My New Favourite Bird Location - My Return To RSPB Otmoor

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Over the last year of filming YouTube videos,

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I've been to a few cool locations,

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but none have quite left me in awe like RSPB Upmoor

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has. During my last visit,

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I captured Red Kite,

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Barn Owl,

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Marsh Harrier,

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and I even heard a potential bitten,

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so I knew I had to come back.

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Today,

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I return with my buddy Luke in the hope of once again viewing the Barn Owl

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and Marsh Harrier.

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Now,

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we did arrive a little later than planned,

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thanks to some wonderful congestion on the motorway.

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So we were a little worried we may have lost our opportunity to see any owls.

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But as it turns out,

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luck was on our side.

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So once again,

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Art Moore is well and truly delivering right now.

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Got to one of the main fields when you first get to the reserve and there's just

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been a barn owl hunting over the reeds,

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coming back and forth,

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diving for prey.

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Now he's just hidden himself,

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giving me a bit of time to do this to camera.

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So fingers crossed he comes out again and...

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Gives us a bit more of a show,

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but so far,

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our more is delivering.

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I'm

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currently sitting in the first hide,

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well, first scrim.

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And the idea was to come here for the marsh areas.

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And there was one about,

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you know, sitting on the far bush.

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But so far,

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it's been the barn owl that's putting on the show.

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So it's returned,

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and it's kind of doing sort of big loops around the pond and just around the sort

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of neighbouring fields.

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Well...

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It just came behind the reeds to my left.

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And a bit too blocked to record a video

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because I didn't really trust the autofocus that much.

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But luckily it flew down the path towards us where we are in the

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hide, the scrim.

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And I just took a bunch of shots,

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probably about maybe 50 or 60 odd in all fairness.

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Proper machine gun in all fairness.

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And I think I got some really lovely shots.

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So,

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well happy.

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And even now.

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I can see it just fluttering away on the far side of

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these fields, over the pond.

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So,

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can be here for the marshes,

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but...

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The barn owl is killing it right now.

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By the time I'd realised the owl's flight path,

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I figured I'd aim for a photograph rather than some slow -mo footage.

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So what you're viewing here is a collection of 160 shots,

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a fair way off of 50 or 60 I'd estimated in the field.

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Now, what an amazing moment this was,

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having this awesome creature fly directly towards myself and Luke,

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head first.

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I went into autopilot as I started firing off frame after frame,

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hoping it would result in a decent image.

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trying not to lose it behind the thistles.

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Now you'll have to let me know what you think of the final results.

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There are two marsh harriers about,

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and they're on the far side of this lake.

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Now, the other reason we're here today,

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you know, fingers crossed,

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you know,

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hopefully they'll come in fairly close on my ship,

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but hopefully I'll get a decent photo.

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See, I can't even speak again.

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They get me so excited and so happy.

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But yeah,

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I really want to get a decent photo of a marsh harrier today.

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Now,

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I'm half certain I've got a decent photo of a barn owl,

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so we're already on for a winner.

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But...

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Marsh...marsh...marsh owls?

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Marsh harriers are the reason we're here.

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It was

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absolutely incredible watching the marsh harriers hunt above the reeds,

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periodically diving down and spooking all of the ducks,

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sending them into the air.

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We spent a few hours at the first screen,

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and minus the weather being a little dull and grey,

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we couldn't be happier with how it went.

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We were mesmerised by both the barn owl and harrier sightings,

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but eventually we had to leave and make way to the second screen.

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just a short walk up the trail we're just

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leaving the second screen and for the most part is a bit of a bust so nothing

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out of the ordinary a couple of camera geese i think a grey lag a couple of potard

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which is quite nice but other than that fairly quiet so

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now we're going to carry on well we're going to walk back into the reserve so to speak because

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it's a bit linear art more is it's not a circular so

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we're going to head on back to the first screen and potentially head on over to the hide

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which we

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Missed out this morning because we were too busy concentrating on those barn owls.

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Let's go.

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We have

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just left the main bird hide here at Utmore and

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for the most part it was actually fairly quiet.

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So red kite here or there,

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monk jack chilling.

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But I think the real star of the show for that hide was actually the yellow hammer.

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So they're the first ones I've seen all year.

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And they're so unmistakable.

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Is that the word?

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Mistakable?

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Unmistakable.

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So beautiful,

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bright yellow.

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And they really sort of pop against the dark hedgerow.

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Yeah,

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I think we're going to head back to the car now.

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And if this is the last you see of me today,

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then I hope you enjoyed the episode.

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So please leave a thumbs up,

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drop a comment.

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So like,

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and I'll see you at the next one.

My New Favourite Bird Location - My Return To RSPB Otmoor

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