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Schlagwort: Birds

The Birdwatchers

12. Februar 2025 um 15:28 Uhr von Ronny

Ein mehrfach preisgekrönter Naturdokumentarfilm von Thomas Winward der sich denen widmet, die Vögel beobachten.

What does it mean to be a birdwatcher? Why is access to nature important? What makes someone get up at 3 a.m. to go birdwatching in the pouring rain?

My goal for 2024 was to make a short documentary off my own back. I self-funded, directed, shot and edited this little film about birdwatching in London, saying to myself that if it encouraged just one person to take environmental action it would be a success.

The response has blown me away.

It has been screened across the UK as well as in Canada and Colombia, where I introduced it in (clumsy) Spanish.

It has been selected for 12 film festivals and nominated for 8 awards, including Best Documentary at the BIFA-qualifying Sunrise Film Festival.

It has won 4 awards.


(Direktlink, via Nag on the Lake)

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9-jähriger Junge gewinnt europaweiten Möwen-Kreisch-Wettbewerb

26. April 2024 um 9:42 Uhr von Ronny

Was ihr bis eben nicht wusstet: Es gibt einen europäischen Möwen-Kreisch-Wettbewerb. Der fand kürzlich in der kürzlich in der belgischen Küstenstadt De Panne statt und gewonnen hat ihn der 9-jährige Cooper aus Chesterfield in Derbyshire, der von dort dafür extra nach Belgien gereist ist.

The family heard about the competition from a random man who overheard Cooper doing impressions at a soft-play centre and suggested Cooper could compete.

He scored 92 points out of a possible 100, which meant he won the juvenile category and also had the highest points score in the competition.

The other categories were for adults and also for „colonies“, meaning a group of people doing seagull impressions.

Cooper took his lucky mascot with him – a small model seagull which he calls Stephen and spells with a „ph“, but his parents call Steven Seagull, like the actor Steven Seagal.


(Direktlink, via BoingBoing)

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Ein Schuhschnabel und sein Küken

24. Januar 2024 um 9:09 Uhr von Ronny

Ich habe bis eben noch nie ein Schuhschnabelküken gesehen. Dieses wurde im Mubamba-Sumpf in Uganda aufgenommen.

Our first trip out in Uganda, was from Entebbe on the shores of Lake Victoria to see the Shoebill Storks. We left early in the morning, it take around two hours to get to the Mubamba Swamp area. The time of year we were there, the water level was high, which made it difficult top navigate the swamp area and meant the shoebills were further away. Our guide took us to see a family group that was nesting around one and half hours boat ride away. A very enjoyable morning on the edges of Lake Victoria.


(Direktlink, via The Kid Should See This)

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