Wonderful - thank you for sharing the otters and your positivity!

This was incredible! One conservation success story in particular for all of my fellow Americans... Bald eagles were on the brink of extinction in continental US due to a pesticide that would prevent eggs from calcifying fully and poisoning adult and young eagles. After banning the pesticide and implementing a few things such as nesting sites and penalties for killing or injuring a bald eagle(10 years in prison or a few tens of thousands of dollars) they are once again in their historic range and numbers with populations still growing rapidly!

Just had a read of all the positive conservation experiences and stories in all the comments - superb, great suggestion, TELL ME SOMETHING POSITIVE! 🤐 Well firstly that was a cracking good watch, it's almost as good to experience someone else's joy from intimate moments with wildlife as it is to have them myself and there was bucket loads of that. Otters were always an enigma with me but that changed about 10yrs ago and now I've 'got my eye in' I've been privilaged with a few stunning encounters. One woke me up when wild sleeping on the west coast (breezy night, v.mild, thought better than put a tent up) by eating a crab 10yds from my head. The conservation success story I'd most tally myself to would be the WTE'S on the Isle of Wight. Ian, my friend, is the guy that collects the chicks from Scotland to re-locate with Roy Dennis so I get first hand experiences (and all the emotion) every June when the next batch are sited. Eagles on the south coast - possibly even nesting in Dorset/New Forest. Stunning. As for the car thing, I concur with Geoff Cooper, get a big-assed car. I swear by second-hand Picasso's. Very comfy 😁 Fab, be safe, take care, Si.

This is wildlife , very nice !

Great story telling film. Watching Red Kites most days over Goodwood as I drive into work. Must be a good conservation success.

I am really enjoying your videos Matt - I'm originally from Bristol and that is how I first came upon your trips to Leigh Woods. Here in Ontario we have Osprey nests on hydro poles. The village I live in put one up in 2010 I believe. 2019 saw the first year that it was used. Ospreys declined in the 50's and 60's due to pesticides and they have also struggled with a loss of habitat. There are many nests in the area perched atop hydro poles and it's wonderful to see these impressive birds return each spring to raise the year's chicks. Thank you for bringing more awareness to wildlife issues with your beautiful videos!

Well worth the wait Matt, really glad things worked out.

Beautiful place.

Conservation success: I remember when there were SIX red kites in all of Wales. It was magical to glimpse one. But recently I saw a video clip in which dozens of red kites were seen together. One among many examples of how wildlife will rebound, if we just give it space.

Yet another entertaining and interesting video. Thanks Matt.

Another beautiful, fun video Matt!

Hi Matt. Great video, as always. Seems like it was an amazing experience. Not sure I could have done it, being that soaking wet. :) The only conservation successstory I can thimk of is the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone. I remember when it first happened. I was so excited that I might one day see a wolf in the wild if I ever visited the park. Today, there are several packs in the park, all doing well, and not only are they thriving, but they've helped transform the rest of the wildlife and even the landscape to some extent. Everything is much healthier and doing really well. I still haven't had the pleasure of seeing them, but I will one day. :) Cheers from Maine, USA. :) Paula

I really enjoyed this video! Great cutting and beautiful photos!

Fantastic footage and photos . Its been a while since I watched your KZfaq stuff , Matt, but my goodness you have upped your game.

Wow Brilliant Stunning, what more can i say.

Great vlog. I love wilddlife photography.

Amazing footage and photos!! Whole thing was a great watch!

amazingly beautiful video Matt, I am a little jealous of it, yet beautiful.

Great video of the whole Mull environment. So good to hear some positives regarding these species being fought for. Well done on your video. I'm subscribing to your channel and hope to see more like this. THANK YOU Matt.

Otters are very cool. Only saw a pair in the wild once. Got distant shots. Nice photos there Matt.

Thank you so much for sharing. We loved your positive message of hope and recognition that as awareness & appreciation grows life will keep getting better for our native wildlife and more balance for our ecosystems. So amazing for you to see otters in the wild!

Wow Matt! This was awesome. Love the video....keep them coming 👍

So much happiness! Thanks for sharing :)

this guy is super underrated man :(

Great footage

very well said and what an incredible video, congratulations matt

A lifetime experience shared with friends. Best video ever! This is why I love nature photography. Thanks so much for your hard work!

Excellent video ! Have spent MANY hours on that stretch of coast, its a wonderful area.

Fabulous film and great shots Matt. Well done all of you 👍

Fantastic video this one. The joy of seeing an otter really shines through and is exactly how I feel every time I see one.

Very cool Matt

Wonderful location the Isle of Mull typical Scottish weather awesome encounter lovely footage and stills!👍👍😍

Great video Matt. You should make a trip north to Shetland when it's possible to do so. Numerous Otter sightings so far this year and an amazing Orca encounter on the 2nd of January. Orca sightings are getting more regular throughout the year.

Great stuff Matt - glad you got to see the otter, and what a fantastic encounter it was! You asked for positive conservation stories and you actually mentioned one of my favourites, the reintroduction of beavers :) It’s really great being able to see this reintroduced species doing so well here in the west of Scotland! Oh, and the sleeping in your car because of the lovely weather thing... I can totally relate and it’s literally the reason I have an estate car!!

