Some awesome Barn Owl footage you have managed to capture here. Great idea strapping the big log to the fence posts, really like the hide too. Thank you for taking us on your Barn Owl adventure.
Another excellent video Simon, you got some excellent video footage and photos, that bird hide has paid for itself already. You are certainly getting your just rewards for the effort you are putting in and well deserved. Keep it up Simon
Great film Simon 👍. Absolutely amazing shots and footage. Love the ones on the wooden post and the stone post. Absolutely buzzing . The new hide is doing a great job for sure. Great film 🙂👍
Hi Simon, Mick told me about your videos, very impressive I walk every week with the licences raptor ringer for Cumbria told him about your videos and he was very impressed. Keep up the good work Tony
Hi Stuart, didnt realise it was your good self. 😆That was a great Hare picture, hoping to get some myself soon. Hopefully i'll make a film. Need to sort out some new filming techniques to immerse the viewer fully in the experience👍🏼🎥🐰
Awesome Simon. Fully understand your excitement at grabbing such amazing footage and images. Barn Owls are such special creatures and well worth the effort. Well done, cheers Keith
Brilliant, liked and subbed. I'll be binge watching your channel now this coming cold weekend. Hopefully we may get a bit of the old snow so I can grab a few winter shots too.
Such a perfect outing Simon well done with that evening and all the work that led up to it!! Motivates me to check out a local quartering patch, thanks, Bruce
Brilliant Simon and I know how you feel. I've been doing something similar in the Trough of Bowland but because I haven't got a hide, I am further away from the owls and having to apply quite a bit of a crop. Keep up the great videos - really enjoy watching them.
Great place to be working, i love the Trough. Have you thought about knocking something up with some hazel shanks and a camo net? Very effective and pretty cheap.
SIMON EARDLEY I've got a large scrim scarf (same as one of yours I think because I used the link you sent me). I will probably borrow a camo net from my mate. Mind you the other night, a bloke stopped in a car about 70 yards away because he'd seen the adult returning to the barn with food for the Owlets. The adult started flying round in circles and it wouldn't approach because the bloke was too close to the barn while he was filming it on his phone. The bloke didn't even see me as I was well camouflaged. I nearly broke cover to ask him to move away but I didn't want to highlight the fact the Barn Owls were nesting in the barn because I don't think he as aware of the Owlets sat on a ledge at the nest entrance on the far side of the barn from him. I've posted some images on my Instagram page at garybarton29 if you want to have a look.
SIMON EARDLEY cheers Simon. Mainly record shots but they are great to watch. Hopefully next year I'll be able to visit them a bit earlier in the season when the light is better.
Great video Simon. Love watching your stuff very similar to myself its grest getting out there completely understand the days of being fed then you get those days that make you beam . Look forward to the future posts
The shot of the two owls together looked like one was saying to the other " have you seen that bloke sat in a tent over there, he's eating fig rolls trying to get a photo of us"... 😂. Great shots Simon no wonder your made up... 👏
Another great vlog Simon, always love your enthusiasm. The Barn Owl is on my ever growing list of birds to photography in their natural habitat, such a majestic and beautiful creature for sure. I certainly wish that I could find someone around this area who has land and would let me set up my pop up hide to photograph the wildlife, my search continues, keep up the great work mate. All the best 👍
Best of luck Ian, always a good idea to explore the public footpaths and fields in your area at the right times (early morning and twilight) and then find the landowner to ask. 👍🏼📷
SIMON EARDLEY Thanks Simon 👍 .. Sadly the old public footpaths are a bit of a struggle for me to negotiate nowadays due to mobility issues after serving in the Army. Not to be deterred though I am always on the look out when driving around the Peak District for places to park up and photograph the wildlife that way. Heading up to the Yorkshire moors in August to see what’s lurking about up there, who knows, there may just be a big cat 🐈 to be had (albeit highly unlikely) 🤔😀
Only just found your channel, fantastic. Owl photos great. Question please. We’re off up to NW Scotland later on in the year and it’s been recommended I get a hide. No probs for Scotland but how do you find landowners react when you ask. I live just near to you and can’t see the landowners being that receptive. Thanks for any advice you can give.
Good question Mick, on the whole theyre pretty receptive. Some can be a bit aloof but I always try and find their name first and start of on the right foot. Its a bit difficult at the mo but get yourself out there and get door knocking 😀👍🏼
Told where we’re going is good for badgers and pine Martin’s and will definitely need a hide I’m told. Back home we’re desperate for owls, had a few kingfishers but on canal side. Basically any wildlife. Needs to be big enough for two, was looking at the Simon King but tempted with a tragopan. Just not sure how much use I’ll get in sunny Lancashire, need to get busy tapping up some landowners.
