The Whisper of the Woods

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Жыл бұрын

I shot this on location in the UK's New Forest National Park, a haven of wild heaths and ancient woodlands, sheltering an oasis of wildlife. I visit the woods quite often - once a week, if I'm able - but year by year I can see the biodiversity wane. This short film aims to highlight the issue of habitat and biodiversity loss in the UK due to industrialisation, climate issues, and pollution. It also serves as a prelude to an upcoming series filmed in the New Forest, covering British Wildlife from life in the waterways to the log piles and the treetops.
Written, filmed and narrated by Leo Richards.
Filmed on location in the New Forest National Park, UK.
To celebrate National Poetry Day (6th October) and this year's theme of 'The Environment' I have collaborated with @Ecoflix to run a #WriteForTheWild poetry competition! I hope this film inspires you to grab a pen and take part. Read how below.
About Ecoflix:
Ecoflix is the world's first not-for-profit media group dedicated to wildlife and conservation storytelling. This is not a sponsorship, but a collaboration. I'm very excited to be working with them on a few upcoming projects :D Check out Ecoflix here: ecoflix.com/
How to Get Involved:
All you have to do is write a short poem about the environment and send us a photo of the poem which we will share to our social media channels! Feel free to get creative and share your poems as part of a wildlife drawing too! Check out my poem in this video for inspiration. I chose to touch upon the issue of biodiversity loss as our country's wild havens continue to be ravaged by agriculture, industry, and a disregard for the fragility and importance of nature that seems to plague the population.
Please share your submissions to Instagram and tag @ecoflixofficial and @naturalwfacts to have them shared. The deadline for submissions will be the 16th October, with the winner announced shortly after. The winner will receive a 1 year subscription to Ecoflix for themselves or their family, plus for another friend or family too! :D
#nationalpoetryday #wildlife #nature #artlistcreativefest

Пікірлер: 282

@Dragosteaa Жыл бұрын

I believe I speak for everyone: we missed you so much 💜 So grateful you’re alive & well, please never change, please continue explaining the hidden worlds of our Earth.. we need you

@NaturalWorldFacts Жыл бұрын

This is so unbelievably kind of you, thank you for welcoming me back and being here. I’m always a little afraid to step away, however briefly, from my typical content, so comments like this make my day. I hope to keep on doing what I do for many more years to come! 💛

@Danika_Nadzan Жыл бұрын

Totally agree, Dragosteaa!

@lighthummer9960 Жыл бұрын

Dragostea din tei

@catsberry4858 10 ай бұрын

@@NaturalWorldFactswhat happened to Leo?

@catsberry4858 10 ай бұрын

What happened? I was away a while, myself

@NaturalWorldFacts Жыл бұрын

It's been a while, but guess who's back!! As many of you know, I've been away travelling over the summer but I'm home now and have a ton of exciting projects lined up :D This film is to celebrate National Poetry Day. It also serves as a prelude to my upcoming Nature Boy Journal series, exploring woodland wildlife in-depth! I'm also working on some new deep sea films in my usual style, as well as a very ambitious collaboration with an underwater 4K videographer from Indonesia called Edi Frommenwiler, which I'll release more info about shortly. It's so, so good to be back. I'm sorry for taking so long. Thank you all for sticking with me!

@randomprofilelol Жыл бұрын

so happy your back!! missed ur content so much ^^ 💚💚

@sydneymomma11 Жыл бұрын

Oh, I was so excited about this notification I jumped up and down!

@NaturalWorldFacts Жыл бұрын

@@sydneymomma11 Thank you so much 😭😭

@SaxonRanger94 Жыл бұрын

YEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!! I literally gasped when I saw this new video in my feed lol. Thanks dude, keep them coming!

@mlbh2os211 Жыл бұрын

We missed you!

@lewasil Жыл бұрын

When I was little, my sister would tell me my parents found me under a rock. She was trying to make me cry perhaps. But instead, I imagined a nice mossy rock, under a misty forest , with mushrooms and leaves and critter friends. It was a comforting place in my mind. My sister is gone now. I miss her. Thanks for the wonderful video. Xoxoxoxo

@jijadelmais Жыл бұрын

I cried when I read this, hope your sister is in a beautiful place 🙏🙏

@lizc6393 Жыл бұрын

My sister told me similar things, I found a similar meaning in those jokes, and I lost mine as well... To suicide in 2013. I miss her everyday. I believe I was led to this comment. I wish you the utmost peace and happiness, and also wish I could hug you. God speed.

@deusexaethera Жыл бұрын

@@jijadelmais : Now his sister is under a rock. Ironic. I know, I'm a terrible person with an inappropriate sense of humor. We all have our character flaws. At least I was nice to my brother when we were growing up.

