Filming & the mocking of chiffchaffs; Swanpool.

The other day I began work on my garden birds’ video compilation. This venture into home video producing will eventually, give or take a month, make it onto YouTube. The still below shows a Blue Tit apparently... this nest box is not ours, it's in a neighbouring garden...

I have asked on Freecycle if anyone is getting rid of a tripod, as mine is now 15 years old and doesn’t have the smooth action it was once famed for having. Thus, this creates a problem when filming birds ‘on the move’ as resulting video footage looks like dodgy stop frame animation.

The problem became more annoying when trying to film the non-stop LT Tits whilst down at Swanpool this avvy.

Not much could be found at Swanpool unfortunately. Numerous Mallards, BH Gulls and plenty of Coots mooched around. The odd Moorhen popped out now and again and some Herring Gulls stopped by once in a while. A swan was tucked away in the reeds and plenty of Great Tits, Robins, Dunnocks, LT Tits and Chaffinches hung around in the trees flanking the waters edge.

I could hear the odd sporadic Chiffchaff, but for one reason or another could not find the bleeder.