I have a question for you concerning Barn Owls, how do you photograph them in daylight? I found an area in the US in the sugar cain fields in Florida were I saw 26 owls along a 10 km road after it turned dark but I never see them when it is light enough to take photos. What is the secret to observing and photographing them in the daylight?
That sure is a lot of owls. I always look for the places where they roost, if you find that then youre in with a great chance of setting up a post and a hide and getting some good shots. Observation is the key and many hours sat watching with binoculars will pay off in the end. Good luck!!👀👍🏼
Have you ever called a barn owl to you? I do regular, make a squeak sound like a mouse with your lips. stop when they get near a post and they often sit on post looking and listening in your direction.
Fantastic shots Simon.. Can I ask please do you tend to focus on the body or head of the birds..? I also notice that most of the Apertures are f6.3>> Do you set the ISO? I think you say that mostly you shoot in aperture priority?? I too have a D500 and the Nikon 200-500mm lens.. Geoff
Always focus on the eye Geoff, if thats not sharp forget it!! I juggle between setting the ISO as low as I can but also setting the shutter speed to freeze the action. I think at this focal length 6.3 was as low as i could get for the max amount of light.
Great things come to those who wait enough said mate. 👍
Lovely video. Very nice photographs of a beautiful bird.
Cheers Martin👍🏼
I’ve never seen a wild Barn owl. Watching this video is just amazing. Keep them coming.
Thankyou, they are a beautiful bird for sure. One of my favourites!!
WOW !!! Very well done and beautiful photos.
Thanks Woody👍
Great job Simon. Beautiful footage. Thanks
Cheers Stephen👍🏼📷
Very enjoyable, we're pleased to have discovered your channel, great stuff.
Well done Simon
Great shots thanks for sharing
Cheers Adrian
Brilliant Simon, stunning images and video, thanks for sharing 👍
Brilliant video
Cracking footage makes all the time and effort worthwhile Simon 👍
Yeh it does make it all worthwhile, cheers Jeff👍🏼
Beautiful birds Simon. Thanks again for a great set of pictures.
No worries Harold, cheers👍🏼📷
Simon these are amazing shots, well chuffed with your fence post shot.👍🏻
Thanks Gordon, yeh it was a great session. Beautiful birds 👍📷
Another great video -each new one is better than the last
Cheers Rick, i must be doing something right then👍🏼📷
Some awesome Barn Owl footage you have managed to capture here. Great idea strapping the big log to the fence posts, really like the hide too. Thank you for taking us on your Barn Owl adventure.
youre welcome John👍📸glad you enjoyed it
Always love Barn owls some great footage Simon thanks for sharing
Yeh they are a stunning bird, good to see them doing so well👍🏼🦉
Cracking stuff FairPlay mate. I’ve never seen a barn owl 👍
Cheers Dean👍🏼
Stunning just stunning.
Thanks Stewart👍🏼
Wow great to see both of them together ❤
Fabulous footage .
Cheers Mark
great video and nice shots
Thanks Adrian
Great result Simon. Patience and again fieldcraft, paid off well. Good Luck.
Cheers Lee, appreciate the comments mate.👍
Hey Simon, Great video and fantastic stills. Looks like you had a magical evening! Sayin' hey.... Greg
Yeh it really was a good evening. So glad i decided to film on that evening. Thanks Greg👍🏼🦉🎥
Love this Si, thanks for that... I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed watching. Amazing! 👍
Cheers Paul, great that folks are enjoying the films. Cheers mate.👍🏼🎥
Fantastic pal.
Aye, what lovely animals, indeed. Lovely shots! Thanks for sharing.
Great video and fantastic shots. Always look forward to your content, very inspiring and I love your enthusiasm, great tips also. 👍
Thanks Adie, all the best👍🏼
Excellent video! Simon you have a real talent! great footage my friend! keep up the amazing work!
KInd words, thanks for that. Glad youre enjoying the content📷😆
Another excellent video Simon, you got some excellent video footage and photos, that bird hide has paid for itself already. You are certainly getting your just rewards for the effort you are putting in and well deserved.
Keep it up Simon
Cheers Steven, yeh it was certainly a good session that evening. One of those times when everything went right.👍🏼👌
Great film Simon 👍. Absolutely amazing shots and footage. Love the ones on the wooden post and the stone post. Absolutely buzzing . The new hide is doing a great job for sure. Great film 🙂👍
Thanks Rick, yeh it certainly seems to give you the edge. Its a great product 👍🏼📷👊
Awesome job, well done and thanks for sharing!
Thank you! Cheers!
Excellent Simon it's great when everything comes together.
Thanks Patrick👍🏼👍🏼
That is amazing Simon! Great shots of this beautiful owl!
Thanks a lot Gordon.👍🏼
As always Fantastic! Sights some people never see, well worth putting the effort in.