Awesome work Matt!

very inspiring video... great shots ... thanks for sharing

Hi Matt. You did say about mentioning any successful conservation project. I live in the centre of Norfolk UK. Within 2 miles of my home is the Pensthorpe nature park. They have done so much for conservation it’s unbelievable. Pensthorpe nature park is well worth a visit if you ever come to Norfolk. Bring all of your camera gear because you’re gonna need it. You will need to be there all day as it’s a very large park. Good footwear is essential.

Absolutely gorgeous. You deserve so many more subscribers than you have, and this kind of photography/videography is what I aspire to! Best wishes to you all.

This was truly exceptional Matt, what a rollercoaster! So glad you made it to Mull in the end, and it was clearly totally worth it! The message at the end of the video was superb as well, great work! We were lucky enough to see otters ourselves on our recent trip, unbelievably seeing a pair within an hour of arriving in Skye! Hannah then had a day on her own where she spent a couple of hours with a female. It really is amazing to see them doing so well at the moment, and definitely a positive to focus on despite all the gloomy things going on in the world at the moment! S.

Matt, as always I enjoyed the video and Charlie was just a joy with her and your enthusiasm for the animals. As I live in the States one of favorite encounters with an animal that has made a comeback is the Bald Eagle. As a kid I never thought that I would ever see one in real life, I say my first on when I was in my late 30s from a half mile away when I was visiting my parent in Washington State near Seattle. It was cool. Then I got a close up of a juvenile in my early 50s, It flew over my head about 80ft up, It was a truly magical moment for me. I have learned that they now make there home in almost ever state near large bodies of water and have scene gotten adult pictures.

Great video and great pics Matt! 👌

Just fantastic!! Really enjoy following your experiences Matt!! And you captured some beautiful images. Cheers

I laughed when you said 'In a summer tent'. Rookie mistake up there mate, always take a 3-4 season tent anywhere north of Inverlochy just to be on the same side. Great video, really enjoyed it.

Absolutely incredible! Such an inspirational video. I've been wanting to go to Mull for a long time, think I will book a holiday there now! My positive conservation story would definitely be the reintroduction of Red Kites to Yorkshire as I live in Leeds, just a few miles from where the original reintroduction took place. I am now lucky enough to see these fantastic birds on a daily basis.

Fab video Matt and what an amazing experience under awful weather conditions. Every moment with nature is precious.

Nice shots, Greetings from Italy, Like n.239

What an utterly inspiring and uplifting video....thank you so much

Those are among the very best moments life can offer. 🙂👍 Well done... really enjoyed that. 🙂

Awesome thank you so much!

Amazing lengths you went to ..glad you managed to see the otters! River otters are not nearly as hard to find on Vancouver Island but your video has made me appreciate them even more. A recent conservation achievement : An 87 Hectare area along Ryan River in B.C. was protected by the Nature Conservancy Canada for grizzly bears to have easier crossing through a valley. Fantastic video as always.

Thats the spot I had my first Otter encounter

So jealous! Really enjoyed this Matt, one of your best, worth the effort and planning. Totally agree with your sentiments, it’s such a thrill to see so many kites hanging in the wind around here now. Love what we have but still very concerned for the future of it all as well as humanity. Keep the faith.

That was wonderful, so glad it was not me in the cold and wind but that experience must have been worth it. In British Columbia we have both River Otters and Sea Otters. The Sea Otters were pretty much wiped out by hunting but fortunately they were helped when other Sea Otters were brought in from Alaska and slowly they are spreading down the coast again. River Otters are much more common and I usually stumble across them a couple time a year. The best case was a family of five one summer morning and they were playing and knocking each other into the water and hunting. I can certainly understand your happiness at seeing them and your willingness to travel so far to see them and thank you for sharing your journey!

Compelling story telling, segue from part 1, music, stills and footage, Matt! Conservation theme presented in timely and relevant manner, not overbearing. Well done! Glad to see absence of typical “trite” footage of otter floating on its back breaking shellfish on it’s chest(?) using a rock - such overplayed scenes make it look easy to photograph. Admire your stamina going through so little sleep, cold and rain without catching cold (I hope😁). Do you plan on a return trip when weather is better? Cheers!

Another great episode from you . One of the still photos was so low you must have been laying in the water? The Kite and Buzzard are a common site in Cambridgeshire . Two weeks ago saw a Osprey sitting on a fence post near Huntingdon on a slip road off the bypass it was not fazed by the traffic so could have stopped but of course no camera with me , must make a point to keep it with me in future. Cheers Matt look forward to your next one.

Great images and footage Matt. An awesome experience for you!

I seriously cannot wait for this! That photo is awesome! :)

absolutely brilliant! Congrats and beautiful images/footage

New subscriber Great to watch and love the enthusiasm 👍🦦I also have that passion for wildlife and otters 🦦 I’m currently on a project to film river otters 🦦

Incredible photos to commemorate an incredible experience, amazing video mate!