@111LMBL Жыл бұрын

I too felt tears while reading your touching words about your sis! ❤So dear and Beautiful! Im sending My upmost condolences to you and your family and may you find true inner peace under that mossy rock and in your beautiful heart! Take care and know your Sister loves you so much ❤! So do I 😊Take care

@justaboy-_. Жыл бұрын

@@deusexaethera just because your sense of humor sucks doesn't mean you should share it, you don't know how the other person will feel 💀💀 exists dark humor and respect, and there is a line that divides both.

@nicholasallee3218 Жыл бұрын

As an English nerd and biology nerd, there are very few things that hit both areas of my brain, but THIS was perfect. I’ll watch it a hundred times.

@NaturalWorldFacts Жыл бұрын

I relate to you greatly! 😄 And thank you, that’s very kind!

@seyxray Жыл бұрын

The poetry of this is haunting yet majestic. I'm super impressed

@NaturalWorldFacts Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, that means a lot to me :)

@lauriemartin490 Жыл бұрын

Well, I'm more than a little teary-eyed. Such a lovely video with beautiful background music. And your poetry describes so perfectly the experience of walking in, and being one with nature. All of us who spent hours exploring the great outdoors as kids can all feel the sorrow that comes with knowing how much less there is of it to enjoy today. I hope you had an enjoyable summer break, but I am glad you're back. I'm really looking forward to your new content!

@thetwitchywitchy Жыл бұрын

You have such an incredible voice, your tone is so soothing and clear, if you don’t do voice work already outside of your videos, you absolutely could! Amazing as always :)

@C-Rex1 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful and sad at the same time

@thefisherking78 Жыл бұрын

You have such a wonderful and unique narration style. I love listening to your work.

@lighthummer9960 Жыл бұрын

I listen to him and SEA

@imalittleeggroll Жыл бұрын

I held my breath so I didn’t interfere with your poetry and music and sounds. What art! So amazing and I appreciate both the message and passion that you share 🫂

@blacklavoux Жыл бұрын

There’s something magical about thick forest with animals busy living their lives. It’s quite, but crowded.

@NaturalWorldFacts Жыл бұрын

I totally agree. It feels like a gateway to some forgotten world, nestled away and hidden in the treetops, under the deadwood, that emerges if you’re quiet and patient and know where to look…

@sea_triscuit7980 Жыл бұрын

Very well done, this hit me right in the feels haha. I live in the Pacific Northwest and every day I see more and more forest being cut down for a new senior living apartment complex. It's really sad but I definitely agree with this video

@Angayasse Жыл бұрын

This is the most beautiful thing I have seen in a while even if it conjures up haunting images

@lorriedmussett4692 Жыл бұрын

Leo....your a wonderful lost soul amongst us. I get lost in everything you share. It just so happen I was on my lunch break, in my car, in a parking lot....but joyfully it looks out onto a pond! A pond where there are Egrets, herons and plover passjng thru and...as I sat to listen to your new post....I thought of course it was a bird that caught my eye...but thus time it was a handful of leaves falling, drifting down, nature's way of life and death...so beautiful....along listening to you and what you have to offer to this world. Its gigantic, Leo, what you do, at your age, with such passion.....indeed, its inspiring ....your one of only 3 things on YT that have such genuine purpose and i can support that all day long. Thank you, Leo.

@The1SilverShadow Жыл бұрын

This Channel is among by far my favourite that I let play on loop throughout the day, so beautifully scripted and filmed...to see you grow from a kid to now narrating your own project is also endearing... salute

@guyp4510 Жыл бұрын

I don't think a video has ever really put these feeling I have into words better then this. We are killing ourselves but killing all these wonderful things.

@aribariboxer2598 Жыл бұрын

Wow, What an amazing production and beautifull piece of poetry! I wish every human being would watch & listen to this calm and powerfull presentation. Your voice was so synonymous with marine life and the vastness of the ocean in my brain that i could never imagine it narrating anything else, boy was i wrong and thank goodness that i was 😊 Thank you & keep it up.

@NaturalWorldFacts Жыл бұрын

This is such a lovely comment, thank you so much!! I LOVE the oceans, but the wildlife on my doorstep has forever held a very special place in my heart too! I’m always a little scared to create films that aren’t what people expect of my channel (e.g. non deep-sea) so I’m thrilled you enjoyed it regardless! 😊

@mishie618 Күн бұрын

How is this channel not being given awards for absolutely beautiful outstanding content? This is written and filmed beautifully as well as the symphony playing. Absolutely amazing ❤

@BinroWasRight 8 ай бұрын

This is absolutely stunning. Leo, the more I watch your work the more I feel you will be a future era's Sir David Attenborough. Love and respect!

