0:00:02 > 0:00:03I hope you can see me all right.
0:00:03 > 0:00:05Anyway, Sunday afternoon.
0:00:05 > 0:00:09This is sunflower seeds, OK?
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Lovely seeds. Birds just love them.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Had my hair cut off yesterday.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21Trying to make me look a wee bit younger.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26OK, darling. I'm taking you up to your mum, OK?
0:00:26 > 0:00:29He's so small. Look at that.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33I'm Johnny Kingdom, and I've done all sorts through my life.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37I've been a gravedigger for over 50 years.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41But I love filming wildlife.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45And I think the hardest thing to film is the birds.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49Can't see me now, can you?
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Away you go.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53So now I've set myself a challenge.
0:00:53 > 0:00:58This year, I'm going to film the birds right through the seasons.
0:00:58 > 0:01:05Here I am, waiting for a woodpecker to go to roost - the shots I've never got before.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08I'm going to try new ways of filming them
0:01:08 > 0:01:13and I want to get closer than I've ever got before. Up...
0:01:13 > 0:01:16I don't understand what's going on here.
0:01:16 > 0:01:21That's a wonderful sight to see, something I've never witnessed before in all my life.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25Lot of people my age is home beside the fire - not me.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27I want to keep going as long as I can.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Ha, ha, ha! I love it.
0:01:50 > 0:01:56In 2006, me and my wife, Julie, bought some land.
0:01:58 > 0:02:0452 acres right on the edge of Exmoor in south-west England.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10This is where I do most of my filming.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Birds seem so important to me.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22Do you know, there's a saying, "Get up in the morning,
0:02:22 > 0:02:26"listen to the birds and it'll start your day off right."
0:02:29 > 0:02:32But you've got to look after the birds as well.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34And you never stop learning.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Gooey mess! This is something you've got to do -
0:02:41 > 0:02:44clean them out so the birds got a new start.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Just throw it away.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Next one, please!
0:02:51 > 0:02:55This year, I'm going to try to do something very, very different.
0:02:55 > 0:03:00For instance, I film lots and lots of woodpeckers but never filmed
0:03:00 > 0:03:03where they sleep in the wintertime - their roosting place.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05I'd love to do that.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08There you are, birdies.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13There's something else I'd like to film in the winter - the wrens.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Last year, I had them coming into this Wendy box.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19I'm hoping they'll do it again this year.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24Course, if that do happen, I've already got a camera in there so I can film them.
0:03:24 > 0:03:31In fact, I've cameras in different boxes all around our land.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35And I built a cabin, and I got a control box inside
0:03:35 > 0:03:39which I can sit down and press and see on a screen
0:03:39 > 0:03:42and watch the birds in the nests.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Wow! That's fantastic, that.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46A bit flickery.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50The signal is wrong. Whether I'm in the way of it...
0:03:50 > 0:03:51Ah, there you are, it's me.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54I was in the way. That's it.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57He spends hours up there.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00He's always looking for something different to do.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04My wife been here messing around again.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05This is what happens.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10I didn't think he had it in him to work all that out.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14The yellow light you see, that's telling me they're all live.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18It'll record if anything goes in the box. I'm learning quite well really.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20I'm quite pleased with it.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Just can't wait to get all the birds in the boxes.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27'He's always had the love of birds, even when he was a boy.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29'And he's had an eye'
0:04:29 > 0:04:33for feathered birds as well as lady birds!
0:04:54 > 0:04:57It's really, really cold now.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Very, very cold.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Well, well, well.
0:05:05 > 0:05:12I just looked down there and see the pond, frozen right over with ice.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15I think we're in for a cold winter, mate.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18What about global warming?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- HE CHUCKLES - Well, well, well.
0:05:21 > 0:05:28It looks pretty, but it can be a nuisance, especially for our birds.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Winter is the hardest time for them.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41And what they want is a bit of help by putting out some food.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Right...
