Wildlife Secrets - Nightime in an English Garden

[@athingofthepastt]

Wonderful video Dave, the shot of the Tawny Owl in the daytime was incredible, lovely woodland light as well! Thank you for taking the time to put it together, can’t wait for the next one!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you for you lovely comments. Although at times I was at the end of my tether trying to find the shots I wanted among the thousands I had taken it turned out OK in the end. Happy New Year

[@Daniel_Oberg]

So cool! I definitely need one! Greetings from a Swedish youtuber! 🇸🇪

[@SidBonkers51]

A fascinating insight into what goes on when were not around, the Roe deer in particular, what a treat that must have been to find on your camera.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Yes it was amazing what is there that we don’t know about. Happy New Year.

[@calebvanderwolf1777]

Thank you, I enjoyed that, an oasis of calm.

[@johnmartin4650]

Thank you Mr K…….worth every minute .

[@krisdavison9355]

How surprising the amount of wildlife but then you do live in a beautiful part of our dear England well done sir

[@EnglishCountryLife]

Outstanding film Dave. The Tawny owl with rat and fox / badger interaction were particularly good!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Hugh. I would like to say they were planned but I would be telling a fib. Just lucky although with 7 cameras out all day every day the chances were I would get something. Happy New Year and have a great 2024.

[@EnglishCountryLife]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker Happy New Year to you too.

[@neilfoddering921]

We moved from Dorset to East Sussex in 2022, and our garden now backs onto a wood. We’ve been suspecting that badgers visit our garden at night, because of diggings in the lawn, larger than those made by the squirrels. Our son bought me a trail cam for Christmas, and I set it up last night. This morning, it revealed a fox visiting our garden, and then squeezing under our fence into our neighbour’s garden. We hear tawny owls in the wood at night, and hope that they keep down the rat population; on the day that we moved into our new home, we were greeted by the sight of a very large, very dead rat lying on the garden path, and I’ve seen them running along the top of our fence in the daytime. We’ve seen a wider variety of birds on our feeders and in the woods than anywhere we’ve lived before. Thank you for uploading this most interesting video, and for the Jack Hargreaves videos, which bring back happy memories of watching his programmes on TV many years ago. One thing I’m wondering is whether you ever see glow worms? About 50 years ago, a friend and I went from Highcliffe to Southampton on his motorcycle one evening. When it was time to return home, we discovered that his bike had a puncture in the rear tyre, and in the absence of the means to repair it, and it being nearly midnight, we decided that we’d have to walk the 20-odd miles home. Having passed through Lyndhurst, we were walking along the main road through the Forest, and we were surprised to see the lights of many glow worms in the grassy clearings. This wasn’t the end of our experiences that night, for we were finally successful in thumbing a lift with one of the few cars passing at that time of night. My pal and I didn’t discover until we were wedged in the back seat of the tiny mini, that the driver was decidedly drunk. He then proceeded to treat two terrified motorcyclists to a display of the full performance of his car, and to his distinctly-impaired driving skills. All-in-all, a most memorable night!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Neil thank you taking time to share your story. I am sure you will learn a lot more now you have a trail camera. As for the rats we have a huge number in the garden but as they are everywhere I do not let them worry me too much. As for glow worms I have rarely seen them but as far as I know they are still around. I did learn something about their larvae the other days. It would seem that they are predators, feeding on slugs and snails. The way that they kill their prey is by toxic bites which inject digestive proteins into it prey causing it t dissolve. While it waits for it to happen it often rides on the back of its prey. Sorry for the gruesome tale but that’s nature I suppose. Happy New Year.

[@neilfoddering921]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker Thank you Dave. Rats don’t bother me, apart from the risk of Weil’s disease, but my wife absolutely loathes and fears rats and mice. I was looking forward to developing the garden to attract wildlife, but that hasn’t proved necessary, since we seem to have been visited by everything short of deer. A mole arrived in our front garden shortly after we moved in, and my wife counted over 40 mole hills in the lawn. The little chap moved on eventually, but the lawn still looks like the front line of the Somme! I was interested to hear about the feeding habits of the glow worm larva; being slowly digested while still alive is a particularly grim fate.

[@davidbnsmessex.5953]

@@neilfoddering921 Just happened to read very briefly on KZbin the other day that there are plants that rats detest etc perhaps you could plant some of those ? .

[@neilfoddering921]

@@davidbnsmessex.5953 Thank you, that hadn’t occurred to me,. I’ll look into it.

