@@blueyorks6884 thank you 🙏🏻 yes very lucky I have a location on the peaks that holds a number of owl species, amazing to have a location like that buddy 👍🏻
Such an amazing video Mike, and you are right....something about being out in Nature just strips away the "crap" of life and sets you on a course of discovery and introspection. The thrill of photographing these amazing Shorties...is undescribable, yet you still find a way to accurately describe the feeling of being in the moment with them. Love your channel my friend. Cheers from Germany. Lance Chennault Photography
Wildlife photography for people suffering from depression and anxiety and mental health is just amazing. Yet another incredible vlog Mike. The images are just spectacular
Amazing footage. Perhaps my favorite bird to photograph. You did a great job of showing off their beautifully erratic flight patterns. Nice job. And... good on you for mentoring a young photographer. You're making a difference in that kid's life. #instantsubscribe
Very cool, What a beautiful video !! Magnificent birds of prey, always had a fascination with owls, I must get out and photograph more. Great photos Mike.
Thanks Earl I really appreciate that, I really enjoy it and will be doing videos from all my adventures with Apex aswell so some incredible wildlife in some amazing countries. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thanks Mike. Lovely video. It was a great afternoon (I was the bloke stood by the wall when the owl came to perch 15ft away) it had done the same thing 3 times the day before! It can get busy there but hopefully everyone will continue to behave responsibly and the owls will remain as relaxed around people as they are now.
Hey Mark thanks pal glad you liked the video I would love to see that head shot! 😂 the detail will be insane. I purposely don’t mention any of my locations for that reason, I have had a couple of comments one in particular saying they wouldn’t watch the rest of the video because I state it’s an undisclosed area! But for me this going out to everyone means I cannot vet who goes off the back of the video so I will always put the wildlife first! If people don’t like that then that’s on them and they are only watching videos for the wrong reasons. Anyhow great to meet you 👍🏻
Hi Mike, first time watching your channel after listening to you on the Wildx Podcasts and now also subscribed. Superb video and stills images. I’ve recently moved up to Northumberland and looking forward to photographing these beautiful birds myself now as they appear to be reasonably common in the County. Have to agree about the feeling you get as I felt the same when I photographed my first red squirrel up here a few weeks ago. Looking forward to the next video. Cheers Ian 👍
Fantastic video Mike I do love shorties had a fantastic experience a month ago on the Humber with 5 or 6 shorties and a stunning male hen harrier again fantastic video 🔥
Great video and photos! The SEO are some of my favourite. I've travelled long distances this winter to find them, alas, no luck. I think the ones at my closest site have vanished since the storm. Hopfully find them next year.
Great video, Mike. I love the short-haired owls. You certainly had your hands full with that lot, but you came away with some stunning footage and photos. Well done. new subscriber 👍
Had 5 Short Eared Owls near a church last year all winter and into spring. A joy to see. In the same 4 day period one week there was also a Long Eared Owl, Barn Owl and the resident Lt Owl. Great filming and a fantastic way to spend time with the young n's. ✌🏼
Only just found your channel Mike and it’s amazing , they way you talk through the video and present it is great and the photography is tremendous. I hope many more people discover you and your channel goes from strength to strength, you deserve it .I have subscribed👏👏👏👍
Thank you so much 🙏🏻 it’s a new channel so only been on a matter of weeks having had lots of people ask me and pester me to start posting videos on here ☺️
RUclips algorithm just discovered your channel for me and may I offer my humble congratulations on your videos. Great narration and stunning footage. Now look forward to following all your posts. I wish you every success with the channel.
Great video Mike. Your enthusiasm really comes through. The subscribers will come. I know when I had my YT channel it seemed to take forever to get to say 1k subs but hang on in there !!
