Photographing Common Buzzards From A Hide (Full Guide)
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- In the second part of my Buzzard film, I decide to try a new tactic!! Previous visits after moving my setup have resulted in a few no shows and I thought I'd try sleeping in the hide overnight to get an early start. This includes baiting the birds down to a suitable spot that has been chosen for background, perches, light and chance of success. We employ the Adjustable post holder to great effect again and describe how I use a roadkill pheasant to tempt the birds down. A trailcam was used initially to monitor any activity whilst I wasn't at the site and then we had an evening sleeping in the hide and a day behind the camera. Join me to experience a great session with these beautiful birds.
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Brilliant video, excellent Channel. Beautiful Photographs. Very helpful and informative. Many thanks for sharing.
Youre welcome, glad you liked it Paul.👍🏼
Absolutely fantastic Simon, it must be brilliant to have a facility like you do that you can use to get shots like that, not envious in the slightest 🤥😊. I always shoot in AP also, I find it works best for me on most occasions. All the very best for Christmas and for a better New Year, also hope you managed to get some quality time off work this year and that Santa has read your letter and you get the 300mm 2.8.
Wishful thinking for the 300 Ian. More for comedy effect 😩😩 All the best ☃️🎄
Nice footage, your patience is rewarded, well done 👍👍
Thanks Siegfried👍
Great video,have y thought of the nikon 300mm f4 pf?
Bit pricey Mark, so i'll probably be looking at an old 300 2.8 AS, not too fussed about VR.👍🏼📷
Great video as always mate, well done delivering some cracking shots, lots of dedication and some great humour thrown in, lol... all the best and have a great Christmas and NY, hope to meet up
In 2021 for a brew 👍. Regards R
Cheers Richard, yeh I look forward to that pal☕️. Heres to a somewhat more successful 2021. All the best to you and the family 👍🏼☃️🎄🎄☃️
Fantastic video, excellent shots 👌🏻
Many thanks Chandler👍🏼
Excellent video we'll planed Simon.
Cheers Tel👍🏼
Christmas Cracker 🦅🎥📷🎄🎅
Thanks Stephen 🎄☃️
Now that is dedication. I've just ordered my Nitehawk chair hide for use on the farm I have access to, needless to say, I will not be sleeping in it overnight. Lovely images, by the way. Hope you have a good Xmas.
Nice one Pete, yeh you'd do well to have an overnighter in the chair hide but I'll be honest I have nodded off in mine !!😆😴😴 Merry Christmas☃️🎄
Link for the hot water bottle :)
I've put it on Tel👍🏼
Splendid 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Amazing documentary. You did a great job showing us your observations and how you prepare for it. Thank you for sharing 👍. Greets Stefan
Thank you very much Stefan 👍🏼📷
Top Job Simon hope Santa Delivers what you wanted.....Great Video as always Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year....
Optimism in the extreme!! Same to you Paul 👍🏼☃️🎄
Cracking video again Simon and gives me hope for my new setup! Watching this I think maybe the buzzards have been clocking me getting under cover! Lack of road kill is frustrating the project at the minute!! Have a great Christmas mate🍻👍
Thanks Scott, yeh I didnt realise how early you had to get in the hide. Sometimes you can be lucky but they call to each other as if theyre communicating and warning each other. All the best for christmas and the new year pal 👍🏼☃️
Simon you could double up as a stand up comedian
Absolutely brilliant
Yeh ive been called a comedian a few times !!😆😆
Superb, I’m really enjoying watching your work Sir 👏🏻👏🏻
Many thanks Chris 👍🏼
Great video , wonderful footage and photographs , Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2021.
Thank you! You too Richard 👍🏼☃️🎄
Great video Simon well worth the wait to get those images and footage at the end. Love the black-and-white image of a buzzard. Cheers Keith
Thanks Keith, yeh i like to throw the odd B&W in. Like you say it was worth all the effort 👍🏼📷
Great video,
Some amazing shots of the buzzard, the hard work paid off.
Merry Christmas to you...🎅👍👍
Thanks, you too!👍🏼🎄☃️
This is great! Thanks for the tips and the work you've put into making this piece! Will soon go out filming buzzards myself!
Cheers George, their a tricky species to photograph so good luck with your project👍🏼
So pleased the hard works starting to pay off for you, all best to you & family ps keep the videos coming
Paul
Cheers Paul, same to you 👍🏼👍🏼🎄🎄☃️☃️
I'm across the pond from you in the states.....Delaware .
