzard!, foxes we have plenty as there are lots of prey, plus we are near to where a local wildlife rescue centre releases them, stoats & weasel, have seen a mother relocating her young last year which was a treat to watch, many species of bees including Ivy bees which had burrows in the ground, French & English partridge, pheasants which are breeding wild. Hadn’t realised Pheasants eat grass snakes, I guess baby snakes , also I didn’t realise Hares were not rodents until now ! Again I always learn something from your videos Liam. Thank you ☺️ 🙏

[@firstlast4438]

Great video Liam!

[@jess53nz]

Loved how you segued between the topics!

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers! Segued is a new word for me since the last video I made in this format.

[@jess53nz]

@@AShotOfWildlife oh funny. I thought it fit!

[@NaturallyCuriousUK]

Good selection with tons of interesting info. 👍👍👍 You need to get something for the wind though for your PTC's. 🙂

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers Sir Graham! Yes, I need a better mic I think, its something I have noticed a bit with recent clips and would help to ensure a sustained quality between my gopro clips and my actual camera clips.

[@cvgthedaydreamfairygirl8092]

I was worried about bee populations because we need bees. I want to help by planting lots of flowers in my front garden and make a pit stop source with sugar and water for them to feed. Hopefully that will help. Don’t use pesticides, farmers please. They are bad for bees and we need bees.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Every little helps for sure! There are a lot of gardens in the UK and if everyone made their s just a little more friendly to wildlife it would help a lot!

[@googleisshittoss]

And if you have a Garden, DONT BUY ROUNDUP

[@philipsmith7913]

Excellent. Well narrated.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Glad you liked it! Thank you.

[@apeshenry7264]

Lovely video.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you, I am glad you liked it.

[@robertfletcher3421]

What an excellent preduction.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@Mgh-r]

Dear liam hiiii ❤❤❤❤❤ thank uuuu so much ❤❤❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏👍👍👌👌👌👌

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@rod2623]

Another great video, thank you, atb

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@philiptaylor7902]

Great video Liam, Happy Easter. For what it’s worth I saw three Chiltern Sausage Hawks out of the window, just during your section on the Red Kite.

[@SkylarkFields]

Wow, this was great! Pleased to say that I realise I have seen and photographed all of those, (although for bees it would be, 'bees in general', not necessarily the ones mentioned!) Sadly it is getting increasingly difficult to find some of them now, but in my area we do see lots of buzzard and kestrel, skylark, and roe deer.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Brilliant. I am glad you have got to see and photograph all of the species featured. Farmland can be quite diverse, if its managed with both food production and wildlife in mind. Cheers

[@normanhartill1424]

I live on the outskirts of a large West Yorks City and am amazed to see Roe Deer in what is left of the green spaces.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Some of those featured in this video were filmed in the outskirts of Norwich, I have seen them quite close to the city in the past.

[@Michael-dz9vk]

very informative ,and explained clearly and with great knowledge of the subject ,ive loved wildlife birds every type of nature ,its so good to be in the coutryside ,at one with nature ,x thanks for your youtube channel 😊

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Ah, thank you very much. I try to make these as interesting but also open to the largest audience as possible.

[@chrisdewhurst8418]

Great video, one small point though, Red Kites were reintroduced into several places, not just Oxford, as a unusually social species they nest close to one and other and therefore spread very slowly. Introduction sites included Rockingham Forest Lincolnshire, Harwood near Leeds an I believe Scotland also had one!

[@JPLamoureuxsTravels]

Quality video bro and many folks can go out and look for these species in pretty much most areas in the UK, top stuff happy days! Off home tomorrow 🤦 so if you fancy a trip to a few wildlife rich places near me like Rainham Marshes and Elmleigh or Knepp gimme a holler! X

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Ah man, sorry I couldnt get back up to see you on this visit but I will be down to visit soon enough. I love the idea of a visit to Knepp!

[@rahjah6958]

Considering in populated areas foxes tear up bins leaving rubbish everywhere causing rats, I’d consider them a pest too

[@AShotOfWildlife]

They are just doing what they need to, to survive. I dont judge any animal for that.

[@attilathehun1107]

Nice vid mate! Only correction is that a black rat was responsible for the plague. Brown rats were indeed came later.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers! I knew it was down to the black rats. I find it amazing that brown rats were so much better at surviving that black rats are almost completely gone from the UK now.

[@sarahrochester2561]

Love your videos Liam I often see muntjac deer and roe deer , I’m looking after my local wood smockmill common trying to get back woodpeckers

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you. Do you mean smockhill common near Norwich?

