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Excellent video Jo 👍brilliant photos 👏🏻

Looks like you had a great time there Jo and managed some great shots ! Thanks for adding the bird names with the photos. Look forward to your next outing ! 🤠😎

Nice pictures! I didn’t know Central Parcs could a nice place for wildlife photography 😮

Amazing

Nice shots there Jo, did you manage to get any of the Jay

Well done some nice images

Love your dog…

Great effort Jo and some great images in the end. 👍

🐰 🐇🐇🐇❤❤ So lovely as always! Keep up the good work!

Great video an nicely caught images Jo

Great shots!

Another great video, Jo. One thing you might consider is getting a camo skin or some self adhesive camo tape to cover up the biggest parts of your big white lens. The tape, at least is quite inexpensive and it also protects your lens from getting marked up over time. With the non-focusing situation you experienced, I had that happen a couple of times with my A7R3 and once with my A1. I found that, I think just turning the camera off and on again, or maybe it was reseating the lens cleared it up. It has happened so infrequently that I haven't worried about it again. You got some really nice rabbit photos there towards the end.

Another great video Jo 😊

A large number of species have limited or no colour vision, but your white lens hood, is clearly obviouse to most species, having said that I photograph multiple species all over the world and in my experience, animals react more to sudden sharp movements and shapes, rather than colours.

Great video again Jo, do like that you share your sessions that maybe don’t go to plan as well as the successful ones. Sure your perseverance will pay off eventually. Great that you can hook up with a local photographer who sure will be a great help. 👍😃

Think your gonna need a camo wrap for your lens and a realtree cap 😂 the white of the lens doesn't really blend in. Another nice video Jo, enjoying the series.

The location where the rabbit was at was so peaceful and beautiful! Great video

As usual love your video Jo but do agree with Sue Holmes below about the lens needing some sort of camouflage. You migt also be interested in this camouflage chair czcams.com/video/2lsjZ_OFDtw/video.html

I enjoyed watching your video photographing the wild rabbit. What a great experience. A big LIKE for the video. Greetings from Singapore.

Lovely to see the bunnies. Can I make the observation that you’ve used camo to disguise yourself and your bag, but you have a very visible white lens which shows up so much.

Lovely images, I have used a net , I 😂drapped it from tree/bush in front of me which allowed freedom to move behind it for shit high or low.

Keep at it Jo.. as your learning now, it's not so easy getting good wildlife shots..But the effort will be worth it.. cheers Den

Glad you share all the same dilemma’s. Laying on front is a nightmare….. great shots and love watching this photography journey.

Excellent video and great photos Jo 🐇👏🏻

Lovely images Jo, eye level / low down is effective

Glad you got the "bug!!" As someone who attempts to do this myself, your vlogs are excellent! Hope there are many more to come.

Hi Jo like you im up super early just to get set upfor the Kingfishers im no expert but i cam up and put a perch out and then its a waiting Game iast weekend i was set up by 545 am and manage to get the video and shots around 815 am well worth the wait enjoyed the video good luck

I didn't own a camera as a child, but we had a small river 5:18 that ran through our farmland. I used to sit in one certain place, partly hidden and view many kingfishers, even otters - The feeling of being 'at one with nature' was something that will be fixed in your memory for a lifetime, so good luck this project.

Hi Jo recommend setting up a tripod with a pop up hide with king fishers to reduce your movement and conceal you more. Or at least a tripod with 3D camo over you and the tripod but move like a Sloth if doing that method😂👍 keep persevering it will be worth it! 🙏👊Ant

Just found your channel and am now working my way through all the content. I like the way it is real, and shows what wildlife photography is really like.

I've had a similar kingfisher chase along my local river in SW France. I find these birds highly sensitive - off like a shot at the least disturbance. It has been impossible to identify reliable perches and the birds never took to several I set up. Happily there are wagtails everywhere to save the day :)

Hi Jo, great video again! I'm told ( I'm not an expert! ) that if you place a new / good stick or perch in the river if you are able to, a kingfisher can't resist to sit and check out whether it is a good potential fishing spot. In my experience they're not an overly skittish bird, having photographed them myself on a local river in the past, so it might offer an opportunity. I haven't tried this tactic as of yet but plan to one day!

Very nice video 👍🙂

hang in there, persistence will pay off, remember to continue to learn from your outtings, good luck

Hi, worth looking at CZcams video from Simon Eardley and Mike Lane, lots of tips for Kingfishers there.

Great video! Always worth getting up early!

Hi, Jo. I have just finished watching your last six videos and you are doing a great job with them!. I also think you are off to a great start with your wildlife photography. You have all the ingredients to find and get some great shots. As you have mentioned a couple of times, what you would really benefit from is that great Sony 200-600. Mine lived on my A7R3 for 5 years and is now joined to the A1 that I purchased used last November. I find that even with that lens I still use the crop mode very often and then, of course, still have to crop again in post. Keep up the good work. With your attitude and dedication, you will succeed. Cheers, Phil from Ottawa, Canada.

David from Instagram here! :)

Wonderful shoot! I do enjoy wondering around new areas to see what I can get an image of. Thanks for bringing us along!

Hey Jo! Another lovely video! Thanks for the upload ❤❤❤

Great video…. The teasing flash of the kingfisher…. They are so smug! Next time..

great video Jo really enjoyed it. good luck with the kingfisher next time

I'm a new friend here from Singapore. Enjoy watching your video, Jo. Thanks for sharing your birding adventure. Big LIKE for the video. 👍🔔

Kingfishers... I always sense that they smirk when they do their fly-bys as a shimmering blue dart. You should definitely be in a good spot to catch them, and the fallen tree in the creek kind of screams: Perch here!

Excellent video Jo 👏🏻📸

Great Video Jo, I love the early starts, recently did a sunrise at Bempton Cliffs which was fantastic! I just end up with needing a good coffee before I start filming haha.

Love your videos Jo. Just what I needed on a Sunday morning before starting to edit.

Try putting a perch in the river if you can Kingfishers love a new perch, enjoyable video