Now I know how to get the same pics your getting 👍
Glad the film helped you out Basil 👍🏼
Great video Simon, hope you get your Christmas wish I've asked for the Olympus 150-400 Pro Ha ha his sack is going to be heavy.Merry Christmas mate.
I fear the 300mm is wishful thinking Colin !!😆All the best🎄☃️
Another great video Simon. Thanks for the year of inspiration have a great Christmas yourselves. Looking forward to taking more pics in 2021. Very best Robin
Thanks Robin, glad your'e enjoying the content mate. All the best, Si ☃️🎄
LOVE the note to Santa! Merry Christmas to you and your family. Looking forward to more of your great videos in 2021!
Thank you Merkin 😆 All the best, see you in the new year 👍🏼🎄☃️
Another cracking video buddy 👍🏻 I’m experiencing exactly the same at my hide, Buzzards coming down on the trail cam but as soon as I’m there they won’t come near the food...glad to see your persistence paid off 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Cheers Michael, yeh i know what you mean. Under the cover of darkness is certainly the way forward 👍🏼📷🌙
Really enjoyed your vlogs in 2020 and very much looking forward to seeing more in 2021.
MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and yours.
Andy.
Thanks Andy 👍🏼☃️🎄🎄
Another brilliant vid to keep us entertained and informed. Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and a wildlife filled New Year. Beautiful footage, I’ve not seen the beak cleaning before.
Thanks Sue, glad you enjoyed it. Yeh its nice to see a bit of footage other than just filling their face!! If the log wasn't there they'd probably just fly up into the trees and clean themselves up there. All the best 👍🏼☃️🎄
Another great video Simon . Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Thanks, you too Rob. All the best 🎄☃️👍🏼
Nice one's Simon i am enjoying your photography. Do you print your own and which printer please. Rodders. Merry Christmas and a Happy safe new year.
Hi Rod, as far as printing I get any prints done at a local printers now. I did have a large format Canon printer but with the price of inks, paper and not to mention time it wasn't really cost effective. Printing is a skill in itself. All trhe best, Si 👍🏼🎄📷☃️
Another enjoyable and informative offering from you. I am not too convinced about spending a winter's night in a Hide unless accompanied by a portable gas heater :-) Seasons Greetings to you and yours. Thank you.
Cheers Al, no pain no gain mate although that big hot water bottle made it nice and toasty 👌👍🏼😆 All the best pal 🎄☃️☃️
Hi Simom,
Congratulations for all your work this year, I have no doubt that you will get better.
I wish you a happy Christmas and a better year 2021 in the company of your family, that your wishes and gifts are fulfilled, from Barcelona you receive a big hug.
Cheers Miguel, a big hug back from Lancashire,UK. All the best mate and have a great new year 👍🏼🎄☃️
Another great watch, all the best Simon and have a great Christmas. Stay safe and fingers crossed that 2021 brings some relief from all the bad stuff but plenty of the good. Merry Christmas..
Cheers. Yeh I'll go along with that Philip, have a great Christmas and new year pal ☃️👍🏼🎄
Beautiful videos and photographs -- ya done good. Enjoyed your entire video as well.
Cheers Woody, glad you liked it 😉👍🎥
Fantastic video Simon, dedication and patience paid off. Keep up the good work. Merry Xmas and let's hope 2021 is a bit easier than this year's been. 👍
Thanks, yeh I'll second that Kevan. All the best 👍🏼☃️🎄🎄
Merry Christmas Simon to you and your family
Stay safe and well
Kind regards
Neil.
Thanks Neil, seasons greetings to you to 👍🏼🎄☃️
Dedication indeed Simon another great video Merry Christmas to you and your family looking forward to more from you in 2021 cheers mate.
Thanks Chris, i'll keep em. coming. All the best mate👍 🎄🎄☃️☃️
Brilliant video and still. Every effort brings it's own rewards.
Thanks Thomas, very true!!