[@sarahrochester2561]

@@AShotOfWildlife yes I live in long Stratton

[@raphlvlogs271]

kestrels are also often found in the areas surrounding urban settlements as well

[@Sami-Nasr]

10:39 Birdwatch Ireland actually says it is the other way around "Formerly a widespread breeding species in Ireland, now restricted mainly to the east and south. Strongly linked with the cultivation of cereals and has declined in areas where these are no longer grown."

[@michaelarcher6278]

Red Kites are in Scotland as well, I have seen them on several occasions north of Inverness. Also I have Roe deer in the fields very near me on the jurassic coast in Dorset, funnily enough they take very little notice of my brothers dogs when we walk early each morning.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Im guessing those deer have seen hundreds of dogs and probably know they could outrun them if they did chase. Good news about the red kites, its difficult to find up to date information about how far they have spread.

[@swausgebouwen143]

In Sheffield there is the Rivelin Valley, a sort of green belt region cutting its way into the urban area fairly close to the city centre. I've seen several pheasants, a kestrel, a water vole and a roe deer around this region. A glimpse of what we could have with a better mixture of urban space to wilderness

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Hopefully one day we will achieve a better mix of both and more people can enjoy seeing wildlife where they live.

[@neilbain8736]

My last encounter with a deer was 2 weeks ago on a cycle track in town. I now know that it was a roe deer. To my mind deer are timid and skittish and not something you want to encounter close up. It had wandered down an embankment and just looked at us then calmly wandered up the other side. It was as unfazed as foxes are with us now.

[@christrella3134]

Terrific video! It's crazy how the Red Kites were almost wiped out by egg collectors! Can people who love the outdoors be so blind to the affects of removal of the next generation by collecting the eggs?

[@Robbnlinzi]

Hi Liam. I have a question. As hares are not native? Should we be starting to remove them?

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Hi. Thats a tricky question which I am not qualified to answer (and would come down a lot to individuals opinions). Most animals that are defined as "Invasive non native species" are known as such because they have a negative impact on native species, but it would be very hard to prove that Brown hares do that given how long they have been here for.

[@TonySmith-xg2ms]

Hey, we are visiting Norfolk and jsu stumbled across, Cley & Salthouse marshes! There is a night heron here plus some other visiting birds. Have you done a film/trip here?

[@AShotOfWildlife]

It's a lovely area! I did a video from there 10 days ago, before the night heron arrived unfortunately. Is it still in the pine trees near the road? Here's the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWTanqOEnqh3iqs

[@TonySmith-xg2ms]

@AShotOfWildlife yes it is! Keep up the great videos, very informative and we love sharing them with our grandchildren 👍

[@AShotOfWildlife]

@TonySmith-xg2ms brilliant. I might even try get up there myself over tge weekend, I've never seen one before.

[@renegade2853]

Loved the video. EMF's are killing bees. All these towers are affecting the electromagnetic field and pollinators and birds are suffering. So are humans.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you.

[@ILikeCoconutsLots]

I do find it a bit silly that there’s a trend amongst wildlife enthusiasts to see humans as something separate. We are part of the natural world and it’s evolution so sadly sometimes our activity has an effect on other species. That’s nature in action. Evolution clearly works on a principle that the stronger and more intelligent creatures survive. Of course it’s sad that certain creatures become extinct, but that’s the flow of things and new species always evolve to match their conditions in ever greater diversity!

[@AShotOfWildlife]

I understand your way of thinking but do not completely agree with you. Yes, we are a natural biological impact and our activities do affect the species around us, but unlike every other driving force of evolution, we are self aware. We could just let the species we have introduced take over, but we also have the choice and ability to not let that happen.

[@SocialWorld21]

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[@timgolby8556]

Saw a grass snake approaching the size you mentioned here in south norfolk one warm summers day by the river waveny few years back, they don't bother me but was surprised how big it was !

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Yes, even 5 foot on a snake can look quite large, especially when you have seen it in the UK. The Waveney area is beautiful, I spend a lot of my time there in summer for my 9-5 job.

[@timgolby8556]

I've lived here most of my life, harleston area, always have appreciated living here, nice time of year now too, nothing interesting to report yet, anxiously awaiting summer birds, swifts swallows etc...

[@missapippin9020]

Great video again Liam. I find hunting animals and birds is despicable and totally unnecessary. It should never be allowed. To breed these animals only to release and kill them is so inhumane and cruel.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you. I agree, animal hunting for "Sport" or for "fun" should be abolished.

[@raphlvlogs271]

are there any wild boars or feral pigs in the British country side? since they are often found in places where agriculture is traditionally practiced and around older towns and villages almost worldwide

[@philiptaylor7902]

Yes there are escaped populations in Kent, Gloucestershire and Scotland as well a few other locations too.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Yes, as Philip has explained, they are in a few places around the UK (but none close to me). I plan on trying to track some down a bit later this year.