Love the hide.
Thanks Jeff, yeh great when all the groundwork pays off 👍📷
Nothing like the feeling you get when you know it's gonna be a mint shot.. Great Vid, Steve
Thanks Steve, yeh its great when it all comes together👍🏼🦉
Great video Simon, you're truely a lucky man being able to find and spend time with the barn owls!
Well done sir!
Thanks Andy, always a special moment just seeing a Barny, never mind getting a good pic👍🏼📷🦉
Hi Simon, Mick told me about your videos, very impressive I walk every week with the licences raptor ringer for Cumbria told him about your videos and he was very impressed. Keep up the good work
Tony
Thanks Tony, appreciate that mate. Bet thats an interesting gig getting to participate in that👍🏼📷🦉
Another great vlog Simon, some gorgeous perched images there 👍
Thanks Carl, yeh theyre some of the best ive had yet.😀
Great video as always.
Thanks Adrian
Top work as usual Simon.Watched this with a brew and fig roll next to a Brown Hare somebody painted from one of my efforts.Keep 'em coming!
Hi Stuart, didnt realise it was your good self. 😆That was a great Hare picture, hoping to get some myself soon. Hopefully i'll make a film. Need to sort out some new filming techniques to immerse the viewer fully in the experience👍🏼🎥🐰
Awesome Simon. Fully understand your excitement at grabbing such amazing footage and images. Barn Owls are such special creatures and well worth the effort. Well done, cheers Keith
Cheers Keith, yeh it was a fantastic evening👍🏼📷
Amazing video, would love to see a barn owl, such a beautiful bird!
Thanks Theo, yeh they sure are a wonderful sight
Great video, excellent shots too.
Thanks for that 👍
Brilliant, liked and subbed. I'll be binge watching your channel now this coming cold weekend. Hopefully we may get a bit of the old snow so I can grab a few winter shots too.
Nice one Andy, that would be nice wouldn't it !!👍🏼📷
Loved it Simon ur a man after my own heart pal 👍
Thanks Paul, glad you enjoyed the film mate 👍🏼👊
Thank you sir. Wonderful images and footage.
Many thanks!
Those shots! Good work, makes me want to get out and get shooting!
Such a perfect outing Simon well done with that evening and all the work that led up to it!! Motivates me to check out a local quartering patch, thanks, Bruce
Cheers Bruce, theyre a stunning bird to photograph. Yeh, get yourself out there mate 👀🦉👍🏼
Awesome video Simon, well done! Incredible footage of the one of the most beautiful birds in the world!!
They are a really beautiful bird. So lucky to be able to see them up close and doing so well in our area👍🏼📷🦉👀Thanks Gladys.
Wonderful video , footage and stills Simon !
Thanks Richard👍🏼
Brilliant Simon and I know how you feel. I've been doing something similar in the Trough of Bowland but because I haven't got a hide, I am further away from the owls and having to apply quite a bit of a crop. Keep up the great videos - really enjoy watching them.
Great place to be working, i love the Trough. Have you thought about knocking something up with some hazel shanks and a camo net? Very effective and pretty cheap.
SIMON EARDLEY I've got a large scrim scarf (same as one of yours I think because I used the link you sent me). I will probably borrow a camo net from my mate. Mind you the other night, a bloke stopped in a car about 70 yards away because he'd seen the adult returning to the barn with food for the Owlets. The adult started flying round in circles and it wouldn't approach because the bloke was too close to the barn while he was filming it on his phone. The bloke didn't even see me as I was well camouflaged. I nearly broke cover to ask him to move away but I didn't want to highlight the fact the Barn Owls were nesting in the barn because I don't think he as aware of the Owlets sat on a ledge at the nest entrance on the far side of the barn from him. I've posted some images on my Instagram page at garybarton29 if you want to have a look.
@@Gazzab6 Nice work Gary, i like the images on the walls especially. Lovely contrast. Good stuff mate👍🏼📷🦉
SIMON EARDLEY cheers Simon. Mainly record shots but they are great to watch. Hopefully next year I'll be able to visit them a bit earlier in the season when the light is better.
Another first class video as always Simon. Looking forward to many more to come in the future
Thanks for that Richard👍🏼
No fig rolls? Cracking vid Si 👍🏻
I'd run out mate. Need to go shopping!!🙄😄
Great video Simon. Love watching your stuff very similar to myself its grest getting out there completely understand the days of being fed then you get those days that make you beam . Look forward to the future posts
Thanks Mark, when you get a red letter day it makes all the blanks worth while. I was toying with taking up metal detecting!!!😂😀
@@simoneardley better than knitting
Well chuffed for you mate. Makes it all worth it. Hope you had a fig roll you celebrate haha.