[@markstott6689]

That was a thoroughly enjoyable watch. I confess that with the comments in the Community tab I was expecting a longer video. 😊😊😊❤❤❤😊😊😊

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Mark if you make the programmes too long people switch off unfortunately. Happy New Year

[@markstott6689]

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker I know that you're right, Dave. It's just a shame that the modern attention span is so miniscule. I guess it's my age, which makes me more amenable to longer videos. I'll happily watch a 2-3 hour video if the content is high quality. The Hypohystericalhistory channel has done some great videos of that length. A very Happy New Year to you also. 😊 ❤️😊

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

@@markstott6689 Mark if you enjoy wildlife programmes you may like this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4LGnn16rthqibcsi=lsIxd5N23KH8Zlp8 I follow Morten and loved this one. Get yourself a cuppa though before you start.

[@malcolmhill691]

Thank you . As usual, lovely broadcasting with professional and relaxing commentary. Keep them coming.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Malcolm and have a Happy New Year.

[@JimNicholls]

A terrific video, Dave, and I'll look forward to further instalments. Thank you!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Jim. Happy New Year.

[@colincolwill1941]

Very interesting to see. I live in Poland now, retired, and myself and my Son go for walks in the local forests and there is an abundance of wildlife. Thank you for the video.

[@simonmoore568]

Excellent, I look forward to seeing future videos. Thanks for showing this.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Simon. Happy New Year

[@Shoshana-xh6hc]

Lovely! In my part of Kent I have seen badgers scare sheep.

[@ShaunNicholson-q5g]

Wonderful video thanks I really close to rat's the little buggers are in the attic running around all night I think they got hobnailed boots on 👍🇬🇧

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Yes rats are everywhere. Have you asked them to wear slippers when in doors 😹. Thank you for the nice comments. Happy New Year.

[@PaulMann8666]

Thank you, Dave Knowles, for all the insights and joy you have been bringing for years with your excellent films. Happy New Year!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Paul I am so pleased you are enjoying my videos. Happy New Year.

[@DaveFord]

That was simply brilliant Dave. Thank you for all that work - the results are quite fascinating.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Dave. This one has been the hardest of all the programmes I have made for KZbin as there was so much footage. There were thousands of shots to look through to choose the ones I wanted to use. Happy New Year to you and your family and here is to a good 2024.

[@williamkinnear345]

Wonderful envy is the word all i have is an alley wall i unfortunately live in the city

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

That’s sad William. Even when I lived on the outskirts of London I had green areas. Happy New Year.

[@deerohdeer8000]

What a great captures from your garden !! Really shows these cameras come into play !! What a diversity of fauna . Outstanding post & production as always!! Already wishing this year away , as I look forward to your next captures from the next few months. Really enjoyed this Dave . Happy new year to you & Jen oh ya & Bilbo 👍👍

[@ellisctaylor74]

That was really beautiful Dave. Thank you.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you. I am so pleased you enjoyed the programme. Happy New Year.

[@ellisctaylor74]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker Thank you, Dave. A Happy 2024 to you, yours, and all your viewers too.

[@cstew8355]

Cheers my friend I’m looking forward to this! 👍

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@jackbodenmann7379]

What a wonderful video. Your wild garden is an inspiration. Jack

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Jack. Happy New Year.

[@theNeathBoy]

You’ e captured quite a variety of wildlife over the past year. Great video, thanks.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Yes I was very lucky especially as we were not aware of what animals were living around us. Happy New Year.

[@martinhawley2401]

Fantastic video looking forward to some more

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Martin. There will be more. Happy New Year

[@Jane-cb9iu]

Beautiful video thanks for sharing

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Jane. Happy New Year

[@brianyoung9014]

Happy New Year to you and yours Dave, thanks for all the content in 2023.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Brian and Happy New Year to you and your family.

[@garybrownsword-xq1um]

please put more on i love it

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Gary I already have some more interesting shots from my garden and will do an update soon. I am also off to India next month and I intend taking two cameras with me to see what animals I might be able to capture while out there.

[@dianefields6056]

Nice to get a glimpse of and into the Mr Knowles who brings Jack Hargreaves to us.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you. Happy New Year.

[@garybrownsword-xq1um]

nice one dave loved it

[@ibiyashev]

This was wonderful viewing. Almost like the Redwall books I grew up with. Thank you so much for all your work! Wishing you inspiration and many good filming days in the new year!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

I should be thanking you and the many others for watching. This video was quite a challenge as there were thousands of shots to go through to choose those to use. After about five weeks though I eventually got there. Happy New Year

[@thebagfather4633]

amazing well done looking forward to seeing more have a great new year

[@themayalls5594]

Beautiful...that was so relaxing to watch ❤

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you. Happy New Year.

[@m.brizzy5407]

Dave, where I live in Germany, there are plenty of animals that visit my garden. These include Pine Martins, Green Woodpeckers Jays, and so on. Perhaps I can persuade my wife to allow me to spend some cash on a camera or two.

