The Reality of Bird Photography in the UK - Visiting a Nature Reserve On a Wet Windy Day

If you live in England you'll probably identify with this bird photography shoot on a cold rainy day - with flat light! It's my first visit to this Nature Reserve in Yorkshire today... but do I get any decent bird photos? Watch and find out!
I'm using a Canon R6 with Canon EF 400mm F/5.6 Lens and a Black Rapid Strap .
Do you have any ways with dealing with this kind of miserable weather.. or do you use certain techniques? Let me know in the Comments below.
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[@danniburgess]

I think it's so important and refreshing to see professionals also feel the pain of challenging visits! As a newbie to photography, it can be disheartening seeing pucture perfect visits all the time on social media when the reality is rather different! Very entertaining 👏

[@JockyT1]

Great film, very relatable indeed. Wildlife in the UK always seems to be miles away but there's always the chance that something will happen close by - just being there and being patient is everything.

[@terryorourke4758]

Excellent video. More of this type please 👍👍

[@djfletcherer]

More Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve trips! And good tips for making best of poor weather!!

[@richardmerritt5600]

Made me laugh this one Paul ... exactly like most of the days I spend on a reserve 😂

[@steveparent8788]

Honest failures from pros are reality. Those videos are really important for all nature lovers. Things don't always go as planned. Effort = A. Thanks for your video !

[@RichardCookphotography]

Great video Paul. Really admire your fortitude going out in those kind of conditions...for british photographers a camera that performs at high isos is obviously an absolute must. 😀

[@marktaylor9579]

I like these type of vlogs Paul, they show what most of my days out for bird phptography have been lately! I'm sure I'm not alone, but it's 'good' to see that even the Pro's suffer the same fate sometimes 🙂

[@doug11127]

Thanks for this Miguel you are showing everyone how hard it is to do wildlife photography. Whenever I go out to my local reserves it’s like this most of the time lol, and always wishing I had a longer lens. Keep em’ coming 😊 cheers Doug

[@Bevieevans8]

It's good to see and know we're not the only ones having bad days. Warts an' all videos are sometimes the best

[@nightwolf1592]

Yep, more of this style please 👍😊

[@zephalu]

Yup, it isn't easy getting a good photo of a bird. You held it out longer than I would in those conditions and got some great photos. We have watched you since getting out first Canon camera a few years ago.

[@adamromek5386]

I was recently in England, near Hyde.

[@AstrocandyTV]

Great video. With how terrible the weather has been for astrophotography I've taken up bird photography and I'm loving it. It's seriously addictive in my opinion. A steep learning curve to learn what it is I'm photographing and actually photographing small fast birds definitely has a "sporting" feel to it.

[@robertbrown6060]

Yes, like the video. It’s realistic, particularly with the lousy run of weather we’ve had for the last 5 months.

[@ChrisHunt4497]

Love this style of video. Very relatable. 😊

[@elspeth8876]

I loved this video, especially the fly…🤣. It reminds me of so many of my outings.

[@paulbaldwin2290]

Excellent video Paul really love flying geese and woodpecker great filming like the longer videos 👏👏👏

[@steveparent8788]

Very challenging situations to shoot Miguel

[@NotSoGoodGamingTV]

Lovely shot of the woodpecker around 7 minutes. A lot of this looks really similar to here in the netherlands.