[@Robbnlinzi]

The weirdest thing I saw in my “back-garden” (bluewater kent) two periguin falcons (spellings) cormorants and kites.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Oh nice, were the Peregrines flying over?

[@sheilabutcher776]

I used to see yellowhammers by my lake but not for the last 3 summers.😏😏

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Ah, im sorry to hear that. I know they may be starting to recover in a few places, so hope is not completely lost. They may return again.

[@jillatherton4660]

👍

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@jerrychicken967]

UK's biodiversity is in the bottom 10% in the world. I do trail cams a lot and got 5 cams out most of the time in the "so called" wilds. I remember picking up my cams from a two week spell only finding grey squirrel, pheasant and muntjac. All non native. really sad. There's a few new additions to the UK but the base is in trouble. :/

[@patricksmith4424]

I can't believe anything is left. Gamekeepers kill everything that's not a pheasant, then master comes along and kills those.

[@rather_be_a_cat]

I had some rats living under my bird table that were eating the seeds knocked off the table. 3 times a day I put loads of cat food down the toilet that my cats haven't eaten so I started putting that out in a bowl for them and it's got to the point where when I knocked on the window they would come out to get their food.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

They are really intelligent so its no surprise you could train then to arrive for food when you knocked. thanks for watching!

[@rather_be_a_cat]

@@AShotOfWildlife you're welcome. Your videos are concise yet informative so are a pleasure to watch.

[@gillianrands4019]

Sup uncle😊

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Sup Ciara!

[@valerieanne225]

Yesterday I saw 2 cock pheasants, absolutely beautiful.😊

[@AShotOfWildlife]

They are a beautiful bird, especially if the sun is shining on them.

[@brendandarkside1207]

Hope your brown hairs don't run away as fast Liam

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Those on my head are long gone! lol

[@avtaras]

You forgot about rooks!

[@AShotOfWildlife]

I didnt forget them, this video was meant to be a general introduction and not a complete guide. But rooks will definitely feature if/when I do a part 2 of this in the future. Cheers.

[@EstebanRott]

I saw a fox trying to catch a baby roe deer is that normal

[@WS_Farming]

You also see muntjacs and crows

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Yes indeed, muntjac will be featuring in the next version of this video but I should have included rooks in this one. I will put them in part 2 if/when I do one.

[@WS_Farming]

@@AShotOfWildlife you should do a video about minks

[@AShotOfWildlife]

@@WS_Farming I would, but I can't get enough footage of them yet. They are pretty much extinct in norfolk now so it's even harder.

[@prusx_6893]

hi

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Hi

[@gerrimilner9448]

i traveled allong the M3 then M4 to bristol in december, we saw at least 30 red kites. we hadent started counting and were carfull not to count them twice, i lost count at one point and am sure i whent back a way. the up shot being they have traveled allong the motorways like arteries of them fancy brown rats, not wild ones, make exellent and affectionate pets

[@AShotOfWildlife]

That must have been a great sight! Red kites are such an impressive and almost slow motion flyer, brilliant! I used to have a white fancy rat called ronald, he was pretty intelligent although he did once drag the curtains into his enclosure and eat them!

[@gerrimilner9448]

@@AShotOfWildlife some of the kites appeared motionless, it was awsome ive had 5 pet rats at different times, one of mine had a clice name too, Basil

[@richarddevaottien7724]

The heavy daily chemtrailing in the UK is killing everything and damaging aircraft turbines😮

[@JoeMaranophotography]

You mean condensation on plane wings lol

[@Newtredegarhistory]

Nothing where I live in South Wales farmers as kicked off practically all wildlife,land grazed to death removing all habitat for butterflies etc one farmer even allows people to shoot what little wildlife ,and then another farmer traps foxes and shoots them ,the farmers moan and groan all because they asked to plant a mesley 10% trees ,we have no rabbits at all being a local landscape photographer for the last 15 years ,I do see buzzards and kites mostly feed in dead sheep and lambs ,I got a lot of respect for fsrmers shsme they dont make a bit of effort to aleast try and help our local wildlife and plsnt more hedges around the boundaries its not a lot to ask for .

[@VanderlyndenJengold]

not a lot of things can be seen

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Sadly that is true for some places, but there are still farmland areas with a lot of wildlife living in them.

[@Edgar-hi7mx]

'promosm'

[@rahjah6958]

10:53 60 year? Since around ww2? Since around we started mass immigration and building lots of houses ? Lol

[@sorreldislikespotatoes9882]

WW2 was 80 years ago. 60 years ago is the 1960s.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thwoar, it feels like you have an agenda you want to bring into the conversation, but if thats the case then this isnt the place.