Thoroughly enjoyed this episode, well worth the effort in the end. Ps a carp fishing bed chair would be more comfy and warm and folds up, merry Christmas 👍
Cheers Laurance, yeh I've looked at the carp beds before. They look comfier than my bed at home!! A definite purchase for the future!! All the best 👍🏼🎄☃️☃️
Hi Simon another cracking video got what you deserved mate really enjoyed your vids since lockdown been great to watch and inspirational as well. Ive finished my adjustable post Mk1 and well on the way to Mk2 can't wait to get them out in the field. Like Pete said Ive also ordered a chair hide and got permission to go onto farmland wether I can spend a night in it well that's another thing. Also I will need it as I have found some Roe deer and as you've mentioned in a previous video they are as skittish as hell can't believe they know Iam there 200yds away. Anyhow hopefully next year will bear fruits so thanks again for all the help mate Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family.
ps will email photos of the perches when finished. 👍 stay safe.
Brilliant Graeme, hope the posts turn out ok. Good luck with an overnighter in the chair hide, even I'm not daft enough to attempt that!!😆😆 I look forward to seeing the perches when theyre in the field and hopefully youll get some great results. All the best, Si 👍🏼🎄🎄🎄☃️☃️☃️
great video Simon , have put down some logs, and been putting a few pheasants road kill, Did not realise how cleaver they are, they have clocked me every time, just been up there at 7.30 am nearly pitch dark and still clocked me..... opening up with there calls to each other. There are about 4 here in my little woodland and will be determined to get some shots, I'm leaning from them every time.
Ken
Nice one Ken, they certainly are a test of skill and tenacity but with good fieldcraft and some seriously early starts you should get some results. Best of luck 👍🏼📷
Brilliant stuff, Simon! This one had it all: humour, suspense, nightwear and diet tips, oh and some cracking shots of the buzzards. Thank you for bringing some light into a pretty dark year. Happy Christmas to you and yours and let’s hope the new year is a lot, lot better than this one! 👍🏻
Haha, cheers Steve. Yeh a bit of light heartedness doesn't go a miss now and again does it😆 All the best👍🏼☃️🎄
Nice one Simon, hope Santa brings you a f2.8 300mm lens.
You and me both!😆🎄☃️
Another great video Simon very well done and results fantastic 👏
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks Derrick 👍🏼
Brilliant videos Simon. I've binge watched most of them over Christmas and you've inspired me to get out there and have a go!
Would you be able to do a short video of how you process your videos? What editing software you use etc when the weather is too poor to go out :)
Cheers
I'll put it on my list of jobs to do 👍🏼
Cracking stuff mate stay safe hope to see plenty more videos next year. Merry Christmas 👍
Thanks, you too Dean 👍🏼🎄☃️
Simon glad i found your site really enjoy your content very enjoyable Hope you and yours have a great xmas.
Cheers Bryan, all the best👍🏼🎄☃️
Merry Christmas. All the best from Norway :-)
Same to you Stein, I love Norway 👍🏼👌🎄
What a great video. Love buzzards. Not easy to photograph at all.
Thanks Michael, yeh you can say that again. Worth all the blank sessions though when you finally get the shot eh!!👍
Great video Simon, Merry Christmas and a happy new year to you and your family as well I hope to see a lot more videos in the future. All the best Steve v
I'll keep em coming Steve, all the best 👍🏼🎄☃️
Hi Simon dedication and a good knowledge of the subject not to mention your patients has paid off i tip my hat to you super stuff indeed Simon im in pursue of Buzzards my self at the moment i put road kill out tied down for fox on a dslr trap inside a woodland and when i check i got a Buzzard stripping it at night i was shocked as i thought they roosted at night
Hi Brent, thanks pal . Yeh ive caught them on my trailcam in darkness at the feeding area. Perhaps they feel safer as the light drops. Best of luck 👍🏼📷
Great one Simon 👍 have a Merry Christmas
Cheers Nigel, same to you 🎄☃️👍🏼
Great video, terrible taste in music.
Thanks for the view
Hi Simon have just come across your great videos and am currently working through the whole lot - just want to ask you what dimensions of the camo scrim net are ideal for covering me, bag and camera/lens and as a camo for the Monal V2 hide? Appreciate your advise Cheers Colin from Sydney Australia.
Thanks Colin, welcome to the channel. The camo net I use is 3m x 3m but i think i could do with one a bit larger. Tragopan do some great camo nets, but not sure if you could get them over in Oz.
@@simoneardley Thanks Simon for the response - I am looking at the Camo net Autumn understorey 3x6m but not sure how to use it to cover the Monal 2 and still be able to use the shooting windows - there are no cutouts in the Camo Net and if I create cut outs it will reduce the camouflage when using the net as a stand alone blind - would welcome your thoughts and ideas. Cheers Colin "Liked the Autumn/Snow Camo net but don't think I'd get much use out of the Snow side in Oz"
Cracking video again...what distance did you end up with between hide and perch after you moved it forward?