[@terrystokes7047]

Thank you; really good video and very enjoyable

[@payntpot7623]

Many thanks for this from the other end of the world. It was fun to see and some nice surprises for sure. Can I book a seat for next years one...?!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Please do. Thank you for your kind comments. Happy New Year.

[@fion1flatout]

Saw a Roe deer in the cow parsley last summer.. walking to swimming lessons with my grandson, right next to a retail park in Sheffield, about 11 o'clock in the morning

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

They are lovely creatures aren’t they. I was amazed to see them living at the bottom of our garden. Happy New Year.

[@pauldurkee4764]

That's a wonderful array of wildlife to have around your garden dave. Tawny owls are a favourite of mine, most people don't realise how lovely their colours are, and what a great bonus to keep the rodent population in check. You even have a good variety of birds coming to your feeders. I noticed you have squirrel proof feeders, i am having squirrel problems at the moment, not just one, but sometimes two or even three at a time, i wondered how effective they are? Best wishes from Wales.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Paul I have tried many feeders and the ones you see from Amazon really do work. The squirrels really can’t get into them. The other bonus id to fill them you twist off the top and then twist it back on once you have filled them. They make them for all types of food and the Jays and woodpeckers seem to be able to still feed from them. The feeder is called Gardman A01820 Heavy Duty Squirrel Proof Seed Bird Feeder, Multi-colour, 12.75 kg but there are other makes the same design. Happy New Year.

[@pauldurkee4764]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker Thank you so much for the advice dave.👍

[@jesallen552]

Aahh! Sanity

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you. Happy New Year.

[@ironix1]

Great one Dave. Very interesting view into the nocturnal life near a sanctuary of a large forest. It looked like there were two Roe deer, with a smaller Muntjac, accompanying them. I look forward to more like this. Happy new Year to you.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

apply New Year to you and thank you for the kind comment.

[@andymyers2759]

A really beautiful film Dave.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Andy thank you so much. Happy New Year

[@ralphjohnson4041]

Impressive video quality from those cameras.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Ralph yes the cameras are very good both at night and in the day. I tried some other cameras with IR and although double the price they were not as good to my mind. Happy New Year

[@eastsussexbeesandwildlife5801]

That was great. Thanks so much. Have a Happy New Year. Have really enjoyed seeing the Out of Town series again, particularly when Jack was fishing, it must have been great working together.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Yes it was. Jack when not on TV was just the same full of interesting stories. I can remember we went to the Indian Restaurant every week during the editing and for two hours he chatted just like he did in Out of Town. Happy New Year.

[@eastsussexbeesandwildlife5801]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker Thanks for that, what precious memories, look forward to reading your memroirs. We used to have family camping holidays in the New Forest in the 60s so remember Ringwood with it's cattle market, there used to be a big hotel which went when the bypass went thru, a special place, glad the Avon is still flowing and the barbell still there!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

@@eastsussexbeesandwildlife5801 The cattle market is now long gone. It was a favourite place of Jacks. I remember him telling. Mine once when he was there an elderly lady came up to him and said “Hello Jack, do you like my new curtains in my living room” She was convinced watching his programmes that he was sitting with her chatting in her room. This of course was Jacks get gift that he seemed to be there just chatting with you.

[@nancysmith-baker1813]

Lovely thank.

[@mickwilkinson87]

Wonderful thanks

[@grahammillar7858]

Just terrific

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Graham. Happy New Year.

[@Jason-io5bu]

Very very good might have to get some for my garden as live next door to open space othing like the size of the new forst lol Looking forwards to the next one

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Jason it is worth a thought as I was a bit sceptical about the cameras and did not for one moment think that they would capture what they did. Happy New Year.

[@goddam9925]

Very good enjoyed that !!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Many thanks!. Happy New Year

[@michelegaccione9522]

That was interesting thanks for sharing

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Michael thank you for watching. Happy New Year

[@davidberlanny3308]

Hi Dave, Happy New Year!! Really enjoyed watching this! You must have had to go through hours of footage to get to this 9 minute video. Do the cameras have sime kind of movement detectors? Really well edited to just the right length. Foxes are almost an urban animal these days I have seen them several times in my parents backgarden, sometimes though you hear them in the middle of the night!! Great start to the new year, well done. Good to see you on camera as well. All the best!!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you David. You are right there were thousands of shots and I had to check them all to find the ones I wanted to use. The whole edit took me around five weeks. As for the cameras yes they do detect movement but they are very slow to react so you never get the arrival of creatures which is a bit frustrating. They don’t cost very much though so for what they are the picture are pretty good. Happy New Year to you and your family.

