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Im a birdwatcher in Scotland, and a volunteer within a group of people with different races and ethnicities. Its a good documentary, but i disagree at 4:31 and 4:49. They both have a victim mentality that they are oppressed, and that's not true at all. With people being taught critical race theory, its teaching white people that they are white supremacists and brainwashing black people to opress themselves. Everyone is welcome anywhere in the uk no matter what their skin colour is nowadays, and its been like that for a long time.

Thank you! ❤

I’m a birdwatcher and I think that this documentary is wonderful! Thanks!

Wow, what a beautiful video! Congrats on how well it’s doing, thoroughly deserved for producing a great video on an important issue and giving people a voice 👏

Wonderful job, no wonder it’s been so well received!

This was wonderful! I live in the mountains of Colorado and adore all the wild birds I get to see every season. Like the wonderful people we see in this film, I feel an obligation to do what I can so the birds have at least my property as a safe haven to exist in. The world is mad in its insistence to destroy habitat in the pursuit of temporary wealth. Each of us can do something to make a difference…..and Vote.

It’s always so gratifying to see people enjoying bird watching. If we are to conserve the living world we need people find entry points for people to appreciate nature. Bird watching achieves this because as soon as you see a bird up close through binoculars you suddenly enter into their world and their fascinating lives. You gain an immediate appreciation that this too is another sentient being to be valued. You also receive the gift of wonder as so many questions arise as we begin to get to know birds. Birding often takes us into wild places where we experience the living world in multiple dimensions further increasing our sense of wonder and we soon learn the value of this in itself. Of course we need to know and learn but wonder is so important for us as humans but we don’t need to know all the answers. In this way, birding teaches us to slow down, be in the moment, that were actually very small. We learn a whole range of skills and a desire to conserve this amazing living planet not just for our sake but for the benefit of every living creature participating in this amazing 3.8 billion year long journey . . .

Thank you for spreading not only the word but also hope. One thing that struck me was the sentence if everybody does one small thing it turns into one very large thing. ❤

I enjoyed this and am so sorry we missed these wetlands when we were in London last September. We went to another wetland that honestly seemed a little zoolike in areas but ok. Next visit.

I had a fairly large vegetable garden that I don't use anymore, so this season I will turn it into a wildflower garden for the pollinators and the birds. I don't know what I'm doing, but I'll just toss all the wildflower seeds I have into the area and see what grows. Much of it will be Milkweed and Rudbeckia. I have Cosmos and sunflowers too. I'll have to do a little research about mowing it down or not too. But it will be interesting to see what happens.

Woww!!

This is so incredibly refreshing! Lira stole it for me, the down to earthness and passion just exudes! "That's a dinosaur in the air, I don't care what anyone says" was gold!!!

Wow👍

Greetings from the USA. If I could like this twice, I would! It’s heartwarming to me that even though we are far away from each other, you are “my people”! I always fed the backyard birds, but I started bird watching in my 50’s. I was absolutely blown away by how much I was missing when I started to look more closely. The more you look the more you see! I’m a proud bird nerd at this point. Nature is truly the best medicine, and is the closest I feel to God or Spirit. I love taking people along on my walks and helping them see the birds or animals that are all around us. Mary Oliver, a wonderful Nature poet puts it so beautifully in a poem that says: Pay attention, be amazed, tell about it.

That was so heartwarming to watch. I live near an access point to the wetlands, just off the Billet Road and i feel like redoubling my efforts after watching this

Beautiful!

fantastic thank you

Really great little documentary - thanks!

wonderful !

Share the world -leave space for nature .. uk has only so much space for humans -they must leave room for nature -when we build we must incorporate nature into our designs - inclusive not exclusive . This is the future. No more ugly urban sprawl

I love all the people on here and in the video that are passionate about saving the environment. One of the easiest and most consequential ways to do that is to substantially reduce the use of meat and dairy. They are a huge reason that so much woodland and wetlands are plowed under. There are 21 meals a week. Just removing meat and dairy from 5 meals would help immensely. So if you truly care, make the connection. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Beautiful Thomas, thank you so much for this delightful work.

A fantastic documentary, I'm glad to see younger folk also taking an interest and learning how good nature is for the mind

Birder from Montana, US here, appreciate yall spreading the awareness of the importance of protecting our local species, everything from our plants to birds. Its hard not to feel hopeless sometimes but its very encouraging hearing people experiencing the same things even if you are half a world away

Truly awesome! Well done.