Thanks Jeremy, I've paced it out and it's 22 metres, give or take.👀📷
@@simoneardley Thanks Simon! Also, you know your mechanical arm for changing perch angle, did you just chisel out the branch so you could attach you timber? I'm no DIY expert but we are moving to the country very soon and I'm going to try a load of your ideas!!!
I have the same camera and lens setup ,what focus points do you use for birds in flight ? I have been using group but it sometimes focuses on the background (Great video as always)
Cheers Alan, i use it on AFC and 9 point cluster for birds in flight. Also I use back button focus.
@@simoneardley Thanks.
Great stuff once again Simon. Many thanks. My best wishes for a Merry Xmas and a much better 2021 for you and your family. PS Hope Santa obliges !!
Great video Simon. ps hope you get what you asked Santa for.😂
Great video as always and some cracking footage of them buzzards i'm yet to get a decent shot of one but it keeps me going, the stills were great to oh and hope you and your family have a merry xmas and a happy new year 👍📸
Thanks Simon, poor old Santa, he is going to be broke this year! I have asked for a new 500mm lens for my 1DXii, a dry suit, a new Macbook M1 and a pair of those trouser you told me about. Thankfully he will not have to spend on your 300mm lens because you lied to him about your age and I grassed you up hoping he will reward me with a second item off my list.
PS, well done on the video with the buzzards.
😆😆 Well yah rotten sod, I'm gonna be well miffed in the morning. I reckon I'd have well got away with that. I dont think his sleigh'll take off with all the stuff you've asked for!!☃️🎄
@@simoneardley well I got the dry suit but that was it; there was a note saying nobody likes a snitch 😂 Did you get your lens Simon?
Another great vlog Simon. All the best to you and yours.
Dave
Absolutely stunning Simon, you’ll be having your own tv show soon mate, loved it.
How you get these shots just blows me away.
Fingers crossed I’ll be getting my hands on the Osmo from Father Christmas so can’t wait to try it out. I believe you have to buy a add on to be able to use a external mic but hey that’s not a problem is it.
Have a top Christmas mate, Ant 👍
Cheers Any, lots of patience and freezing me nackers off mate 😆😆 Hopefully the big lad'll bring you the goods eh. You wont be disappointed, well worth the add on for the ext mic, decent sound makes all the difference. All the best pal 👍🏼☃️🎄
Merry Christmas Simon. I've found some really good UK Wildlife Photography vlogs this year. Yours, Espen's, Richard's, Simon's and Keith's I watch regularly. Often more than once. Keep them coming please.
Thanks for that, glad your'e enjoying the channel. All the best 👍🏼🎄☃️
I nearly took a pheasant out in the car this morning it just stood there trapped in the headlights luck enough just to go around then on the way home a red kite came down onto the road missed that as well ! I must try this baiting technique my friend Alan has some awesome shots of a buzzard from his hide. Four days and a night might just keep driving around! Might hit something, well done Simon Merry Christmas to you too! 😍
Yeh, due to how cautious they are its the best way to get them down really. As long as they dont become reliant on your bait I don't see an issue with it. Even when you bait they can be difficult to capture an image of them sometimes. All the best 👍🏼☃️🎄
great video and nice shots and merry xmas simon
Great effort getting the heed doon in the hide paid off. Thought figgis rollis would’ve made an appearance 😂😂😂.Stunning birds brilliant set up. Hope Santa received your request in time, & all the best for Xmas & 2021.
Haha, yeh it worked out ok. Mince pies at the moment Gordon!! Wishful thinking mate for the 300, all the best👍🏼🎄😆
So glad your dedication paid off with some cracking video and pics great video as always. Hope Santa brings Simon aged 9 3/4 his new lens Happy Christmas
If that lens shows up I'll be very shocked indeed !! Merry Christmas 😆☃️🎄
Cracking Simon, comedy value 10/10, effort you put in 10/10, well done, Merry Xmas and all the best for 2021 :-)
Thanks, you too!🎄☃️👊
Great photography , Just reward for lots of your hard work. Thank you. Merry Christmas hope Santa does the business .
I have my doubts Gwyn!! 😆😆 All the best 🎄☃️
Amazing dedication fair play well worth it fantastic footage and stills 👌 happy Christmas to you and your family 👍
Thanks Nigel, all the best to you and your family👍🏼☃️🎄
Great footage and video.