@LizzyDidntDoIt Жыл бұрын

Ahhh yes! Missed your soothing voice Leo. Welcome back 🎉

@NaturalWorldFacts Жыл бұрын

Thanks Holly, it's so good to be back 😁

@mlbh2os211 Жыл бұрын

I do believe with all my heart, you are the next David Attenborough❤❤

@debbiewilson9712 Ай бұрын

I was waiting for you to attribute the beautiful poetry to some 19th century Engliah poet, but you never did. You speak in such beautiful poetry. Wow!!!!

@kurenaidie Жыл бұрын

This young man is the next David Attenborough! Give it a little time, and he'll be on all the BBC nature documentaries for the next 50 years 😂❤️

@nogi2167 Жыл бұрын

It’s a pity. I remember growing up and spending summer days at my grandfather’s. Behind his house was the deep, thick forest. I was never allowed to go too far in, but I still found so much joy there - throwing rocks, clambering over treefalls, digging under stumps. The place seemed endless. A few days ago, I went back there to clear out his house after he passed and I remember standing at the edge of what was once woods and seeing the rooftops of horribly boxy little townhomes. That endless forest was now just a few trees serving to show the property lines. I’m lucky in some respects, though, that I live near a wonderful state park, so I can still enjoy the woods. But seeing my childhood forest disappear was heartbreaking.

@oliveoil6251 Ай бұрын

I listened to this when i feel overwhelmed or anxious or just when i want to take a moment for myself. your voice and words help me stay grounded and calm down. thank you so much

@swgl2245 Жыл бұрын

This was an excellent short film portraying nature and how beautiful it is. It is sad to read the biodiversity is diminishing though. Nature deserves a place on this earth to live as was intended.

@v0x_zk7 Жыл бұрын

I misses your videos, great to have you back!

@cesiumverbal102 Жыл бұрын

This is so, so beautiful... and so sad. Many cannot look outside themselves and their daily lives, to peer at creatures big and small, even when we steal their home from them, even when we build and build. I wish people cared about our planet and the other creatures in it; the wonder it brings. This is the only world we have and we're killing it.

@watrgrl2 Жыл бұрын

Sadly, one day, David Attenborough will pass on. I can see you following in his footsteps. One of my all time favorite narrators in the US was George Page , the original narrator of the Public Broadcasting Network series “Nature”. He passed away years ago but I had become so used to his familiar, smooth calming voice I cried when he passed. I never thought I would ever enjoy another nature program again because I was always comparing other narrators to Page. For me he was the gold standard of perfection with Attenborough a close second. He was such a beautiful man and an accomplished narrator. Along with Attenborough, Page was Iconic to American audiences who loved watching this award winning nature series. You have the kind of voice and clarity of diction that enhances the enjoyment of your videos. I have no doubt you will be very successful!

@AdelineBarbour Жыл бұрын

It makes me really happy to know that there are so many people out there who love the natural world and love to learn about it as well, thank you for making these videos, they have taught me so much, and made me appreciate nature more than I ever did before.

@mr.lonewolf8199 Жыл бұрын

Another great video, great job buddy 🏕️🏕️🏞️🌳🌲🌳

@Emily-ck9ji Жыл бұрын

Wonderful poem and video. Welcome back!

@NaturalWorldFacts Жыл бұрын

Thanks Emily 😊 how have you been?

@Emily-ck9ji Жыл бұрын

@@NaturalWorldFacts I've been good. I hope you had a great summer.

@Fswiergul Жыл бұрын

I couldn't help but think of how much J.R.R. Tolkien would enjoy this video, along with the spirit behind it.

@theoctopusman6983 Жыл бұрын

Glad you're still about. Missed your videos, hope you enjoyed your travels 👍

@NaturalWorldFacts Жыл бұрын

Cheers! :) The travels were fantastic, it was nice to take a break but definitely excited to be back!

@Sange4499 Жыл бұрын

what a nice simple and concise short. I've found myself in a similar situation, for the last few years I've been visiting my local creek several days a week just to take in the wild life and to observe the cycles always going on around the ecosystem. I regularly walk within 20ft from Kangaroo's, I'm constantly on the ground filming or taking photos of insects I'd never really seen before and on the occasion I see eagles and hawks not too far off or more commonly being chased and harassed by crows. I feel like I'm the only person who really appreciates that place for what it is, so this video is almost like a validation of my emotions and how many take wild places for granted. I'm Australian and I live very close to Melbourne Airport, the creek is in a paddock beneath the airport landing path but aside from aviation noises not to far above, the creek is in a depression in the paddock so the nearby highway and suburb sounds are muted. It's my little slice of nature that I've only ever seen 10 other individuals enjoy over the years, just in passing by enjoying a walk. Thankyou

@tamarrajames3590 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful, poignant, and so important. My property in the city of Toronto is an oasis where wildlife and trees are free to be. I sit and watch creatures from the tiniest to the larger, and give them what they need. You have been missed…welcome back.🖤🇨🇦

@down2roots Жыл бұрын

Brilliant, simply brilliant. Thank you.