0:05:47 > 0:05:48This is meatballs.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51These are very, very good, a lot of protein in this.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54A lot of protein. Blue tits like that.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57And this is very important for my friend the robin, mealworms.
0:05:57 > 0:06:02Bit expensive, but you don't figure that when you're feeding the birds.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Just get it and think about the money afterwards!
0:06:05 > 0:06:08All the finches, chaffinch, they like this.
0:06:08 > 0:06:15I've been told that the goldfinches are dying because of the cold weather, which is very, very sad.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18So try and feed the birds. It's very, very important.
0:06:24 > 0:06:30The woodpecker likes this one. I'm trying to get that shot of a woodpecker pushing on there.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32I shall be in there, trying to film it from inside the hide.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34If he pitches there, it'll be ideal.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Right. Hello, mate!
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Come and see Johnny. The robin, look.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45Come on, then.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Come on!
0:06:48 > 0:06:52It's funny about robins - do you know, every time I come here, he comes.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55If I go down the bottom, he's down there.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58When I was gravedigging, there was always robins around the graveyard.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01It's very strange. I do like the robin.
0:07:05 > 0:07:11This hide, to be honest with you, I have a big story behind it.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13My son, Stuart,
0:07:13 > 0:07:18he'd altered his bungalow and they took all the roof off
0:07:18 > 0:07:21and all the woodwork came here.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25And that was the shell of it and all the roof on the top.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27And then I had to get something to go inside.
0:07:27 > 0:07:32My wife decided she wanted a new carpet.
0:07:32 > 0:07:38The carpet on the roof is our old carpet. Then she wanted a new floor.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42So this is all the flooring, look. Do you think I laid it very good?!
0:07:42 > 0:07:46Bit ridgy, like, but it serves a purpose for ME.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55People think there aren't many birds around in the winter, but there are.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58They're just harder to see.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03Right, let's see what sort of birds we get.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07If I can get a close shot of the woodpecker, I'll be happy.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10# I don't care for walking downtown
0:08:10 > 0:08:14# Crazy auto car gonna mow me down
0:08:14 > 0:08:18# Look at all the people Like cows in a herd
0:08:18 > 0:08:22# Well, I like...birds. #
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Beautiful shot!
0:08:25 > 0:08:29Look at that, hey? A wonderful shot of the female blackbird.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Speckledy chest.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34# If you're small and on the search
0:08:34 > 0:08:37# I've got a feeder For you to perch on... #
0:08:37 > 0:08:40This is the pied wagtail.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42He won't stay still long enough.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44I like the wagtail.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46I like all the birds.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49I've got a goldfinch come now.
0:08:52 > 0:08:53Robin.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57That's my friend.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01Looks like he's been in a fight, got some marks on his face.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Not the best of robins to look at.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08These birds, they fight for territory.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12The cock chaffinch, another nice bird.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14This time of year, the plumage is not very bright.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18Wait for the breeding season, and that gets really orangey.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24That's our starlings.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29It's the first lot of starlings I've seen on our land.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33How about that, then?
0:09:34 > 0:09:35There's a woodpecker.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Fantastic!
0:09:40 > 0:09:44That's the male great spotted woodpecker.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46See the red disc on the back of his head?
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Lovely bird.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51This is the female great spotted woodpecker.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55Sometimes you hear, "Brrrr, brrrr, brrrr"
0:09:55 > 0:09:57but never see it.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01That's when he's drilling his hole for nesting season.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05Sometimes it's, "Tad-a-tat-tat, tad-a-tat-tat".
0:10:05 > 0:10:08That means he's calling a friend to mate,
0:10:08 > 0:10:11a partner, if you want to call it that way.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20Course, the shot I really want to get is their roosting place.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23That will be very difficult to get.
0:10:23 > 0:10:29The woodpecker roosts in a hole that they have already nested in earlier in the year.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33The thing is, there's lots of holes all over our woodland.
0:10:33 > 0:10:39In the next few weeks, I'm going to try to find out which tree it is.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50We haven't seen snow like this for a long, long time.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Just look at that.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54I gotta get over there.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56I got over there all right.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Cheeky me!