Now let's hope that letter reaches Santa in time before Christmas, and that he won't have trouble to enter UK due to lockdown. 😄
Marry Christmas Simon, to you and your family .
I think were screwed this year Rino with the way thinks are going !!😆😆 All the best ☃️🎄
Stunning stuff Simon you deserve it all the hard work and dedication you put into it. Take care and have a great Christmas and New Year.
Cheers John, all the best mate 👍🏼☃️🎄
Wonderful. Just wonderful Simon. Excellent footage which I have now watched several times. So good to see the results of your persistant efforts. I wish you the best Christmas you can have under the difficult times we all face and fingers crossed for that 300mm!
Thanks Dave, you too. Wishful thinking with the 300 !!😆😆
Well done mate, have a good un..See you in the new year..
Loved it Si, had me in stitches laughing with the Christmas card to Santa and the massive hot water bottle . Brilliant stuff and some amazing footage at the end to go with it. Great stuff 👍
Atb Rick n Billy
Cheers Rick, I think we need a bit of humour this year. All the best pal 👊🎄☃️
Another great inspirational video Simon. I love your relaxed, down to earth style, such an easy watch. Keep ‘em coming and have a great Christmas 👍🏻
Just being myself, the best way i reckon Max. Glad youre enjoying the channel. All the best 👍🏼🎄☃️
Great footage and photos Simon, I've got a similar project going in my local woodland near Milnthorpe I've spent the last few weeks feeding them, first hide session on Christmas Eve. Not so sure about an overnight though!!
Good luck with the project Mark, hopefully you'll get some results but get in early. Sometimes an overnighter might be the only answer 😆🥶🥶
Simon, I can't thank you enough for all your efforts providing us all with such wonderful Video's in these difficult times. Have a great Christmas. I look forward to the new year & more video's.
You are very welcome Ron. All the best 👍🏼🎄☃️
You really excelled with this one, Simon - all that effort, and such great rewards. Amazing footage and stills. Buzzards are so common where I live that I now realise I tend to overlook them - watching them close up like this has made me see them in a new light! Hope you have a good Christmas and look forward to following your channel through 2021.
Glad you enjoyed it, yeh they really are a magnificent bird. Quite a challenge too, all the best and heres wishing for a better new year than the last one !!👍🏼🎄🎄☃️
Cracking shots aRichard. That feeling when you go to insane lengths to get the shot and you nail it! All the best for Christmas, best wishes from Australia and looking forward to your vlogs next year
Cheers Ruben , same to you 👍🏼
Perfect viewing for a soggy Sunday morning. Your dedication really paid off this time - some lovely shots there. Wishing Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Many thanks Kathy, same to you 👍🏼🎄☃️
Cracking images and footage Simon - and all done with your usual sense of humour. Thanks for all your hard work over the year. Have a great Christmas!
Many thanks Stephen, all the best mate 👍🏼🎄🎄☃️☃️
Simon you have been producing some fantastic images and blogs recently , credit to all the hard work you put in
I had planned to set up a feeding station like yours and failed miserably.
Would be interested in knowing how you went about feeding and how long it took to get them comfortable at the site.
Did you open up the pheasants first or let the buzzards do it
Keep them coming
Thanks Max, kind words. It didn't take long to be honest, also they like a good sized perch. I think it would help your set up, also you can secure your bait to it. Try a trailcam, theyre invaluable!! I always put the pheasant upside down so that the lightness of the underwing is on display. Best of luck.👍🏼📷 I wouldnt say theyre completely comfortable, they are a very wary bird.
Merry Christmas Simon to you and your family, the images were fantastic and just rewards for the hard work and attention to detail you put in. Very awe inspiring.
Thanks Stephen, all the best ☃️🎄
Some crackin shots and footage Simon! All the best for xmas, I look forward to seeing more in the new year. Take care mate. 👍
Thanks John, you too pal 👍🏼☃️🎄
Congrats on a great year in difficult times. Merry Xmas to you and yours
Cheers Keith, same to you!🎄☃️😀
Once again well done Simon, fantastic video and cracking shots of the Buzzard, Merry Christmas to you and yours
Thanks Bernard, same to you mate.☃️🎄
Keep up the good work, Simon, loving your vids. We've got some REALLY pale Buzzards here on the Isle Wight!...Seasons greetings and good luck with the 300mm f2.8 :D