@throughthepines6061 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you're well Leo! So excited to see your new projects!

@tedbomba6631 10 ай бұрын

Brilliant, Leo, absolutely brilliant ! Thank you.

@aSinisterKiid Жыл бұрын

This was beautiful both visually and audibly. The wilds of the forest are among one of the most precious gifts the world has to offer. You did an amazing job in capturing the beauty and peacefulness that Mother Nature has so graciously given the world.

@catsberry4858 10 ай бұрын

Amen

@purplehaze2358 Жыл бұрын

As an Arizonan, someone who lives in the middle of a desert, forests are a luxury I’ve only indulged in a few times.

@swgl2245 Жыл бұрын

@Dr Bright Hello fellow Arizonan. I can relate and totally agree with your statement.

@wishgodgirl1903 Жыл бұрын

What wonderful thoughts, thank you for sharing them so beautifully! I love your videos and so glad your back doing more. ❤🎉

@RD9_Designs Жыл бұрын

So poetic and enchanting! You weave a mesmerizing tale that leads me down an hypnotic path, and I am loathe to rouse when it ends. Good luck Leo, and welcome back!

@jacquiosborn3376 Жыл бұрын

I don't even have words to express how I feel 🙏❤️. Really glad you are back. That was so beautiful

@jeanneelise5118 Жыл бұрын

that was unspeakably beautiful. thank you for awakening the longing for the woods in me again

@allisonbergh4429 Жыл бұрын

I would listen to you read anything, but your voice is particularly well-suited to this kind of writing. Absolutely mesmerising, and deeply affecting. If we manage to pull our heads out and salvage what we have left of our natural world, I believe it will be, in no small part, thanks to people like you who help others see the beauty all around us. Thank you 🥰

@ashleysmith3430 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful! Thank you so much for all that you do! We've missed you!!

@leofaustt Жыл бұрын

cant tell you how much i've been waiting for new video!! and one about woodlands?! so excited :) thank you so much for all of your hard work, i literally listen to your videos as if im listening to a podcast☺️

@kimharris8903 Жыл бұрын

This is so beautiful, lyrically, visually and musically. I had to replay it to enjoy it again.

@readyrex Жыл бұрын

I'm happy you put a lot of effort in your videos. It's nice to know other people will look at nature the way you do.

@ninaverdonk8054 Жыл бұрын

Pure poetry. Awe-inspiring.

@BobBob-qg4lo Жыл бұрын

this video is absolutely incredible, the fact you don't have 1M subs is a crime, this entire channel has sparked a love for nature I didn't even know I had beforehand.

@NaturalWorldFacts Жыл бұрын

This comment means the world to me, especially on this video. My videos on British Wildlife are never anywhere near as popular as my films about the deep sea, but they’re such a joy to create. Celebrating the wildlife on our doorstep and kindling a desire to connect with it is an enormous passion of mine. So getting this comment, on this little video about a little woodland on England’s South Coast which holds a special place in my heart, is wonderful. Thank you so much. Knowing it’s ignited any sort of spark in you is just so lovely!!

@BobBob-qg4lo Жыл бұрын

@Natural World Facts as a brit myself this video in particular just struck so close to home, please keep up the great work.

@wahyuman Жыл бұрын

Welcome back, we missed you and your videos

@Numb25er 6 ай бұрын

All your videos help with my anxiety. I love science and biology.. but your videos are so much more to me. Thank you. 🌧️

@dannileigh6426 6 ай бұрын

This was so beautiful, haunting and real yet full of whimsy and wonder and joy. Thanks for this (and everything else you do). Take care

@kimber46 Жыл бұрын

I have to say, you are an amazingly talented and intelligent young man. I enjoy your content so much and it helps to keep me at peace. When I'm feeling anxious or stressed your voice calms me. Keep it up you have ta calling

@nathanaelraynard2641 Жыл бұрын

Though i live in a sprawling metro city, i used to like walks along grassfields, parks and farms in the countryside. Man i missed those times when i catched crickets and dragonflies

@ErikEdlund11 Жыл бұрын

Welcome back Leo! You’ve outdone yourself yet again. I was very impressed with your camerawork in this, you’re a young man of many talents.

