Searching for British Wild Boar

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Searching for British Wild Boar - Forest of Dean

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I went searching for my very first sighting of wild boar in the UK. I've seen them in France, Spain and Sweden - so it was about time I caught up with them in their UK stronghold - the Forest of Dean. Feel free to comment any questions, I'll answer all that I can. Wild boar were hunted to extinction in the UK, twice! But they are now back and providing a hugely valuable service to the natural ecosystems in our native woodlands.
Once we have re-adjusted to seeing 'messy' roadside verges, we'll hopefully realise the huge benefits boar provide by turning over the grassy vegetation and allowing more disturbance-loving wildflower species to become established again. The knock-on impact along the food chain is massive and wild boar could be pivotal to saving some of our rarest birds. Recent evidence is indicating that prior to the advent of farming, turtle doves evolved to feed on the annual seeds that grew in the peripheral disturbed soils created by...wild boar!

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@callummason6589 5 жыл бұрын

The English boar.. beautiful.

@SimonBaddeley 20 күн бұрын

Fascinating. Thanks so so much for not adding the muzak (except at the end) that too many 'nature' photographers seem to regard as an essential accompaniment to their footage. I wish film-makers wouldn't hide the real sounds - positive and negative (car engines?) - of the beautiful forest of Dean.

@calclaffey8135 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing work Nick! I’d love to see a boar in the wild!

@js2749 5 жыл бұрын

They're our best wild animals at the mo. Thanks for the brillliant vid

@lewisbsalford 4 жыл бұрын

Good video, I would love to see these and you have made me want to plan a trip to find them. What an experience!

@ep7615 5 жыл бұрын

Nice one! Good example of how you can just watch animals and not interfere with them.

@NickGatesTV 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, it was great to be able to gradually build their trust 👍

@demonickiller6315 5 жыл бұрын

We need true wilderness. Scotland needs to be redirected and then In the future Rewild Scotland with bear, wolves, lynx etc.

@theotheseaeagle 4 жыл бұрын

The howl of Britain needs rewilding!

@marcusfreire7349 3 жыл бұрын

I would love to see our indigenous wildlife return. However I think we've destroyed too much woodland to really make it viable. That said we have successfully reintroduced beavers/fishing eagles so who knows. The UK killed off most of its large predators like wolves/bears/lynx faster than any other country in Europe. That coupled with deforestation will make reintroduction a real challangeb

@Cloudminster 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, yes…as if Scotland was your little wildlife paddock. Wonder what the Scottish would say. It’s all a romantic dream in a land where when these creatures thrived we had roughly 70 times less people and probably 70 times more forest and wild areas. Gotta get real.

@si4632 3 жыл бұрын

bears lol fcuk that

@si4632 3 жыл бұрын

@@Cloudminster exactly lynx maybe but not enough space for wolves and bears they would eat the farmers lol

@RoxytheZoologist 5 жыл бұрын

Wow you found them, and so close as well! This is my next video I am planning, by the looks of it I will be able to get much closer than I had anticipated!

@NickGatesTV 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Roxy! Did you try for them in the end? That group became a little more elusive after a couple got hit by cars 😕😡 but still good numbers around 👍

@bensutcliffe3463 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t know whether this channel is still active but this video was brilliant. Very well presented, lots of info and a great case to keep and conserve these amazing little creatures.

@dj9543 4 жыл бұрын

Wow. Great video. I found your channel while searching in a UK subreddit about boars. I’ll definitely be subscribing!

@lizsmith1634 5 жыл бұрын

The boar you filmed outside Speech House have ended up on some ones table, because of humans feeding them they lost their natural instinct to run away. These are wild animals and should be treated as such. I live in the heart of the forest, I see boar and other wild life on a daily basis and I treat them with respect and keep my distance.

@dafteverton7218 5 жыл бұрын

This should have more views. Fair play mate good video.

@NickGatesTV 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 🙏

@donball9777 5 жыл бұрын

brilliant !

@TyBywydVlogs 3 жыл бұрын

We’ve just seen one walk in front of us with three piglets!

@WildlifeWithCookie 3 жыл бұрын

That's amazing! I'm planning to find these after lockdown, have any tips?

@bushcraftdads387 3 жыл бұрын

Love to see boar in the south east woodland.

@theglobetrotter699 4 жыл бұрын

Btec bear grylls nah hahaha good video mate

@TedH71 2 жыл бұрын

They're incredibly destructive to the environment and breed quite rapidly. 2 to 3 litters a year. The ones in the video are quite young I would say 6 to 12 months old. If you were a farmer, you would want them on the dinner table because a single boar contaminate 4 acres in 1 night and they tend to travel in sounders. They're shot and whatnot in the USA. Good luck on managing them.

@eye-in-the-skyproductions8483 5 жыл бұрын

Great video you sound like bear Grylls

@meapantz1983 5 жыл бұрын

So jelly. I used to.b excited to see them until I saw a huge sounder and the females were a bit curious and came pegging it towards us to smell us I guess. Was a bit scarey but I love them and she did no harm I was just being a wimp 😂that was in Symonds yat

@theotheseaeagle 4 жыл бұрын

Well just to let you know they have been reported eating and sometimes killing people but their no where near as deadly as cows and red deer

@DeFactoLeader 4 жыл бұрын

It does bother me how there are such heated debates about these creatures. Boar can be a nuisance and can wreck gardens & crops and I appreciate that, but when the immediate answer to what was once a common, native species (and still is in the rest of the continent) to Britain is 'cull them within an inch of their existence', I can't help but find it troubling. We could put up with these things a 1,000 years ago. Does this creature's rights become nullified due to its nature as a 'back from the dead' species? It it because of its status as a relative nuisance? Would we ever be having this conversation about British otters? They have the capacity to devastate lakes and over indulge in killing carp, but we made concerted efforts to keep this species around after near extinction. Incidentally, what I WILL say is that it opens questions as to the relaxation of firearms laws to defend oneself if things get a little hairy. As you say, they have the capacity to be very hardy and I've seen videos of boar in other places charging people. They're not easy to put down, either. England hasn't had a real potentially dangerous animal to concern itself with in centuries; I think it's a conversation worth having if we're going to let this species proliferate (which I'm ultimately in favour of).

@Cloudminster 3 жыл бұрын

Well…that was yesteryear when 70odd million people were less than 2 million. Be realistic and remember to contextualise everything. The pressures on the land now do not suit a dangerous animal being loose. The way we look at death now is also key, it was an expectation to lose kids to all manner of thing back then…now it’s totally not expected or accepted. It’s all very nice to try to live the way we used to but it’s quite stupid to try to actually realise it. Wait till a kid gets killed then see how it is.

@TedH71 2 жыл бұрын

The reason they were in low numbers back then was due to extensive hunting. They are really destructive to farmers and one single boar will ruin 4 acres in 1 night. That's how bad it is.They can have 2 to 3 litters a year.

@juhaszsc 2 жыл бұрын

UK is way overpopulated. The island cant provide enough food to sustain their entire population with their current antiquated propduction systems. From what i read, the biodiversity crisis has hit a critical level in the UK this year. So until changes happen with the current system, it will be difficult for wild animals such as the boar to exist.