00:01It is day 12 of my self-isolation and I have tried three times since I uploaded my last video
00:13to come out and shoot another video, but nothing came of those excursions.
00:20I went hard looking for birds specifically, for owls, and I came home empty handed each time, which is why
00:31I haven't posted anything.
00:34So, I'm going out again today, once more hopeful, not for birds in particular, but I'm going to try and
00:45photograph deer again today.
00:49And see what I come back with. Hopefully, I will get a few images, but we'll see.
01:19Oh, that's a great.
01:39Beardw you didn't know?
02:06So I've just made it across into the woodland that I was headed for, it was a bit further
02:12than I thought it would be. It is quite beautiful actually and there seems to be a mix of trees
02:20in here and quite a lot of birdsong which is a positive thing. Again they're really high
02:30up in the canopy it seems. But anyway I'm going to have a walk around, see what I might
02:40find. Hopefully I'll find some birdies and some deer as well to photograph. Looking good
02:55so far.
03:26What I'm looking for is a decent spot where I can sit down.
03:38It gives me a good view in front and behind into the sides. And where I can just lay and
03:49wait for either birds or deer. And it will give me a decent background to photograph them
03:57against them. So that's what I'm on the hunt for. I've come to a very beautiful part of the
04:09wood. And it's all coniferous trees. And they're absolutely beautiful. But the little birdies
04:19trees are way high up. And underneath the canopy there is very little light despite what this camera is showing.
04:34and very little in terms of movement of birds or anything else for that matter. I haven't spotted any deer.
04:47But it is gorgeous.
05:09Well I've been walking around these woods for a good couple of hours now. I've been walking around these woods
05:17for a good couple of hours now.
05:18I've not seen any deer at all.
05:24I've heard lots of little birds. Mostly great toots. But again they're so high up.
05:36Having said that, there's a muntjac deer across the way there. It's on the other side of a fence.
06:02There's a dog walker. I scared them from the other side.
06:11I can make them out from here. On the other side.
06:24I can zoom in a little bit.
06:32Let's see if I can make my way across somehow. Find a way over the fence.
06:38And I'll see if I can get a couple of shots of them.
06:47There's a fallen tree here. Which has broken the fence. But just there.
06:52there. So I shall see if I can get across.
07:00I can move myself.
07:17There's a muntjac. Just in the middle of the fence.
07:24I can move myself.
07:24Let's see if I can get across.
07:30They're going further in.
07:36These woods are such a jumble.
07:42of cut wood, chopped dead fall. I'm trying to get a clear shot through. This makes it
08:10impossible. I'm not going to get a shot here. When I'm low like this I can't get a shot
08:28through the brambles and the broken branches. I'm just spinning around and you can see what
08:34I'm in. It's just full of these, er...
08:49Okay I'm going to try going around the other side and see if I can get a cleaner shot through
08:57the trees. Right, back in a bit. Okay I've got a slightly clearer shot of him on this side.
09:06At least one of them was a group of three. But er, I think he's a little bit threatened
09:14by me. He was stamping his foot.
09:29They weren't wearing them, right?
09:41So we're going to try to pull it away too.
09:46Where they came from.
09:48He's gone behind some trees again.
09:52I've just spotted a roe deer bouncing through the woods here.
10:01Amazing ability to hide.
10:04He literally just bounded through the woods so quietly.
10:15There's a little muntjac again, another one.
10:27Just down there for muntjac.
10:31But where was that roe?
10:34Oh, there she is.
10:38It's going back the other way now.
10:53I'm actually getting into the other group of woods.
11:06It's unusual because she's on her own.
11:08Normally they're in little groups.
11:14I found the stump here in this little wood.
11:18And I'm just going to sit here for a while.
11:23Have another tea.
11:25And see if they should happen along.
11:28If I sit quietly enough, maybe I'll get lucky.
11:35We shall see.
11:37I think one of the things with making these videos is that sometimes I think we're guilty of giving you
11:52the impression that every time we go out it's an easy thing to find animals.
11:58Because wildlife of any kind.
12:01Birds or mammals.
12:05Because we only ever show you the videos where we do find.
12:11Whereas, this is like I said, this is the fourth go now since I uploaded the last video that I've
12:17come out.
12:18And every time before, come back empty handed.
12:22And I really don't want to come back empty handed again.
12:27I really want to find something to photograph and film for you.
12:30And for me.
12:32So we'll see.
12:35Anyway, I'll hang here for a bit and see what comes from.
12:51With the next clip.
13:57I'm still just scanning the woods here, just in case I should see her again.
14:04Unfortunately, I lost her in the thicket and I didn't really want to chase after her and
14:10stress her out too much.
14:14So, at least I got the briefest of glimpses and that confirms at least what I was told
14:21that there are roe deer here.
14:23That being so, even with just the briefest of glimpses, hopefully the footage will come
14:30out sharp, because I was just on manual focus for the whole thing.
14:37I think it's not the easiest thing to focus through the trees.
14:42I shall head home, I think now, and grab myself some dinner.
14:55Sorry it's been, it's taken me longer than I thought it would to get another video up,
15:04but then I know it's not been as successful as I had hoped it would be, but I hope you
15:10enjoy it nevertheless.
15:13And until next time, thank you again for watching, and I'll see you then.
15:20Bye for now.
15:20Bye.
15:50Amen.
