Wildlife Photography at Local Nature Reserves

[@CamillaI]

Langford Lakes is my Local Wiltshire Wildlife Nature reserve. I have only just found your channel so subscribed. A very concise informative video 👍

[@AndyHPhotography]

Many thanks for your kind words and support 🙏😊 it is so great to have such a great nature reserve locally and I hope you can get there as much as possible. There one I use is Aston locks nature reserve in Shropshire

[@Andyhelliwellphotography]

hey i was at a nature reserve yesterday its called rspb leighton moss and i saw marsh harriers and a great white egret was awesome except for the cloudy but muggy day

[@AndyHPhotography]

That is awesome Andy, it's always great to see the birds in their natural habitat. I've been watching your videos recently, I'm loving seeing what you finding on your trips

[@Andyhelliwellphotography]

@@AndyHPhotography thanks 🙏

[@youngmurphy7556]

My app (RSPB's) tells me it's a reed warbler. Definitely not a chiffchaff. They do a staccato chiff-chaff, or rather, short little whistles one after the other. The app has a section "Sounds of... Reedbeds". Several birds for you to listen to there.

[@AndyHPhotography]

I used the Cornell Uni app to identify the bird on location then cross referenced it to the RSPB way of identifying the difference between the Chiffchaff and Reed Warbler when I had the images on my PC (apparently the big difference is the leg colour). The Cornell App definitely identified the Reed Warbler and Chiffchaff independently at different times. Does the RSPB app work in the field? maybe I could get both to cross reference on location.

[@youngmurphy7556]

@AndyHPhotography I just listen to the call of the bird I suspect it is and compare in situ. Obviously, you need a signal, so not much use in remote locations. Their app is just a version of their website from what I know. Oh, in order to visually ID a bird I don't know, if I get a shot of it, I use Google lens or image search using the file to see what it provides. 8 out of 10 results lead to a good possible ID. From there I use bird guide books, e.g. Collins BTO guide to British Birds. The BTO website is also very good, better than RSPB's, in my opinion.

[@AndyHPhotography]

The Cornell app works offline as it has a downloadable database. It's in the apps tore if you're on Apple, but I'm not sure about Android. I'll check out the Collins BTO site as I've not used that one so far. Many thanks for the heads up

[@youngmurphy7556]

@AndyHPhotography I'll check out the Cornell App too. Not sure why it suggested chiffchaff. Was it from a visual or the call? The chiffchaff call is very distinct.

[@AndyHPhotography]

@youngmurphy7556 it was from the call at the time (I’m going to check the video to make sure I’ve put the right clip in )