Autumn – Canned Wildlife

October: Amazing Autumn

Oct 10, 2019May 23, 2020Posted in Country Park, Countryside, Deer, Encounters, Environmental, Exploration, Fungi, Greenbelt, Mammals, Natural History, Nature Reserve, Video, Vlog, Walk, WoodlandTagged Adam Ó Hare, Adam Canning, Adam L. Canning, Autumn, Autumnwatch, Birding, Birds, Birmingham, Conservation, country park, Countryfile, Countryside, Deer, Documentary, Encounter, Environment, Eurasian Jay, Fall, Fallow, Film, Fungi, Natural History, Nature, Ornithology, Outdoors, Suburban, The Wildlife Trust, Video, Vlog, Walk, Wildlife, Wildlife Monthly, WoodlandLeave a comment

Made in October 2011 [VIDEOS], three great things to look out for this month: acorn crazy Jays, Rutting Fallow Deer & fun looking Fungi!

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Apologies for the inaccuracies in the Fungi video; pronunciation of hallucinogenic and apparently you can eat Amethyst Deceivers – but it is better to be safe than sorry! (No matter how good a recipe sounds!)

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Upton Warren: Eurasian Curlew

Mar 7, 2018May 24, 2020Posted in Birds, Conservation, Countryside, Farm, Nature Reserve, Video, VlogTagged Adam Canning, Adam L. Canning, Autumn, Autumnwatch, Birding, Conservation, Eurasian Curlew, Film, Natural History, Nature, Nature Reserve, Ornithology, RSPB, The Wildlife Trust, Upton Warren, Video, Vlog, Wetlands, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Wildlife Trusts, Worcestershire1 Comment

The now classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, UK Amber and Red List species under the Birds of Conservation Concern review and as a Priority Species in the UK Biodiversity Action Plan, Eurasian Curlew are still holding on at Upton Warren in the landlocked county of Worcestershire in the West Midlands region, and they can be seen throughout autumn and winter, roosting at The Flashes most evenings.

For waders they’re large and tall, approx the size of female a Pheasant – making them the largest European wading bird. Their haunting call (‘Cur-lee’) is unmistakable – it’s one of my favourite bird calls – it can be heard from February through to July on its breeding grounds; wet grasslands, farmland, heath and moorlands. From July onwards coastal numbers start to build up and peak in January.

Curlews feed on worms, shrimps and shellfish. The largest concentrations of them are found at Morecambe Bay, the Solway Firth, the Wash and the Dee, plus, the Severn, Humber and Thames estuaries. Their greatest breeding numbers are found in north Wales, the Pennines, the southern uplands and east Highlands of Scotland and the Northern Isles.

The agricultural intensification (e.g drainage and reseeding) of upland farmland and moorland – plus the afforestation of moorland – is a big factor in the decline of their breeding population.

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Wildlife in November

Nov 3, 2017May 24, 2020Posted in Birds, Countryside, Encounters, Video, VlogTagged Adam Canning, Adam L. Canning, Autumn, Autumnwatch, Birding, Birdwatching, Birmingham, Documentary, Environment, Garden, Jack Snipe, Journalism, Luke Massey, Migration, Nature, Outdoors, Richard Hampshire, Siskin, Tophill Low, Video, West Midlands, Wildlife, Winter, Winter Migrants, Winter Migration, Winterwatch, Woodcock, Woodland, YorkshireLeave a comment

Look up, look down, look all around! Up in the air or on the ground! 😉

98FC1451-AC45-4626-A152-BE63AB07BC26 (Edited) — Woodcock (top). Siskin (left). Jack Snipe (right)

Informative videos (2011):

Richard Hampshire is a top man. 🙂

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Wildlife in September and October

Sep 25, 2017May 24, 2020Posted in Birds, Coast, Deer, Fungi, VlogTagged #MyAutumn, Adam Canning, Adam L. Canning, Amethyst Deceiver, Aristotle quotes, Autumn, Autumnal Action, Autumnwatch, BBC, Birding, Birmingham, Bridlington, Coast, Conservation, Deer Rutting, Documentary, East Yorkshire, Environment, Eurasian Jay, Fallow Deer, Film, Fly Agaric, Fungi, Garden, Journalism, Luke Massey, Migration, My Wild Life, Nature, October, Outdoors, Richmond Park, September, Simon King, Sooty Shearwater, Urban, Video, Visual Migration, Vlog, W. H. Hudson quotes, Wildlife, William Henry Hudson, Woodland, Ysgrech y Coed2 Comments

Below are some videos from my past, showcasing nature to be seen in September and in October. I am actually quite pleased with my voice-over work from-back-in 2011! You might be happy to know, it is a skill which I’ve now honed.

September (2011)

October (2011)

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