Lovely video. I know exactly where you were. I unfortunately fell down my stairs a week or so ago. Broke my arm and shattered my wrist among other things. So well jealous of all my friends who have got great photo’s and this great video. Thanks for taking me there . I have subscribed and will catch up with all your video’s 😊
@@lisafletcher2036 Must be awful for you locals. I've heard many locals there complaining about other photographers turning up to photograph the wild birds
Amazing video mate, absolutely spectacular! What a location to have so many flying around you so relaxed. Also, great production value - guess I better subscribe now 😂
increasingly finding myself doing less in places where you get the 30+ photogs who only seem to be interested in Shorties! Just not as fun for me, means less shots but totally agree with you
IVE MET YOU!! up at the long eared owls with Adam. Didn't know you had a RUclips channel, so I've subscribed 👍. Great footage of the shorties 👏 love the photos when they're sat on the dry stone wall, it looks so rustic. Great vlog Mike👍. I look forward to the next vlog.
lovely images Mike. You're making me want to fly to the UK to photograph these beautiful birds (a) that's an expensive trip and b) I can't afford it LOL). PS are we brothers? I have a very big, bushy, Red beard (bigger than yours).
@@mikephelpswildlifephotography itching to get out with my new RF200-800 today, but it's a low intensity heatwave here (already 32c at 10am). May leave it for tomorrow (day off work).
Lovely video and what a great experience! I've been a WildX subscriber since you launched and they're a great listen (I just wish they were more frequent :)). I absolutely understand the desire to stay home when the conditions aren't so favourable, but every time I push myself to get out there I'm rewarded. This weekend it was a battle against storm Darragh for the grey seal pups, but the experience didn't disappoint. Thanks for sharing your film - I look forward to more..
Superb! Short-eared owl winter in Ireland but in smaller numbers compared to Britain, But its very rare to see Long-eared owls hunting in daylight here in Ireland as Field Vole is largely absent and a small population of Field Vole have only recently been found in Ireland.
Brilliant footage Mike! Sadly it’s a much quieter year for shorties for me, last year a couple of local birders with big twitter followings (rspb involved no less) decided to tweet daily updates about a site locally known and kept quiet for years. Soon you could head down and see 30+ photographers/birders and cars along a 50m stretch - the owls haven’t returned this year.
Shorties are not site faithful birds and are notoriously changeable regarding winter sites - ones with good numbers one year get few or none the next - with no real links to numbers of birders present. Most come to us in Winter from colder climates like Scandinavia and Iceland. I see this on my local site the Dee estuary, numbers not great this year but can easily be 6 plus other years on a days visit .local dog walkers are a bigger problem, ignoring 'no access' signs etc but still appear to have no effect on numbers year on year
Your wall of owls “please please lower the 2 square picture [bottom right] by an inch ] just to level the frame With the rest. I would open my high street ,studio each day. First thing was put the kettle on turn on the lights Make coffee then check the frames where level and not knocked from the previous day. 🤣
I cant believe that you could get owls at daytime. I have never seen an owl in the morning or afternoon, only after sunset. Great job mate and keep going🔥👏
Love the video Mike, that has to be some of the nicest footage of shorties I've seen, I know you said in the video the location is undisclosed, would you be willing to share it privately? Completely understand if not, would just thoroughly enjoy observing them :) (I wouldn't share the location with anyone else)
@@RCFunEveryday thank you for your kind comments 🙏🏻 I’m sorry I don’t give out any locations I record at it’s just safer for the wildlife that way. I hope you understand 👍🏻
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Lovely video
I just love your passion! I’m praying I get to see and photograph them this weekend in PA. Keep up the good videos!
Good luck and thank you 🙏🏻
A beautiful video of the long eared. Nice work, Mike.
Short eared.
@@RF-yp3sdthank you 🙏🏻
Great video and photos Mike, love watching owls, lucky to be able to see both shorties and Barn owls near us.
@@blueyorks6884 thank you 🙏🏻 yes very lucky I have a location on the peaks that holds a number of owl species, amazing to have a location like that buddy 👍🏻
@@mikephelpswildlifephotography We go to a site in the peaks where we see long, short and Barn owls, fantastic birds Mike, cheers Mick.
Nice vlog Mike, some great video and still images.
@@alanwatkiss7993 thank you 🙏🏻
Superb video and your words perfectly sum up the experience of encountering these amazing owls glad I found your channel
Thank you so much ☺️
Lovely video Mike. Great production with stunning shots of the Short eared owls. Fantastic that you’re mentoring someone too.
Thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
An absolutely class video Mike, loved every second of it mate 👍🏻
Thanks buddy means a lot coming from you ☺️🙏🏻💚
Stunning, ❤❤❤
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Awesome video Mike, loved the stills those eyes are just stunning.
Glad you like them and thanks Stu 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Love your work Mike! look forwards to the next video!
@@BHPhotography2024 thank you 🙏🏻
Superb footage and images Mike, becoming a great channel, can't wait to see more of your adventures 👍👌🔥
Thank you 🙏🏻 off to Norway January so hopefully have some nice eagle and goshawk footage from that trip 🤞🏻
@mikephelpswildlifephotography Brilliant mate look forward it👍
Stunning footage Mike. I can't believe how close they came! That's an instant subscribe from me, looking forward to watching some more of your movies.
@@tim_dawes_wildlife thank you so much 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Just so beautiful and peaceful. Thank you Mike. I can see your subscriber numbers shooting up, and deservedly so.
Thank you 🙏🏻
Thoroughly enjoyed this mate. Wonderful footage and brilliant production made for a great video. Look forward to the next one. ☝🏼 💚
Thanks so much Sean I really appreciate your support pal 🙏🏻
Such an amazing video Mike, and you are right....something about being out in Nature just strips away the "crap" of life and sets you on a course of discovery and introspection. The thrill of photographing these amazing Shorties...is undescribable, yet you still find a way to accurately describe the feeling of being in the moment with them. Love your channel my friend. Cheers from Germany. Lance Chennault Photography
Thank you so much Lance I really appreciate your comment and support 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Wildlife photography for people suffering from depression and anxiety and mental health is just amazing. Yet another incredible vlog Mike. The images are just spectacular
Thank you Mike... so nice to see your footage... 👍👍💪
@@thomasmuller2339 thank you so much 🙏🏻
Wooow, that shot where it turned around is sooo good! Great work!
@@nikandnature thank you 🙏🏻
Amazing footage. Perhaps my favorite bird to photograph. You did a great job of showing off their beautifully erratic flight patterns. Nice job. And... good on you for mentoring a young photographer. You're making a difference in that kid's life. #instantsubscribe
Thank you so much 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Amazing video Mike, thanks for sharing. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for watching and for your support 🙏🏻☺️
Amazing flight shots, well done. Your chanel will certainly grow.
Thank you 🙏🏻
great video and great shots
Thank you 🙏🏻
I am glad to be a subscriber to your channel. It is more than photography, it is a breath of fresh air!
Welcome aboard and thank you so much ☺️
Great video, love it, continue to do what you love and I love it too. ❤
Thank you so much!!☺️
superb Mike, just what I needed lol
Thank you 🙏🏻
Very cool, What a beautiful video !! Magnificent birds of prey, always had a fascination with owls, I must get out and photograph more. Great photos Mike.
Many thanks! 🙏🏻 😊
Amazing video, just found your channel and I’m so glad I did!
@BeaktoLensphotography thank you so much 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Before I even finished this video, I subscribed to support you and your advocacy of supporting young person's mental health. Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much it’s something very important to me 🙏🏻
SEO o yes look forward to see more of you stuff 👏👏👍🏻
Thank you 🙏🏻
Shorties are such an amazing species to photograph. Awesome keep more videos coming.
@@seandavis6458 I agree ☺️ thank you lots more planned as I’m really enjoying it ☺️
Great vlog of the stunning Short Eared Owls
@@garylancelles6666 thank you 🙏🏻
@@garylancelles6666 thank you 🙏🏻
Loved that video Mike - just subscribed :)
Thank you so much 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Great stuff Mike 😀
Love the owls 🦉
@@jacektoch6979 thank you 🙏🏻
Just stumbled across your channel, wow,stunning images,videos and music. Liked, subscribed. Looking forward to seeing your channel 👍
Thank you so much 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Lovey shots you got unreal buddy I'm new to photography in mid 50s so learning can you maybe do vid on type gear needed for starters
Hi David, definitely one I can do after I finish the projects I’m currently working on 👍🏻
Mike, your video production work is top notch, and your SEOW video is simply incredible! Awesome frigging video!
