00:00dived and caught a monster fish and at this minute he's struggling to swallow the thing it's so big
00:24so hello again it's been a while since i was able to bring you a video i spent the last
00:31few months
00:32back in the uk at home and though i had hoped i would be able to get out and make
00:39some videos
00:40from the uk i guess life took over and i was too busy trying to earn my living
00:48but now i'm back in greece and back at lake at guinea and it's full-on summer it's the third
00:56of august
01:00incredibly hot incredibly humid and you will see a completely different side to the lake
01:09than that of the winter which if you've been following my videos up until now you will have seen
01:18mainly winter and a couple of videos that i made in the spring here
01:24so yeah i'm just taking i've just arrived this afternoon and i'm taking before i go to the hotel
01:31a quick drive around the northern and eastern side of the lake to see what the conditions are like
01:41and to see what species of bird are are around and so far i've seen
01:48little egret gray herons uh the purple herons aren't there that were there in the spring
01:56there's lots of glossy ibis around as well which is cool so we'll have a go photographing them at some
02:01point um what else uh bee eaters uh not so many as we're here in the spring
02:10but still plenty um and there's uh dozens of both white pelicans and the dalmatian pelicans as well
02:21they're quite far out so we'll do that from the boat
02:28and in the meantime i'm heading down to one of the canals that runs off the lake here
02:36where i hope to see and photograph some little bitten this afternoon but we'll see
02:49there's another place down there
02:56okay yeah so i'll catch up with you in a little while hopefully from the canal
02:59with uh some little bitmins in the shot so i'll see you there
03:06so
03:40so i'm at the canal
03:43and what i'm trying to do now is find the gap in the reeds
03:49that i might park up at and see if i can wait out
04:12it's quite well hidden behind the reeds so i can't go let's try further along
04:19see if i have any more luck
04:26oh and the gray herring just took off
04:34you can probably hear squawking away there
04:45big wasp just here
04:51i've not actually seen those in the uk
04:54big wasps here with the massively long dangly legs
05:04hidden combine
05:14much around
05:15and go around the other side i think
05:39i might just have to choose a spot
05:44and wait it out
05:48another squawker there
05:54not so far my little bitmins this year
05:59this gives me a pretty good view onto the canal
06:05so i'm gonna hang around here for a little bit and see if anything turns up
06:10so i'll see you then hopefully
06:16so i have a squawk o'heron just behind me in the reeds here it's quite a nice clean shot
06:25just a little bit of video for me
06:34so
06:35gray herring in this place
06:36just so
06:39fly through the gray herons
06:44a little squawk o'rriving
07:05Dived and caught a monster fish and at this minute he's struggling to
07:12swallow the thing, it's so big. That's so funny, so cool, I wonder if he'll manage it, oop I think
07:30he's going to try it, where is he?
07:42He's gone into the shade to try and swallow in there.
08:05Still struggling.
08:28It's so good.
08:35It's so good.
09:04I hope this video is going to be fine.
09:06in focus because he's gone in behind the reeds. So the reeds are sort of blowing in the wind
09:14in front of the herring and I'm not sure if it's focusing on him or it's picking up the
09:22reeds and refocusing on them. I hope they'll stay sharp. It's now four
09:34minutes that he's been struggling with this fish. Oh, and he's dropped it. Noo!
09:46It got away.
09:52Poor thing. He thought he had the meal of a lifetime there I think and it got away from him.
10:07And I think the fish actually was still alive. He escaped.
10:16I guess that's how it goes sometimes.
10:22I'm taking a drink of water now. Trying to recover his composure.
10:29Well, that was really fun. Poor little guy. A bit off more than he could chew.
10:40Right, this time I will make a move. I'll see you in a bit.
10:44The weather is starting to close in which doesn't surprise me with the level of heat and humidity
10:52that looks like a thunderstorm is starting to build.
10:58So, I've arrived where I saw the, there's a few down there still, the Glossy Ivers,
11:07which is at a place we call the Triangle, at the north-eastern corner of the lake.
11:16So, I've parked up behind this big flame tree and I'm gonna try and make my way down to the
11:26water search
11:26without scaring off the birds though. I doubt I'll be successful in that.
11:35But we'll give it a go and see what happens.
11:41So, bear with me whilst I get everything together.
12:09So, unfortunately I was predicted most of the Glossy Ibis flew as they're quite flighty little birds.
12:16And I'm left with a few Squakos and a bunch of more hens.
12:22But, um, I'll give it a little bit of time. Maybe they'll come back.
12:29Hopefully before the rain comes. You can probably hear the thunder rumbling there.
12:39It sounds like we're in for a bit of a storm later.
12:43But, uh, with any luck it'll hold off for a little while at least.
12:49Okay, so I'm gonna settle in here for a little bit and see what comes along.
13:07Shall I start again?
13:11Okay.
13:12I start in with a little more.
13:14Right?
13:18Alright.
13:20Let's go.
13:22Hmm.
13:24Right?
13:25If you want to go somewhere.
13:26Right?
13:27Hmm.
13:27Hmm.
13:27Hmm.
13:28Hmm.
13:29Hmm.
13:29Maybe.
13:30Hmm.
13:30Hmm.
13:30Hmm.
13:30Hmm.
13:30Hmm.
13:30Hmm.
13:31I'm.
13:33Hmm.
13:34Hmm.
13:38Well that was pretty exciting, it was very far away, but I think it's a gosfolk, I can't
13:45be sure.
13:47He came down and had a go at one of the little egrets, didn't get him, and then he was
13:52chased
13:52off by all the cormorants.
13:56We'll have a look at that later on the laptop, it should make a nice photo, I'm hoping.
14:01I couldn't quite grab focus as he flew off, but whilst he was attacking the little egret,
14:08I think I managed to get a decent shot there.
14:11Nothing on video unfortunately, it all happened so quickly, but that was very cool.
14:18The thunder as you can hear is still rumbling away behind me.
14:26Today there mostly has been a day of our squawco herons it seems, wherever I've been it's
14:32just full of squawcos.
14:35There are other birds too, but it's the squawcos that have been the less flighty of them all,
14:43and they've stuck around it to let me photograph them.
14:49I think the frogs must be sensing the storm coming as well, because they've all started
14:53croaking away as well.
15:05So the purple heron just turned up.
15:10Chuck the squawco heron off.
15:13It's perch.
15:16They've got these stunning birds, I love purple herons.
15:26Big lightning strike, and the rain has come.
15:29Big lightning strike, and the rain has come.
15:30Big lightning strike and the rain has come.
16:06There's been shelter under the tree, in the rain, let's see if I can show you.
16:24Damsel flies.
16:40So, I think I'm going to call it a day here and head back to the hotel for a bit
16:47of dinner.
16:51And get an early start in the morning and hopefully bring you another video.
16:55I'm still not sure what I'm going to do for tomorrow, but I'll have a think tonight and
17:01we'll see.
17:02So, thank you for watching, I hope you've enjoyed this one and sorry it's been so long
17:07since the last one.
17:09So, I hope you'll join me again tomorrow.
17:10Thanks for watching.
17:12Bye for now.
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