I’ve always loved birds but when I found out I could contribute to science/conservation with birdwatching, I became addicted. I realized people of all genders, ages, ethnicities, etc are also birdwatching (not just retirees). It’s a vibrant community! When I birdwatch solo I usually run into other birders who direct me to anything special.

Bravo Sir! Please let the ladies know we are cheering them on from the sidelines! To combat the despondency they may wish to reach out to a sportswoman to know how they handle such emotions and keep going, I’ve seen Matthew Pinsent and Ben Kay give presentations in this regard for business so perhaps it’s something that Natasha Hunt or Natasha Jonas could do for these women Great to see the care, passion and commitment coming through and that people from a wide range of ages, backgrounds and locations can find common cause in protecting that which we all love - a lesson to us all

Beautiful and hopeful. Sharing this!

Every birdwatcher has their own stories. Nice documentary that brings out birdwatchers things about the birds and wildlife

Heart warming. we cant and we must not give up.

95% of animals on Earth (land vertebrates) are now cattle, pigs, sheep, chickens... 75% of wildlife populations have disappeared in 50 years. On the other hand human population more than doubled since then! And it's growing as fast as ever, despite lower birth rates, they apply to much larger numbers!

I was enjoying that until I heard "people of colour" "not feeling welcome". You just couldn't leave it out could you. Didn't take long did it?

Bird song is nature's own music. Lovely!

What a brilliant programme, loved it all. Well done to all involved and Clare is fab!

Every day I feed wild birds on my property ( my "oasis" ) Love them!

Wait - there is nothing stopping "people of colour" enjoying nature - that's an excuse and BS.

How many of these people eat chicken? 8/10.🤷🤦🏽🤔

thank you for the lovely gift which made me laugh for the goodness of the developed urban wetland = please make more of these = and for the funny comments by one of the women. We need a world-wide green movement, pushing the Green idea at the government more strongly, with the best intelligence and most realistic guidance to save our planet's atmosphere and the life of thousands of species now entering the final stage of extinction. Swifts and Swallows and warblers -- we can only protect these precious gifts from God if we protect them all the way to Africa, in Africa and all the way back again -- we need a world-wide movement with people sharing the same consciousness on this issue -- I appeal to Mother Church for help and to all the governments of the world. Join this work, all the cleverest boys and girls = we need you! We need the brains and we need the courage!❤

Thank you for making such a lovely and critical documentary. I've been able, with a $3,000 grant from Audubon, to create an "urban oasis" in my local and neglected park, where invasive species were ruining the open spaces and killing trees. I'm hoping to add a water feature, even if only a vernal pool, and I'm dedicated to doing all I can to help create nourishing and safe spaces fro all the local and migrating wildlife. This is in New Haven, CT, very near an expanding airport, unfortunately. Let's all do our part to help wildlife survive and thrive!

It's sad that most people only care about their own lives, their property, vehicles, video devices, money and prestige. Wildlife is at the bottom of human interests. Shouldn't be, but is. Personally, I'd rather have birds for neighbors, even the noisy crows who steal my chicken's feed.

Fantastic film, beautifully shot, loved it. (and apologies for being that annoying person who's phone alarm went off next to you during Lira's interview!)

Fantastic film, beautifully filmed and edited! It was a joy to hear the birdwatchers, their love of nature and especially the importance of conservation due to the very serious decline of birds and wildlife. The images were all stunning, some so special like the grebe feeding its young one and the gosling under her parent's wing. Very Glad to hear the film's popularity as its urgent concern will be out there and hopefully welcome a change in communities and beyond. Thank you for posting this wonderful film. Greetings from New York City.

I was enjoying this until the anti white racist lady starting talking.

After being in a massive metropolis in the Sonoran Desert for 8 years, I finally discovered a birding oasis nearby: Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch. It looks tiny on Google Maps but is amazing, having had over 200 bird species. I got out there with my new (used) DSLR and took 400+ photos, saw water birds, a Bald Eagle, Green Heron......In 1986 the new town of Gilbert decided to use 100% or it's reclaimed effluent to educate and create this Preserve :)

Why? The race card in a birding video? Very sad indeed.

This is a great video. The interviews and information was really well done. Going to share this with former colleagues I worked with in protected areas management here in Canada.

Great video!!!!

Excellent. Thanks

I was enjoying this until race was brought into it, then turned it off

Incredibly well made documentary - loved every bit of it and to hear the stories of people who are just as much in awe of nature as I am myself. It was especially inspiring to see people my age enjoying the things I love most.