@Rosarose199 Жыл бұрын

So beautiful thank you.

@kwinter2541 Жыл бұрын

i know not who you are , your history , or your story . yet your voice is as familiar as it is beautiful , and you see the world in the world . God bless .

@NaturalWorldFacts Жыл бұрын

Thank you, I really appreciate this! I’m Leo, I’ve loved animals since I could walk.

@cheeto1353 Жыл бұрын

I love your work ❤ never stop posting!

@NaturalWorldFacts Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊😊

@biodiversibee Жыл бұрын

This really got me. What a beautiful human you are ❤

@crazyherisson6500 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful. Very moving.

@roseepunk Жыл бұрын

This is so beautiful 💜 You are an incredibly creative and talented individual, your passion for nature is so inspiring. Your channel has really brought back my passion for nature and animals and life of all kind. Thank you 💜

@Linda-ot3pj Жыл бұрын

You narrate with such poetic flair. I love your videos. 🇨🇦

@kuitaranheatmorus9932 Жыл бұрын

I adore this short movie

@sybileberhart3439 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful! Gave me chills.

@annieginger918 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for another great video, so meaningful and so brilliantly narrated! As a child I even wrote a poem about walking in the woods :) Looking forward to your new documentaries, good luck and stay inspired!

@anchovietonie Жыл бұрын

reminds me of a book i had as a kid called “the girl who looked under rocks”. this is absolutely lovely, thank you

@queendeb5570 Жыл бұрын

Oh here comes the voice that brings music to my ears.🌻🧡🧡 ..ive missed you😘

@pepsimanbooster Жыл бұрын

very lovely to have you back

@hotdecaffeinatedcoffee Жыл бұрын

I would never get tired of your voice

@arcanos_vr Жыл бұрын

Another masterpiece! Thank you

@chaoticfirearm Жыл бұрын

Welcome back! This was so gorgeous.

@DarthFritter1 Жыл бұрын

This made me misty eyed!!!! Such a beautiful and heartfelt story. Welcome back, sir!!!!!

@NaturalWorldFacts Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, that’s so kind 😊

@Lin-Carl 8 ай бұрын

This touched my heart, thank you ❤

@Lugmillord Жыл бұрын

This was wonderful. The images, the message. This was nice to soak in, though also saddening. We treat nature so badly, it's going to haunt us.

@biddylisduff Жыл бұрын

Lovely words and film, thanks! And welcome back, you have a special talent - well many talents actually. All the best with your projects. Inspiring.

@TatianaAGordeeva Жыл бұрын

A pleasure to watch! And a great message too.

@marcusgrosso4713 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@user-kk7rx1fg8l 4 ай бұрын

I'd love more of these

@karlarao8736 Жыл бұрын

That was absolutely beautiful.

@sdmbusiness 9 ай бұрын

I look forward to all your productions. This one was quite touching. Thank you.

@sickstudentirl7993 Жыл бұрын

I was surprised when you make a video about nature when your usual theme is the ocean wildlife, but it's definitely not disappointing. Your poetry are really beautiful in this one. Can't wait for the new series to drop. Amazing content as always❤

@charlesmontgomerybenny6891 Жыл бұрын

glad to see you back

@lefi7306 Жыл бұрын

Love it!!! I always had a deep appreciation for nature and it’s wonders, but I only recently developed a taste for poetry … This is a wonderful video and holds an important message for conserving what is still to be found but can easily lost! We have to show initiative now and I think this is a wonderful call to arms

@lightmetamorphosis Жыл бұрын

Beautiful.

@GianJin Жыл бұрын

Wow, enchanting

@nisemonoyarou Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@diliangeorgiev Жыл бұрын

Wonderful! Thank you!

@truenorthprepschool9255 Жыл бұрын

As a hunter/ homesteader that escaped Toronto for rural ontario. I agree with you 100% man. I watch you're stuff all the time btw keep up the great work. You'll be the next david attenborough for sure.

@haklbarry2 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful. Like always ❤️

@celinyarguilera 10 ай бұрын

Your movies it's a lot interesting and wonderful, I'm loving learner about the nature with you. 😊

@fairyencyclopedia 11 күн бұрын

This is so beautiful. It made me tear up😢

@missshroom5512 Жыл бұрын

This was beautiful ❤️❤️🌎🌎! I bring a bag everyday when I go explore either alone or with my two dogs as to pick up trash. I have been studying mushrooms for around 4 years now and I find myself in some precarious places at times…it is quite astonishing to find trash from humans in some of these same places😔🌎❤️