In this video, I am heading down to Lincolnshire to meet up with Tom Robinson to spend a couple of days down at his wildlife hides.
I'm starting off photographing the kingfishers and the marsh harriers, the Kingfisher hide has been established for around eight years dugout by Tom himself and clearly built with a vision in mind.
This hide is probably one of the best thought-out hides I have ever been to the height is sunken into the ground on the pond and is at eye level so anything that comes into the water is easily photographed at a perfect height.
The hide itself is kitted out with a composting toilet tea and coffee facilities, and a bed if you get tired you can lie down and catch up on some sleep, there is comfy seating in the form of a long padded seat along with a good shelf for your camera along with camera plates to mount your tripod head onto, not only that but in winter when it gets a little cooler you can throw some logs onto the fire which will then warm the hide.
I only spent the morning here photographing the kingfishers and within just a few hours have more than enough images to be happy with, spending a whole day here while you would get more than just enough opportunity to capture some truly wonderful Kingfisher images.
The hide is also used at night when the local Otter comes into scurry around looking for some tasty leftover fish.
In the afternoon I moved over to the marsh Harrier hide this is a new high that Tom has recently set up after discovering the marsh Harrier nest.
The hide is built out of scaffolding and his platform is level with the tops of the Reed beds, a perfect set-up to photograph the marsh harriers coming in and feeding their young.
When the time is right the young marsh harriers will then be learning to fly and jumping into the air this would lead to some fantastic photographs over perhaps two or three-week. As the young marsh harriers begin to flex their wings and build up the muscle as they would be jumping up and down out of the nest well you should be able to get some fantastic photos of the young marsh Harry is just above the reeds.
Again this is a well thought out and set up hide very well sheltered and camouflaged, with toilet facilities.
In Part 2 of my video that comes out next week I will be visiting the Wired hide, this hide is set up to photograph kestrels and tawny owls.
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