Speyside Wildlife Hide - Badgers and Pine Marten

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  • Опубликовано: 10 янв 2025

Комментарии • 58

  • @SimonFloryPhotography
    @SimonFloryPhotography Месяц назад +1

    Lovely footage of two of my favourite animals - great to see them living such happy amd undisturbed lives, with a litle helping hand where it is needed. It's another vote for the Speyside Wildlife Hide from me - it's well worth a visit; as it is so well equipped to make it an ideal introduction to badgers and pine martens for younger and older people. Great to hear that you are as concerned about badger persecution and culling as most thinking people are. Thanks for posting the video - it's great you all had such a wonderful experience of wildlife.

    • @danwillis_photography
      @danwillis_photography  Месяц назад

      Thanks very much Simon, very much appreciated mate.
      All the best 👍🏻

  • @garytuck5297
    @garytuck5297 Месяц назад +4

    Another very interesting, entertaining video Dan but it was also very nice to hear you defending our wildlife and speaking out against the cruel senseless abuse it faces thank you. Its something
    other wildlife photographers on youtube don't do enough. Looking forward to your next film.

    • @danwillis_photography
      @danwillis_photography  Месяц назад

      Thanks very much Gary, really appreciate your support and kind words mate. Sounds like you have the same mindset as myself 👍🏻

  • @sidensvans67
    @sidensvans67 26 дней назад +1

    Wonderful images . Thank you .

  • @ScottRitchie-bw9ls
    @ScottRitchie-bw9ls Месяц назад +3

    getin the kids out in nature. Powerful message!

  • @jeanlouis83
    @jeanlouis83 Месяц назад +1

    😍😍😍

  • @fraud1able
    @fraud1able Месяц назад +1

    Another great video Dan and thanks for the tip from a previous video about the snow bunting at the Cairngorm ski centre

  • @leeoliver1589
    @leeoliver1589 Месяц назад +1

    Amazing Dan mate!!

    • @danwillis_photography
      @danwillis_photography  Месяц назад

      Thanks very much Lee, really appreciate your support and kind words 👍🏻

  • @mikephelpswildlifephotography
    @mikephelpswildlifephotography Месяц назад +2

    Beautiful video pal really enjoyed that, I’m still yet to see a Pine Martin let alone film and photograph one so top of the list for me in the new year 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    • @danwillis_photography
      @danwillis_photography  Месяц назад

      Cheers Mike, appreciate it. I can definitely recommend Keith Thorburns place for the Pine Martes, he’s a lovely bloke and it’s a cracking setup 👍🏻

  • @lyndachilds6587
    @lyndachilds6587 Месяц назад +2

    Such beautiful animals.

  • @johnhjic2
    @johnhjic2 Месяц назад +1

    Hello Dan, Popps and family, What a super video love seeing the Pine Martens and the Badgers as well. The hide dose look like a nice one to. Thanks for butting these videos out, so inspiring .

    • @danwillis_photography
      @danwillis_photography  Месяц назад

      Cheers John, always appreciate your support and kind words mate 👍🏻

  • @DaveSandell-w6r
    @DaveSandell-w6r Месяц назад +1

    Dan and family absolutely brilliant video with the pine marten and badgers thanks for sharing shame they are culling them they are a beautiful animal 👍🏻👍🏻

    • @danwillis_photography
      @danwillis_photography  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks very much Dave, really appreciate it mate.
      The cull is just insane isn’t it 🤦🏻‍♂️
      All the best 👍🏻

  • @derekclark4762
    @derekclark4762 Месяц назад +1

    Hi Dan another great video as usual as was last Sundays, nice to see Pops back in the fold, absolutely adore the Pine Marten and the Badgers of course. I was in the kitchen making the wife a cup of coffee whilst watching the video, at the section with Badgers in it my phone pinged and there was the badger wadling up the path for his peanuts it did make me chuckle. Thanks for a lovely video. cheers Derek

    • @danwillis_photography
      @danwillis_photography  Месяц назад

      That’s fantastic mate, love that the two moments occurred together 😁
      Thanks very much Derek, really appreciate your support and kind words 👍🏻

  • @johnflanagan44
    @johnflanagan44 Месяц назад +1

    What a beautiful animals dan yet another fantastic vlog and some incredible image

    • @danwillis_photography
      @danwillis_photography  Месяц назад

      Thanks very much John, really appreciate your support and kind words 👍🏻

  • @desmondmaguire8955
    @desmondmaguire8955 Месяц назад +1

    Hi Dan, another fab video! Pine Martens are really special creatures. Here in Ireland they are helping the Red Squirrel re-establish their population after being decimated by the Grey Squirrel brought in from America as pets in the 1800's.(The Pine Martens eat Grey Squirrels but not the Red). Cheers Des. Keep up the good work👍👍

    • @danwillis_photography
      @danwillis_photography  Месяц назад

      Thanks very much Des, it’s great to hear that the Martens are doing well in Ireland and the positive impact that this is having on Red Squirrels. Let’s hope this continues mate 👍🏻

  • @andrewmilne3031
    @andrewmilne3031 Месяц назад +1

    Excellent vlog Dan. It certainly looks like great place to take kids, young and old (pops).
    Acting skills nead to be upped on adverts 🤪. Your foties were best this time😀😀

    • @danwillis_photography
      @danwillis_photography  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks Andrew, acting has never been my strong point 😂
      All the best 👍🏻

  • @AdrianMoore-l2q
    @AdrianMoore-l2q Месяц назад +1

    great video and Such beautiful animals and great shots

    • @danwillis_photography
      @danwillis_photography  Месяц назад

      Thanks very much Adrian, really appreciate your support and kind words 👍🏻

  • @davidsutton2432
    @davidsutton2432 Месяц назад +1

    Wonderful video Dan, with great images.