Thank you so much I’m really enjoying the production work ☺️
Stunning footage and images, Mike. I’m a landscape photographer but looking to get into wildlife so will follow your vlogs for sure.
Thank you so much 🙏🏻
Amazing video! I would so love to see an owl and photograph them! What an experience! 😊
@@philippaday7805 thank you it is an incredible experience ☺️
Amazing video mike 👏
Thanks buddy glad to have you in the journey ☺️👍🏻
That was wonderful, thank you.
Thank you too! 🙏🏻
Wonderful place! It’s great that you have healthy population of SEO. Thx for video.
Thank you 🙏🏻
Great video Mike, one of my favourite birds...Your channel is going to be "BIG"...
Thanks Earl I really appreciate that, I really enjoy it and will be doing videos from all my adventures with Apex aswell so some incredible wildlife in some amazing countries. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@mikephelpswildlifephotography I look forward to seeing more...
Absolutely amazing 👏
Thank you so much!☺️
Thanks Mike. Lovely video. It was a great afternoon (I was the bloke stood by the wall when the owl came to perch 15ft away) it had done the same thing 3 times the day before!
It can get busy there but hopefully everyone will continue to behave responsibly and the owls will remain as relaxed around people as they are now.
Hey Mark thanks pal glad you liked the video I would love to see that head shot! 😂 the detail will be insane.
I purposely don’t mention any of my locations for that reason, I have had a couple of comments one in particular saying they wouldn’t watch the rest of the video because I state it’s an undisclosed area! But for me this going out to everyone means I cannot vet who goes off the back of the video so I will always put the wildlife first! If people don’t like that then that’s on them and they are only watching videos for the wrong reasons.
Anyhow great to meet you 👍🏻
Great video, excellent images. Greetings from Spain
Thank you 🙏🏻
Great video mate, some stunning footage. I need to get out and scratch my SEO itch.
Thank you 🙏🏻
Thank you Big Man and look forward to more videos 😊
@@brianriley8553 thank you 🙏🏻
Hi Mike, first time watching your channel after listening to you on the Wildx Podcasts and now also subscribed. Superb video and stills images. I’ve recently moved up to Northumberland and looking forward to photographing these beautiful birds myself now as they appear to be reasonably common in the County. Have to agree about the feeling you get as I felt the same when I photographed my first red squirrel up here a few weeks ago. Looking forward to the next video. Cheers Ian 👍
Amazing thank you 🙏🏻 I really appreciate the support 😊 good luck in getting out with the shorties 👍🏻
That's a stunning video and awesome shot ! Ronny //
@@ronnyolsson2802 thank you 🙏🏻
Just great nice owl footage nice video footage good job
@@josephdaigneau430 thank you 🙏🏻
Just found your channel Mike some great owl shots and flight footage.
Thank you 🙏🏻
Fantastic video Mike I do love shorties had a fantastic experience a month ago on the Humber with 5 or 6 shorties and a stunning male hen harrier again fantastic video 🔥
Wow! And a Hen Harrier what a stunning bird 😍 thank you for your support 🙏🏻
Great video and photos! The SEO are some of my favourite. I've travelled long distances this winter to find them, alas, no luck. I think the ones at my closest site have vanished since the storm. Hopfully find them next year.
Thank you and good luck 🙏🏻👍🏻
Another absolutely brilliant video pal. Your channel is smashing it and it’s amazing to watch it explode 👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks buddy got some exciting trips planned together for the next couple of years 💙
Great video, Mike. I love the short-haired owls. You certainly had your hands full with that lot, but you came away with some stunning footage and photos. Well done. new subscriber 👍
@@WildlifePhotographerUK thank you 🙏🏻
Great vid phelps just finished it off watching in the van at work 😂
@@frode880 ☺️ thanks pal 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Congratulations on a superb video Mike. I haven’t seen a shortie for over 30 years just keep hoping. Have to check your back catalogue now.