[@ginojaco]

Interesting, but... we have a very secluded bit of river on one edge of our place, and I have heard otters on it, and seen their spoor and found their spraint - but never seen them! And despite putting trailcams there for two years now, I still haven't, though I have heard them and see signs again! So, your cam's will show a lot, but probably not everything.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

I am sure you are right. One of the very annoying things is the length of time they take to trigger so in cases such as the owl and the rat I have no idea how long he was sitting there before he took off. Happy New Year.

[@paulsharpe3794]

Hi there what a fantastic video unfortunately I live in the edge of Leeds West Yorkshire with a couple of bizzy roads around. Lots of cats now so the birds don't visit us eny more. But at the end of one road I can look down the valley and see Ilkley and the more and the other way out towards Harrogate, so I'm not doing too bad

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Sounds OK to me Paul. Happy New Year.

[@rayanthony2691]

One of the rod deer is a muntjac all the best

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Yes one of the deer is a muntjac. There are in fact I have found about three muntjacs and three or four roe deer living there. Happy New Year.

[@karenstudley2311]

Nice, interesting what is in nature

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

That’s true you never know until you look. I had no idea we had badgers and deer so close and since filming this the deer have been in our garden. Happy New Year.

[@joline2730]

A lovely little film, thanks. But even though I am a townie, and don't really like the countryside, I have always known that there is a plethora of animals, large and tiny, all around us - some of which are watching us ‼️ If you have a brook nearby you will see lots of birds and rodents, stoats, mink etc ...

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you I am so pleased you enjoyed the films. Many of the animals we get down here are also around in the towns as they search out food. But I am sure you are aware of that. Happy New Year.

[@GFD472]

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

I am so pleased you enjoyed it. Happy New Year

[@GFD472]

Happy New Year to you & yours!@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker

[@hotelsierra86]

Would have been tremendous to see a lynx, but unfortunately no chance of that. Would love to see them around me,where roe deer cause so much damage to trees,

[@steveward53]

Two Roe and a Muntjac ...

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Yes that’s right. There are more of both types down there but more of that in a future video. Happy New Year.

[@markedis5902]

Can you link to the trail camera company website please.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

I will sort that out tomorrow with CanPark when I speak to them. In the meantime Happy New Year.

[@oldwobble916]

Interesting video ! One would expect that those animals has no reason to visit the garden with a whole forest nearby. I wonder what those foxes find in the grass, snails or such things? They look like grazing cows ;)

[@excession3076]

There's a lot of food that's far more accessible in cleared areas rather than forest or heathland. I'm surprised he said he was surprised to see the deer. There are thousands on the forest and they make a beeline for clear grassland, gardens and fields. The grass is sweeter, more nutritious, that very green grass growing under tree cover is sour. Plus all the bird feeders, birds drop a lot of food from them.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

We in fact live in what years ago was with the forest boundary but now a short distance away. They changed the boundaries years ago. As regards to the animals I am very lucky as we have a small wooded area at the bottom of the garden and they all live in there and come through to the gardens for food. This is anything from dustbins to food from bird feeders. They all look very healthy and quite well fed. To go onto the main forest they would have to cross a main road so are probably safer where they are. Happy New Year.

[@christopherd.winnan8701]

Dave, the shop link is no longer working, so please could you repost the price of the cameras. Are you going to pass on the two freebies, to a younger, less well off film maker? It is always good to encourage the next generation of creatives.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

I have just checked it and it seems OK on my iPad and computer. The CamPark camera seems to be sold under different badges and the only one I could find on Amazon is the CEYOMUR Solar Wildlife Camera 4K which is the same but cheaper.

[@neildelaney5199]

Thank you Mr Knowles, a natural successor for Jack Hargreaves

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

I am not sure about that. Those are very big shoes to fit. But thank you any way. Happy New year.

[@neildelaney5199]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker Oh i don't know,I think if there were any more "Further out of town dvd's, you would make an excellent host,thanks for all you've done so far, I purchased the Old Country films a few years ago, and go back to them quite often

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

@@neildelaney5199 I am running out of Old Country programmes so I am going to do make more programmes on country matters and I will certainly have a try at a bit of chatting about the subjects to camera..

[@neildelaney5199]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker Thank you.I'll look forward to it

[@robturvey9156]

Fascinating video. Please, please reduce the annoying music/muzak which is totally unnecessary.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you. I will take that it consideration for next time. Happy New Year and have a great 2024.

[@joline2730]

​@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker yes, so annoying ...

[@coryparni3620]

So many cameras , you carnt even take a sh.t in the woods these days !

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Well there you go.

[@coryparni3620]

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker I love yor filmfs Dav Knowls , I'm a big fan . My people yoused to live in nevi wesh .we are Australians now , lol. I've been ther- to the new forst and I get a deep sense of loss. The way life is naw. I know you talk about my folk respectfall like. Thank you Dave. God bless tuke.