0:11:00 > 0:11:04My village is about four-and-a-half miles from our land.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08And that's where I'm going now, because there's a bird coming in
0:11:08 > 0:11:12to our front garden, and he won't be there very long.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19By gum, we had some snow.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23I'm standing in my doorway.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25I've got to keep very quiet.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27He's definitely
0:11:27 > 0:11:28there in the blizzard.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32There he is. See?
0:11:34 > 0:11:37You don't see mistle thrushes around the houses
0:11:37 > 0:11:40on Exmoor like this. It's very rare.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44They're very shy birds, I'm telling you that now.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47I bet he's saying, "I can see you, Johnny.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50"You can't fool me.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52"I know you're in the doorway."
0:11:54 > 0:11:56He's after the rowan berries.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00This is what they like in the wintertime.
0:12:00 > 0:12:01He's seen me.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Unless somebody else is passing.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07There you are. There's my wife, Julie, coming up from the shop.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13John's filming this mistle thrush.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16But he's taking quite a few days to do it.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19He's not happy with the shots he's getting.
0:12:19 > 0:12:25He's cussing at everybody that's passing - even Darryl, our neighbour across the road.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28He came out the other day, and he said, "What are you doing out?"
0:12:28 > 0:12:32Darryl said, "I'm outside my own front door!"
0:12:32 > 0:12:34He said, "Get back in."
0:12:34 > 0:12:37I see there are two more people down the bottom.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41That's why the mistle thrush won't come back.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Well, let's wait a bit longer and then in for a cup of tea.
0:12:44 > 0:12:49Everybody's disturbing him. He thinks he should be the only one out there.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55But he'll get it. He'll keep trying, I'm sure.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00There he is, in behind that lot.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04He's gone. Bill's coming now.
0:13:04 > 0:13:06You can see Bill down the bottom.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09The trouble is, see, people keep walking around.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Morning, Bill!
0:13:11 > 0:13:16- How are you? - I'm filming the mistle thrush.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18You just frightened it away.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Oh, I'm very sorry!
0:13:20 > 0:13:23- That's all right, my friend. That's OK.- I didn't see him there.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26- It's a bit winterish, in't it? - Ain't too bad.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33- Cheers, Bill.- Cheers!
0:13:33 > 0:13:37He won't mind me filming him. He's a nice guy.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39There he is. He's back.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42And this is the cock bird, because I've heard him sing.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45I understand the female mistle thrush don't sing.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50I can't stay here. I'm getting so flipping cold.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53It's freezing, man.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27I can't make it, I don't think.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Yes, I can. No problem.
0:14:34 > 0:14:35Back to the land.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45The ground is really sparkling over there.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47It looks beautiful.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Look at that.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00I am hoping to film the wrens this evening.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02But I have a bit of a problem to sort out first.
0:15:04 > 0:15:09These are some of the cameras I have set up all the way round here.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11But this one is where I have the problem, look.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14That is where the wrens are coming in. They come in this hole.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18But the problem is, I think this is due to the snow and cold weather.
0:15:18 > 0:15:25So, I have to go out and actually get that camera out and see if I can fix the problem.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Oh, yes. I see.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33The white spot there, look, is the problem.
0:15:33 > 0:15:39The only way I can do this is take it indoors and get it warm and bring it out again.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42And this evening, we may see a jenny wren.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50Wrens are very, very tiny and suffer a lot through the cold winter.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54But this cosy little box keeps them very, very warm.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18OK. More or less dry. Look at that. Wonderful.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Yes. That's OK.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23A lot better than it was before.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Still a bit creamy here, but you're not going to get these 100%.
0:16:26 > 0:16:32What we will do is wait, sit and wait for the jenny wrens to come.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Everything is shutting down now.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46I can hear them calling. They don't like it.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52When they start chirping like that, they sense there is somebody around. I am telling you, I know.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Come on, jenny wrens,
0:16:56 > 0:16:58where are you?
