Sadly I had a lot of sound issues including my wife talking over much of the content so had to replaced the actual sound track across a lot of the whole full length video.

Thanks for the comment, I'll bare that in mind going forward so to confirm you'd like to see a bit of footage of the bird and then a few seconds later the name pop up? Yes?

@@shaunferguson8782 Correct - much appreciated.

Afraid not.

Sadly I've not seen them once this year HOWEVER they are there I've been told.

@@shaunferguson8782 yes I went looking tonight with no luck sadly

If you love Thursley Cmn then this will be right up your alley.

So am I, I now live in the UK...sadly. But I carry the Kalahari in my veins so all good.😁

That's what it's all about. Thanks for watching and enjoy your visit there. Wish I could join you.

Goodness this was 7 years ago.... I can't even remember yesterday hahaha

@@shaunferguson8782 No worries haha, it's just one of the closest sound alikes I've found so far.

Enjoy it's a hell of a place even besides the birds.

Cheers mate. I had to do something re audio cos my voice on older videos kept dropping in and out this one seems a much more streamlined setup. No cables and you don't look like an idiot with a huge mic onto of your camera.

Blimmin things ever show well at Thursley, you always need the Hubble telescope there to see em well.

My kit is DJI action 4 + DJI Mic2 for B-roll and then the rest are on my old DLSR Canon D5 mark 4

Yeah I thought the mic was brill too. I also never had any 'white noise' in the back ground which you can hear on the Rode when i switch from the DJI to Rode at the Willow Warb recording near the end of the video. Only thing now is you can hear how unfit I am when going up hill with my heavy breathing. Lol

Well I wasn't going to say anything mate but now you mention it... 😂

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Only problem is I'm not an iPhone user but can maybe test that on my Android and let you know.

@@shaunferguson8782 ah ok. And can you just buy the transmitter? Seems silly to have to need a receiver as well.

@stormcabbirds 100% £89 for one transmitter they sell them separately now.

@@shaunferguson8782 just bought it. Good timing as I broke my Rode yesterday 😂😂😂

So the story behind those is... I was down on all fours pulling Himalayan Balsam when this started singing close to me. I just did a slow up periscope and enjoyed the show. hahaha Great new video btw busy watching it now. 👍

@@shaunferguson8782 amazing! I love those unexpected moments 💜

There are Hobbys there now I just didn't connect that day unfortunately.

There have been hobbies every year recently as well. at least 4 this year and 8 the year before (2023). I've posted pictures of them.

Thank you it's my new DJI Action cam it's brilliant. Sound will is from my Rode Videommicro with wind shield. Sound will get even better soon as I'll be getting the new DJI mic 2 a bluetooth lapel mic. Thanks for watching.

Very nice....enjoy your trip.

Glad you enjoyed it!

At the time of making that nothing, straight in as I was waiting for an cable to arrive. But now I've got a Smallrig protective case that's got a hot shoe for mounting my Rode VideoMicro Mic plus a TRS to usb C cable. Mic has dead cat on it so hopefully going forward now sound will be much better...wind noise wise.

@@shaunferguson8782 cheers. I’m probably going to go for the mini rode that plugs straight into the iphone

@stormcabbirds I'll eventually get wireless mics for my Action 4 too BUT want new camera gear first.

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Cheers Dave.

Cheers mate appreciate that.

You can only walk the public foot path around the outside at the moment. We had special access inside to see the bird.

Slowest train journey ever hahaha 😬

What was the general colour of the bird. What was the bill shape? Do you think it was a raptor or something else?

@@shaunferguson8782 It was by no means a small bird and I believe it was a brown colour, I actually saw it twice but it flew over my head into a large bushy tree, so I didn't get a good look at it as it was only for a few seconds but the red stripe really stood out. Im quite sure it wasn't a raptor. I joined my brother in his time share several years but only saw it on my last visit. I've searched the Internet and books but wasnt able to find it sadly, lots with red stripes but none on underside of wings. Someone had seen it in a book *birds of southern Africa" but couldn't remember its name, Thank you for the reply. Kind regards ... Jilly

It's not as scary as you think it is, defo do it if you can.

@@shaunferguson8782 I’ve just messaged my doctor about vaccines I’ll need for Gambia. I want to do that next.

@@stormcabbirds Blimey you are getting around great stuff looking forward to the video. BTW I would say The Gambia is wilder than SA so if you can do that SA will be a breeze.

@@shaunferguson8782 funny thing is, Gambia is an all inclusive destination for Tui, so they must deem it safe enough for tourists.

It's a very old and knackered Canon SX60 almost time for it to be retired.