  • @morleydd
    @morleydd Месяц назад +1

    Lovely film Dan - beautiful creatures - agree with point about cull - madness

  • @StephenBrooks-e9m
    @StephenBrooks-e9m Месяц назад +1

    Fantastic images under difficult conditions.

    • @danwillis_photography
      @danwillis_photography  Месяц назад

      Thanks very much Stephen, really appreciate your support and kind words 👍🏻

  • @ianwilsonwildlifephotography
    @ianwilsonwildlifephotography Месяц назад +1

    Great video Dan with some great images as always. we went to a similar hide whilst up there last year and had similar experience, they just wonderful creatures. Pine Martens defo on the bucket list as well! 😀👍

    • @danwillis_photography
      @danwillis_photography  Месяц назад

      Thanks very much Ian, really appreciate your support and kind words 👍🏻

  • @keithgrafton5006
    @keithgrafton5006 Месяц назад +1

    Dan - went straight away and bought 2 x cables to tidy my desk up a bit but although they are data / charging cables , their data transfer speeds are woeful . Going to return these and get the much more expensive USB4 type . They are a great idea but the £20 ones are no use to connect high speed usbc disks too

    • @danwillis_photography
      @danwillis_photography  Месяц назад +1

      That’s a really valid point. I only used them for charging purposes and not data transfer, so really only tested that aspect.
      Thanks for bringing it to my attention 👍🏻

  • @johngunning2123
    @johngunning2123 Месяц назад +1

    What a fantastic place. I'm jealous! During my visit to the UK this year I actually spotted two badgers that had been hit and killed by cars during the night. They are stunning creatures.👍

    • @danwillis_photography
      @danwillis_photography  Месяц назад

      Thanks very much John. Unfortunately road kill badgers are most people’s experience of this stunning animal.
      All the best mate 👍🏻

  • @richardchew1767
    @richardchew1767 Месяц назад +1

    Hi Dan. Well, that video brought back some memories for me from many years ago! Speyside Wildlife provided me with my first ever Pine Marten sightings.
    More recently, but not since Covid, I have had my Pine Marten (and Badger and Red Squirrel) fix at a self-catering cabin on Ardnamurchan. Three separate week-long stays with Pine Martens visiting every night! I can provide details if you are interested (I have your e-mail address).
    Well done on highlighting the appalling Badger cull which continues unabated despite the scientific evidence that it has no impact on reducing bTB and when other options such as vaccination and better bio-security are available. I am a long-standing Badger Trust supporter and hopefully yet another current petition will force the new Government to finally act to end the cull.
    Richard

    • @danwillis_photography
      @danwillis_photography  28 дней назад

      Thanks very much Richard. I am very interested in the Pine Marten location and somewhere different to visit.
      As for the Badger Cull, I am certain that it will be something that will be looked back on history and people won't believe that it happened. It's an absolute disgrace!
      All the very best mate 👍🏻

  • @roaminginraymond
    @roaminginraymond Месяц назад +1

    Wow, amazing footage of the pine marten. We've filmed one in Glencoe but it was with the night time camera that you just leave out. We were still chuffed, but not the same as seeing one in the flesh. Badgers, what beautiful animals they are and unfortunately persecuted by the government and farmers, with no evidence to back up the unnecessary slaughter of these amazing animals. You are just saying on the video exactly what I have just said. Foxhunting, supposedly banned, is something else that is disgraceful. Why people enjoy harming our wildlife is beyond me. Thank you for sharing your wonderful experiences Dan

    • @danwillis_photography
      @danwillis_photography  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks very much, really appreciated.
      Sounds like we have very similar views on the hunting and culling aspects. It’s criminal that in a country of ‘animal lovers’ we tolerate such cruelty to our wildlife 😔
      All the best 👍🏻

  • @sue.Hoo123
    @sue.Hoo123 Месяц назад +1

    Lovely to see and like you say such beautiful, gentle creatures. It’s sad enough seeing them as roadkill, but to think some people kill them for sport and the pointless cull 🤬

    • @danwillis_photography
      @danwillis_photography  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks very much Sue, really appreciated.
      Unfortunately it’s a sad world we live in at times!
      All the best 👍🏻

  • @joncothranphotography9375
    @joncothranphotography9375 Месяц назад +1

    That's so wonderful! Hi Pops! I am evolving my photography editing and I am adding a drawing tablet and a pen. Do you have any experience with these? Thanks so much for sharing your trip with me!

    • @danwillis_photography
      @danwillis_photography  Месяц назад

      Thanks very much John, always appreciated mate.
      I haven’t used a tablet and pen but can imagine how much accuracy they could bring to editing, would be great to hear your thoughts on it 👍🏻

  • @Terrytheartist
    @Terrytheartist Месяц назад +2

    A great vlog Dan with some stunning video clips, it makes my blood boil when the cull is mentioned and the despicable scum that hunt down these stunning creatures, can’t tell you how much I had to restrain myself from using some bad language in this comment mate, keep these coming 👍

    • @danwillis_photography
      @danwillis_photography  Месяц назад +1

      You and me both mate, they are absolute oxygen wasters!
      Thanks for your continued support mate 👍🏻

  • @MaierR-q9v
    @MaierR-q9v Месяц назад

    One might get the impression that the animals are captive and indoors.

    • @danwillis_photography
      @danwillis_photography  Месяц назад

      If they were I would’ve disclosed that, I’m always open and honest about the experiences I have.

  • @tonyw3250
    @tonyw3250 Месяц назад +1

    I can't understand why anybody would hurt and kill such a beautiful animal