Cheers.Too right i did. I even threw a chocolate digestive in just for the hell of it!!!😆😆📷🦉
SIMON EARDLEY living on the edge there mate lol. Loving your videos and how down to earth you are bud. It’s a breath of fresh air.
The shot of the two owls together looked like one was saying to the other " have you seen that bloke sat in a tent over there, he's eating fig rolls trying to get a photo of us"... 😂. Great shots Simon no wonder your made up... 👏
Haha, yeh youre probably not far wrong there!! 😆😆 Cheers Andy👍📸
Another great vlog Simon, always love your enthusiasm. The Barn Owl is on my ever growing list of birds to photography in their natural habitat, such a majestic and beautiful creature for sure. I certainly wish that I could find someone around this area who has land and would let me set up my pop up hide to photograph the wildlife, my search continues, keep up the great work mate. All the best 👍
Best of luck Ian, always a good idea to explore the public footpaths and fields in your area at the right times (early morning and twilight) and then find the landowner to ask. 👍🏼📷
SIMON EARDLEY Thanks Simon 👍 .. Sadly the old public footpaths are a bit of a struggle for me to negotiate nowadays due to mobility issues after serving in the Army. Not to be deterred though I am always on the look out when driving around the Peak District for places to park up and photograph the wildlife that way. Heading up to the Yorkshire moors in August to see what’s lurking about up there, who knows, there may just be a big cat 🐈 to be had (albeit highly unlikely) 🤔😀
@@ianwarner8894 Your car can certainly be a good hide. Good luck in your search, especially for the big moggy!!👀📷
Sheer Brilliance.
Thanks Stephen👍🏼
Stunning footage again Simon, I’ve learnt a few things about them through this video, thanks man 👍. Cheers, Ant
Cheers Ant , appreciate it mate.👍
Love it. I have only ever seen one in the wild, was to quick and just a bit too dark.
Cheers Leon
Fantastic pleased for you. How far away did you place your hide?
Cheers for that, the hide was set up about 25 metres from the perch that it landed on. Couldn't believe my luck 👍🏼📷😀
Only just found your channel, fantastic. Owl photos great. Question please. We’re off up to NW Scotland later on in the year and it’s been recommended I get a hide. No probs for Scotland but how do you find landowners react when you ask. I live just near to you and can’t see the landowners being that receptive. Thanks for any advice you can give.
Good question Mick, on the whole theyre pretty receptive. Some can be a bit aloof but I always try and find their name first and start of on the right foot. Its a bit difficult at the mo but get yourself out there and get door knocking 😀👍🏼
@@simoneardley cheers Simon. Just got to take the plunge and find the right hide
@@mickbryan8908 What type of stuff are you going to be targeting and is budget an issue?
Told where we’re going is good for badgers and pine Martin’s and will definitely need a hide I’m told. Back home we’re desperate for owls, had a few kingfishers but on canal side.
Basically any wildlife. Needs to be big enough for two, was looking at the Simon King but tempted with a tragopan. Just not sure how much use I’ll get in sunny Lancashire, need to get busy tapping up some landowners.
I have a question for you concerning Barn Owls, how do you photograph them in daylight? I found an area in the US in the sugar cain fields in Florida were I saw 26 owls along a 10 km road after it turned dark but I never see them when it is light enough to take photos. What is the secret to observing and photographing them in the daylight?
That sure is a lot of owls. I always look for the places where they roost, if you find that then youre in with a great chance of setting up a post and a hide and getting some good shots. Observation is the key and many hours sat watching with binoculars will pay off in the end. Good luck!!👀👍🏼
Have you ever called a barn owl to you? I do regular, make a squeak sound like a mouse with your lips. stop when they get near a post and they often sit on post looking and listening in your direction.
Yeh its a good little trick that, foxes react well to it also 👍🦊
@@simoneardley That's mimicking a rabbit in distress.. I've called owls across the golf course nr me.
Fantastic shots Simon.. Can I ask please do you tend to focus on the body or head of the birds..? I also notice that most of the Apertures are f6.3>> Do you set the ISO? I think you say that mostly you shoot in aperture priority?? I too have a D500 and the Nikon 200-500mm lens.. Geoff
Always focus on the eye Geoff, if thats not sharp forget it!! I juggle between setting the ISO as low as I can but also setting the shutter speed to freeze the action. I think at this focal length 6.3 was as low as i could get for the max amount of light.
Great footage Simon ! Is this at Buzzers looks like it !
Cheers Dave, no mate not at Buzzers. A different location.
Going back to keeping ya feet warm try hand warmers, after you've cracked them an hour before : - )
Cheers Mark, i'll give it a go !!🔥🔥
Check out _.nottylee's post. Thanks
Who's nottylee?
@@simoneardley a friend.
Looks to me like two juvinle chicks