@@stephenthompson1998 thank you so much 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Super mate. Another great video
Thanks buddy 🙏🏻
Cracking video!!
Thank you 🙏🏻
Awesome video 👍
Thank you 👍
Had 5 Short Eared Owls near a church last year all winter and into spring. A joy to see.
In the same 4 day period one week there was also a Long Eared Owl, Barn Owl and the resident Lt Owl.
Great filming and a fantastic way to spend time with the young n's. ✌🏼
Wow that’s incredible ☺️ thank you for your support 👍🏻
Only just found your channel Mike and it’s amazing , they way you talk through the video and present it is great and the photography is tremendous. I hope many more people discover you and your channel goes from strength to strength, you deserve it .I have subscribed👏👏👏👍
Thank you so much 🙏🏻 it’s a new channel so only been on a matter of weeks having had lots of people ask me and pester me to start posting videos on here ☺️
will follow you from now on mate..keep up the good work..Just booking Tim,s hide now, cheers Den
@@satcat thank you so much 🙏🏻 you will have a great time at Tim’s pal I can guarantee that 👍🏻
Wonderful!
Many thanks!☺️
I love these owls 😍😍
They are stunning aren’t they ☺️
RUclips algorithm just discovered your channel for me and may I offer my humble congratulations on your videos. Great narration and stunning footage. Now look forward to following all your posts. I wish you every success with the channel.
Thank you so much ☺️
Just lovely I wish I was there!
Thank you so much 🙏🏻
Great Stuff Mike👌👌
Thank you 🙏🏻
Lovely video. Also just subscribed.
@@KimCrook-y5i thank you so much ☺️
Great video Mike. Your enthusiasm really comes through. The subscribers will come. I know when I had my YT channel it seemed to take forever to get to say 1k subs but hang on in there !!
Thank you so much 🙏🏻 I appreciate your support ☺️
excellent mike
@@ianjackson9706 thank you 🙏🏻
Lovely video. I know exactly where you were. I unfortunately fell down my stairs a week or so ago. Broke my arm and shattered my wrist among other things. So well jealous of all my friends who have got great photo’s and this great video. Thanks for taking me there . I have subscribed and will catch up with all your video’s 😊
Sorry to hear about your accident I wish you a speedy recovery and look forward to seeing you out there 🙏🏻
Great work mike 👏
Thank you 🙏🏻
Excellent..really jealous..only 1 pair it seems this year at my local area...Dee estuary which is vast and im yet to see them
Thank you and good luck in your journey 🙏🏻
Great video. It is so exciting, My non photo friends just don’t understand the high
Thank you 🙏🏻
First shots recently found a lifer here in ndakota sheyenne river , two short eared awesome
Good video Mike relly enjoyed it .
@@fletchlewis6032 thanks pal really appreciate that 🙏🏻
Nice video, that must be the most popular place in England for SEOs.
Thank you 🙏🏻 I expect it is pal
Unfortunately.....
I live locally, it was like Piccadilly a few weeks ago.
@@lisafletcher2036 Must be awful for you locals. I've heard many locals there complaining about other photographers turning up to photograph the wild birds
Hi Mike another simply lovely video Ive yet so see LEOs or seo I hoping that my mate Dan Willis and I will be going to catch some real soon
@@michaelsaltsman7550 thank you so much 🙏🏻
Amazing video mate, absolutely spectacular!
What a location to have so many flying around you so relaxed.
Also, great production value - guess I better subscribe now 😂
Thank you pal 🙏🏻 and I think you should subscribe 😂🙏🏻
increasingly finding myself doing less in places where you get the 30+ photogs who only seem to be interested in Shorties! Just not as fun for me, means less shots but totally agree with you
Yeah I totally understand where your coming from, it’s nice when there’s just a couple of you in a quiet location, it just seems that more special 👍🏻
IVE MET YOU!! up at the long eared owls with Adam. Didn't know you had a RUclips channel, so I've subscribed 👍. Great footage of the shorties 👏 love the photos when they're sat on the dry stone wall, it looks so rustic. Great vlog Mike👍. I look forward to the next vlog.