Amazing story Matt! You totally delight and inspire me with your fascinating footage, stuff for laughs and beautiful photographs!

As always, a beautiful video!! Continue your great work with out and about ☺️

Love it thank you for sharing your adventures with us.

great video

So cool. Glad you got your shots, thanks for sharing!

OMG! So Good!!! That otter is amazing :)

Mull is the BEST. Great shots and love the positive ending 😁

What a rollercoaster of emotions! Really showed that with that determination and that patch of good weather for traveling you can achieve anything, I loved the photos and videos! Especially the one of it resting on the wooden structure as that is the most unique shot I've actually ever seen as they are always photographed on the seaweed. I loved the conservation recap, gave me a boost of positive energy in these trying times! Keep it up man! Always the best and honest stories! 🙏

Wonderful experience Matt thanks for sharing. Love your positive thoughts at the end of the video also. Cheers Keith

Best video yet.. Charlie is a wildlife spotting legend 🙌🏾

Superb pal, absolutely amazing video,loved every second of it. Made up you got to see a wild otter, in it's own environment, just doing what otters do. A truly amazing experience for you. And the message at the end of the video, beautifully put.

I visited Scotland this summer and had a wonderful time though found it very hard to spot wildlife, especially otters. Watching this video inspired me loads and I will some day go back there. Great stuff!

Awesome work Matt worth the gamble, im a massive otter fan one of my fav creatures delighted Scotland never disapoints but then again Im scottish !! Keep up the great work

Epic vid Matt 👌🏾 bloody pleased you saw (and photographed) one!!

Some great footage and images! We were lucky to have a similar experience in the Outer Hebrides last year, just amazing!

I visited that exact spot on my birthday last February where I saw an otter, so it may have been the same one! A conservation success story near me was that a pair of common cranes successfully bred for the first time in 400 years, at a reserve not far from my home! Great pictures and I hope to travel back to Mull next summer 😊

Great video Matt. We spent a wonderful week at your otter location back in September, and this brought back some wonderful memories. Good location for Goldies and White Tails as well btw, and a bellowing stag in our garden. (Subscribed)

Great video Matt. Well worth braving the elements. Somewhere I would like to visit myself one day. Great to have some positivity in these testing times.

Great video Matt! I saw otters in Scotland when I first started photography and it was the most magical experience. One conservation success story I would really love to see are the Beavers in Devon. Well done again mate 👍

That was quite a journey you did Matt, we drove there from nr Wootton Bassett last year, took ages but well worth it, stunning. You gotta love British wildlife, we never saw an Otter, you were so fortunate and great footage, makes me want to return. Tnt

Great video! I think you had a great time - I think it looks so! Best regards, Rolf

I was wondering where you went ...I looked you up and there has been posts ... awesome going to catch up

I know of a river where everyone sees otters - except for me when I go there! (Although I did get a very brief glimpse, just once.) Loved your video and the joy you experienced seeing those lovely little creatures. Thanks for sharing.

Stunning footage Matt and really envy your opertunitues. Clearly lots of networking and organising that goes on behind the scenes to achieve a few minutes of amazing footage. For myself I was lucky enough to see a white tailed sea eagle this year just prior to lock down. I won't mention where but it surprised me. I hope to get an image but research is required to narrow down its range. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us.

Very nice :-)

I saw an otter in Macclesfield canal for about 3 seconds the other night, about 10 feet away face to face. Until it bolted and disappeared. Many hours of debating my friends convinced me it was a mink. However, recently via a third party a fisherman has confirmed they are active in the canal.

Love it 😊👍🏻👌🏻... I so look forward to your videos. Are you doing anymore around the house wildlife videos?

Class, really enjoyed this and I have always had an affinity for otters. There’s just something about them, right? Keep it up, I’m learning a lot. Also, love JR’s work. Thumbs up from me.

Thanks for sharing! Have just discovered your channel. Good stuff!! I've been lucky enough to have river (fresh water) otters play in the bow wave (as gentle as it was) of my canoe. My camera nowhere in sight, of course :)

Great video Matt. I really want to go to Mull. Looks amazing for photography. Is photographing your full time job. Selling prints etc?

nice video. Ihave one question: Why some people go to make wildlife photo whith shiny colors like red ?

10:25 what bird is that? Not Ruddy Turnstone non br are they? and Gorgeous White-tailed Eagle at then end 10:56 😁😁

Matt, loved the video however your choice of music at the part with the otter might need to be changed. the visit scotland tourist board use that exact same tune and in one ad that exact looking scene of a otter on rocks. So should let you know

Where I live we have had a glossy ibis visit for the last three years, this year there are now three of them! 🙌 Not sure whether it is due to conservation or not, but great news all the same!

Any talks about reintroducing the wolf? Since it wont be able to naturally return like it is doing in other parts of western europe

Still wondering how you dont have a million subs😪

Luck man... that could have ended with nothing... I’m sure you we’re quite emotional ..

Click Bait, Click bait, click bait, 08 seconds of mother nature and 12 Minutes of rambling humans, How is this Wildlife Photography,?????