0:17:02 > 0:17:05There he is. The first sighting.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09There he is, look. Beautiful little birdie.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Look, he is looking around.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15He is saying to himself, "Somebody moved my house today."
0:17:17 > 0:17:22Uh-oh! Don't like it. He don't like that.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25He said, "Somebody moved the bed in a bit." That's me.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Because I done the camera.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32There he is again. There you are.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35OK, mate, now he is in. Look at that. Lovely. Out again.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38He is not happy.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41I expect he is calling his mates, "Come on, everything is clear."
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Could be saying that. Who knows?
0:17:43 > 0:17:49A lot of people think that the wren is the smallest bird. He is not.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51It is the goldcrest.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55The wren you will find is 3.75 inches long.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59That's beak to the end of his tail. The goldcrest is 3.5 inches long.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05- Johnny.- What is that?- He is behind the cloth. I have just seen him.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- It's behind the screen.- In here?
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Yes.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12He is looking in there, see?
0:18:12 > 0:18:15There he is. OK.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18A blue tit. Is it?
0:18:18 > 0:18:20A blue tit, looking in.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Surely that's not a wren?
0:18:23 > 0:18:24That was a blue tit.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26What is he doing there?
0:18:26 > 0:18:30That was definitely a blue tit, my friend.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32That may be the problem.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Somebody else is trying to take over the house.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38By this time, they should be all in there, snuggled together
0:18:38 > 0:18:41to keep themselves warm.
0:18:41 > 0:18:46That is what I can't understand. Why is it just that one popping there?
0:18:46 > 0:18:47I can't make it out.
0:18:50 > 0:18:56I can't understand why the wrens are not coming in because last winter, it was completely different.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Let me show you what happened last year.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04I will use this little torch,
0:19:04 > 0:19:06not very strong, so I won't disturb them.
0:19:06 > 0:19:12Tie it on top of the camera and leave the camera outside whilst I am inside the cabin.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Hopefully, show you the wrens
0:19:15 > 0:19:19actually going in to that little Wendy box.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25The camera just changed now to infra-red.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28That means everything is shutting down.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Come on, wren. I will keep still now.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37That is number one wren.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Two wrens, we've got two wrens.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Another one on his way, number three.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Fantastic, this.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Well, we've got four.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51There is five.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Is there going to be six tonight?
0:19:54 > 0:19:56There he comes. Another one. We've got seven.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Oh, my God, it's a record.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01There is eight, look.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03I don't believe it.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Oh, there is another one. There is nine.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12And there is another one, I saw him fly.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14- HE LAUGHS - I don't believe it!
0:20:16 > 0:20:19This is number ten. 11.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21There is fighting going on now.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24The nesting box is nearly full.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29There's another one.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Am I seeing things? This is 12.
0:20:31 > 0:20:3412 wrens coming in the house!
0:20:34 > 0:20:37There is another one coming, I saw him on my left-hand side.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Don't say 13.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Oh, there is, there's 13!
0:20:41 > 0:20:44There's 14 wrens come in.
0:20:44 > 0:20:4915... 16 wrens. Oh, my eye, where are they coming from?
0:20:49 > 0:20:51There's another one coming, I saw him.
0:20:53 > 0:20:5617 wrens. 18 wrens.
0:20:56 > 0:20:5818 jenny wrens.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00You know, I don't believe this is happening.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07To see that, that was incredible.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11But I don't think it is going to happen this year.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Because this winter seems to be carrying on and on and on.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18It is really cold, it is snowing.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20And I don't think we are going to see the wrens.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22I think they've been killed off.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28I'm going to get out of here.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31This is my problem, the snow.
0:21:32 > 0:21:37If I clear back here and if I can reverse back on the grass...
0:21:37 > 0:21:41Sorry, it's on the camera lens! I didn't mean to go there.
0:21:41 > 0:21:47I wanted it up there. Sorry, Rupert! No, it's on the lens, Rupe.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Go on, boy! Yeah!