I remember ☺️ thank you for following and glad you liked the video 🙏🏻
Class,, well done 👏
Thank you 🙏🏻
lovely images Mike. You're making me want to fly to the UK to photograph these beautiful birds (a) that's an expensive trip and b) I can't afford it LOL).
PS are we brothers? I have a very big, bushy, Red beard (bigger than yours).
Thanks brother! 🙏🏻 anyone with a big red beard is a brother in my eyes 😂🙏🏻
@@mikephelpswildlifephotography itching to get out with my new RF200-800 today, but it's a low intensity heatwave here (already 32c at 10am). May leave it for tomorrow (day off work).
Lovely video and what a great experience! I've been a WildX subscriber since you launched and they're a great listen (I just wish they were more frequent :)). I absolutely understand the desire to stay home when the conditions aren't so favourable, but every time I push myself to get out there I'm rewarded. This weekend it was a battle against storm Darragh for the grey seal pups, but the experience didn't disappoint. Thanks for sharing your film - I look forward to more..
Thank you so much for all your support 🙏🏻
I have been listening to the wildx podcast for a while now and only just realised that it's you.
Thank you for your support ☺️🙏🏻
Superb! Short-eared owl winter in Ireland but in smaller numbers compared to Britain, But its very rare to see Long-eared owls hunting in daylight here in Ireland as Field Vole is largely absent and a small population of Field Vole have only recently been found in Ireland.
Thank you 🙏🏻
Brilliant footage Mike! Sadly it’s a much quieter year for shorties for me, last year a couple of local birders with big twitter followings (rspb involved no less) decided to tweet daily updates about a site locally known and kept quiet for years. Soon you could head down and see 30+ photographers/birders and cars along a 50m stretch - the owls haven’t returned this year.
Thank you 🙏🏻 what a shame 😢
Shorties are not site faithful birds and are notoriously changeable regarding winter sites - ones with good numbers one year get few or none the next - with no real links to numbers of birders present. Most come to us in Winter from colder climates like Scandinavia and Iceland. I see this on my local site the Dee estuary, numbers not great this year but can easily be 6 plus other years on a days visit .local dog walkers are a bigger problem, ignoring 'no access' signs etc but still appear to have no effect on numbers year on year
very good bro
Thank you 🙏🏻
I was there too. I was the person climbing over the style behind
Ahh next time we’ll have a catch up buddy 🙏🏻
Wonderful video Mike, do you mind me asking where the location for the short eared owls were taken.
Thank you 🙏🏻 I’m so sorry I don’t give out locations, I hope you understand ☺️
Hi nice to see. I am from India and came to Leicester. Where do I get owl near Leicester. Pl guide me
Just subscribed
@@AdityaGokhale-d4y thank you 🙏🏻
Asio Flammeus. 👍💪🎥🙋
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Your wall of owls “please please lower the 2 square picture [bottom right] by an inch ] just to level the frame
With the rest. I would open my high street ,studio each day. First thing was put the kettle on turn on the lights
Make coffee then check the frames where level and not knocked from the previous day. 🤣
osm 😍😍😍
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I cant believe that you could get owls at daytime. I have never seen an owl in the morning or afternoon, only after sunset. Great job mate and keep going🔥👏
Thank you so much 🙏🏻 These owls will usually hunt in the afternoon through to the evening ☺️
Love the video Mike, that has to be some of the nicest footage of shorties I've seen, I know you said in the video the location is undisclosed, would you be willing to share it privately? Completely understand if not, would just thoroughly enjoy observing them :) (I wouldn't share the location with anyone else)
@@RCFunEveryday thank you for your kind comments 🙏🏻 I’m sorry I don’t give out any locations I record at it’s just safer for the wildlife that way. I hope you understand 👍🏻
@@mikephelpswildlifephotography fully understand, I have a red squirrel location I don't share for the same reason, thanks for the reply anyway :)
Some sublime images and footage in this one Mike, top notch!👏🏻
@@paulmills7057 thank you 🙏🏻
What brand are your camo clothes? i like it.