Chapter 1 WINTER 0:01
Chapter 2 SPRING 05:51
Chapter 3 SUMMER 30:30
Chapter 4 AUTUMN 42:54
A one hour close look at the activities of the changing wildlife that visits my garden over the four very different seasons, it was filmed over three years in my back garden except for a couple of clips of the river Severn that runs the other side of the road in front of the house. It is an urban wildlife garden of approx 300 sq meters and contains a variety of shrubs, trees and hedges, a rough grassy area and a number of water features, it can be a bit untidy and overgrown at times but the wildlife seems to like it.
Winter with its cold short days can be a long and hard and time for wildlife and finding food is a priority for survival. With the first days of spring there is anticipation in the air and despite the fact there can still be difficult days to come the urge to reproduce becomes a priority and the garden is filled with activity everywhere you look. As spring unfolds there are suddenly lots of very hungry nestlings and fledglings to feed and this is a time when a lot of birds will become quite bold in their quest to find food to fill those hungry gaping mouths. In early and mid summer the pace of life has slowed a little and most of the activity is that of young juvenile birds making their own way in the world. Late summer is a quiet time for birds as most of then start their moult and become more reticent to be seen so this can be a good time to look out for a different type of winged wildlife like butterflies, bees and dragonflies. Autumn sees a return to a lot of activity as everything is trying to eat as much as possible and put on weight and some are staching food away in preparation for another long winter.
At the end of the film there is a list and time line of the wildlife in order of appearance.
Cameras used: Canon 7D MkII with 500 f4 & 100 f2.8 Lenses. Canon XF300 & HG10 video cameras.
Video editing with Adobe Premiere Pro CS6
Music Attributions:
Long Road Ahead by Kevin MacLeod CC4 licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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Mourning Song by Kevin Macleod CC3 http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kev...
Winter Reflection by Kevin MacLeod – CC3 http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kev...
Winter Reflections by Kevin MacLeod CC3 http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kev...
Tranquility by Kevin MacLeod – CC3
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Based on a work at incompetech.com
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