00:27So, hello my friends.
00:29I hope you're all doing well.
00:31As you can probably tell, I'm back in the pop-up hide and I'm set up down at the bottom
00:39of a field near the lake along this hedgerow where a friend of mine saw some jackal puppies
00:46yesterday and he was kind enough to share the location with me as I've been desperate
00:53to find some jackal pups.
00:57So, I've set up here, I've got about an hour and a half if they come out at the same
01:03time
01:03as they did yesterday.
01:06So fingers crossed they'll make an appearance and play in front of the camera for me.
01:13So, I shall catch up with you in a bit, hopefully, with the jackal pups in frame.
01:25So they popped out of the hedgerow and I had spotted a hole in the hedge about 50 yards
01:34away and I assumed that's where they were going to pop out.
01:38But they popped out literally about three meters in front of me.
01:44just two of them, I think there's four in total.
01:52And they had a look at the hide and then went running up the hedgerow so they're now approximately
02:01at the hole that I saw.
02:04two of them, two of them, that is.
02:07And they're just munching on some greenery at the minute.
02:13one of them is, anyway, they had a little tumble and play.
02:22And then they've just been sitting in the long grass and having a munch on the grass.
02:38I've just got one in frame at the minute, I don't know where the other one disappeared too.
02:44I'm struggling to focus as well with the long grass.
03:01So I'm getting silhouetted shots because the sun is behind them.
03:08And all I can see is a pair of ears and a little snout that comes up every now and
03:14again
03:14I'm going to grab some of the fresher grass.
03:24So, I'm going to stay pretty quiet, I think, now I won't be doing much talking to camera
03:33because they are just so close to me I'm scared they're going to hear me in spook.
03:40They seem to be very curious and quite unafraid.
03:45So I'll come back to you in a bit if I get some decent shots of them playing.
03:50And if the other two come out as well, it would be nice to get all four in a shot.
03:55So far I've only got the two of them interacting just a little bit.
04:01We'll see.
04:04The sun is hopefully getting lower now as well so the light will become a much softer and more golden.
04:14So I'm happy for some nice shots.
04:20I'll come back with you in a bit.
04:24Incredible.
04:26Either mum or dad came back and they all came running out to greet her.
04:31And she took them back into the hedgerow probably to give them a feed.
04:37So they've all disappeared just a minute but that was amazing.
04:41I don't know what kind of shot I got of it though because it happened so suddenly.
04:45I don't know why.
04:47And mum or dad didn't seem fazed by my presence here either.
04:52Which is amazing because they're really flighty.
05:00So I'll keep being quiet.
05:04And hopefully they'll come out again and have a play after they've fed.
05:09In the last light of the day.
05:11That would be lovely.
05:15Okay so it's been about half an hour since the parent came back and took the pups into the
05:23bushes to their den probably to feed them.
05:26And they haven't made a reappearance.
05:28The sun has been gone over the mountain now for a little bit.
05:33So light is completely gone as well.
05:38Which means it's probably not worth me hanging on any longer.
05:42I will try and put together a little sequence of the footage that I was able to get.
05:47I didn't get that much.
05:48I didn't have much time with them unfortunately.
05:51And most of that time they were mostly hiding behind the tall grass.
05:56And having a munch on the grass.
06:00Until their parent came.
06:03So hopefully a sequence will come together.
06:07We'll see.
06:09And hopefully you'll enjoy watching it.
06:11I might try again actually.
06:13Come down tomorrow or the day after.
06:15And see if I can get some more shots of them.
06:19We'll see because I didn't manage to get any stills either.
06:22So that being the case I'm going to sign off here.
06:27Stick around for the sequence.
06:29Hopefully you'll enjoy that.
06:31Thank you so much for watching.
06:33And I'll see you all again soon.
06:35Bye for now.
06:36Bye for now.
06:38Take care.
06:39Bye.
06:39Bye for now.
06:43Bye.