0:22:33 > 0:22:36The weather is better this morning.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Let me show you what this mistle thrush is up to.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47Very strange. I have seen wagtails do this.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50But never a mistle thrush.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54He got confused, because he sees himself in the window and my mirror.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57He thinks there is another bird there.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01He may think that's his missus, you know.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Next month, he will find a partner.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Because that's when they start to build, late February.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Build a rough nest, like a blackbird.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11FAINT RUMBLE
0:23:11 > 0:23:13That is my stomach growling if you want to know -
0:23:13 > 0:23:17I've come out without any breakfast.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21The cat is coming near, that's why the bird is watching.
0:23:21 > 0:23:26The cat is rubbing his leg against my legs, if you would believe it.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29The bird is staying dead still.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30Where has the cat gone?
0:23:30 > 0:23:32He was here.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Where is the cat? There is the cat.
0:23:38 > 0:23:39Go in. Go on!
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Get in, cat!
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Trying to catch that bird, isn't he?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Right, I got rid of my cat.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54The bird is still there, would you believe it? Making all that noise.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56He is not so shy now.
0:23:56 > 0:24:01He is watching the tree because, on the tree on the left-hand side, there's a sparrow.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Right there, look. A sparrow.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10That's what he is doing, chasing the birds away.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12He don't want them near the berries.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Look at the markings on that bird.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18Cracking, isn't it?
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Someone touched my leg. What is that?
0:24:22 > 0:24:25That's that flipping pussycat.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41Right. I need to think about my woodpecker now.
0:24:43 > 0:24:48We found something on the land I want to show you.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51My son, Craig, was down here yesterday with Billy.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53They saw a woodpecker come here.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55He went to go in that hole.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59I think that's a roosting site but it could be a nesting site.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01I'll point the stick out where the hole is.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Up there, look.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10Just look how clean that hole is, how he drilled that hole.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12So neat and tidy.
0:25:14 > 0:25:20I want the weather to warm up a wee bit so I can come back to my hide and get that shot.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55I was going down to film the woodpecker and came across this, a lovely roe deer.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58It is a beautiful animal, look at that.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00Looking straight at me.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Wow. Look at that, hey?
0:26:09 > 0:26:10Sniffing the air, look.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18Oh, look. I think that's two of last year's calves.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22I can't move, otherwise I won't get my woodpeckers.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30OK. This is when I have to be quiet now.
0:26:30 > 0:26:31I've got inside the hide.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Here I am, waiting for a woodpecker to go to roost.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Shots I never got before.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45I want a good shot.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Just look at that lovely fungi on the side.
0:26:49 > 0:26:54If he wants to pitch on the side, before he went in, I could get a nice shot.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57He could flip in with no warning.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Of course, I love doing these sort of things.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09But my feet ain't half cold, I tell you, beside this river.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12It is a flipping aeroplane going over the top now.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14PLANE OVERHEAD
0:27:17 > 0:27:19He should be here by now.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21If he is coming.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Of course, he may not come, might he?
0:27:24 > 0:27:28This is what wildlife is all about...patience.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33My feet, I always suffer with cold feet. It is terrible.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Come on, birdie, where are you?
0:27:46 > 0:27:48That's it. That's it.
0:27:48 > 0:27:49He's gone into the hole.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52That was a female woodpecker.
0:27:55 > 0:28:00Hopefully, that female woodpecker will get a mate and come there and nest.
0:28:00 > 0:28:05By June, there could be some babies looking out of that hole.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07If that happened, I would be over the moon.
0:28:14 > 0:28:19I told you, didn't I, I would get that shot? That was brilliant, mate.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23At last, spring has arrived and everything happens
0:28:23 > 0:28:26this time of the year.
0:28:26 > 0:28:30Look at that. It is five little goslings with Mum.
0:28:30 > 0:28:36This is wonderful, I found a great spotted woodpecker's nest.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38In he goes.
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