A fantastic encounter with a large sow and her piglets.
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- Rob Ward
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- My name is Robin Ward, I was born and I have lived in the Forest of Dean all my life. I consider myself privileged to live in such a beautiful place. Having a massive passion for all our wildlife I have created a blog as a diary, covering all wildlife. I have also created another blog, dedicated to our beautiful snakes that we have here, in the Forest of Dean. I have been monitoring and surveying areas for the adder and grass snake for many years and will do for the rest of my life. It's not a sin to love wildlife, we need it to survive! Robin Ward
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I work hard with our native snakes, surveying and managing certain areas for them in the winter, so they have a good habitat when they emerge from hibernation in the spring. Over the years I have learned a lot and now I never move the snakes for photography purposes. My photographs you see of the snakes are of them in their natural environment.
Some people ask me how I know so much about certain subjects, like our snakes, wild boar and deer? The answer is simple, my passion for our wildlife is overwhelming and I want to learn as much about it as possible.
My photography is just an extension of my passion, my way of showing others what I see.
I am self taught with everything I know, but it doesn't come easy and it doesn't happen over night! I will carry on learning for the rest of my life through reading, research and practice.
Rob
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I liked that, superb picture of the sow and piglets. And with the vocals..........
ReplyDeleteThanks Bob, I was shaking with adrenaline after, this is one of my best encounters to date.
ReplyDeleteHi Rob,
ReplyDeleteNice one! Shows exactly how the forests boar population behaves when they encounter a human. Its a shame that when they trot towards other people like that, just to suss them out, it turns into "Oh my god, I was chased by a Wild Boar!!".
Keep up the enthusiasm and the good work,
Kind regards,
Lewis Thomson.
Hi Lewis,
ReplyDeleteYour right mate, it's down to education. I knew that as soon as she spotted me I had to stand up to show her my size, but I also knew that as long as he piglets were with her, she would stay with them.
The reason I talked through the video was to tell and show people what to expect when encountering them. As you have already mentioned, most would put that down as a charge.
I have uploaded it to YouTube also, so hopefully it will get through to a few people.
We have got to bump into one another one day?
Regards
Rob
great vid rob just shows there are no harm in them at all like the big one i encoutered acople of weeks ago it just ambled of into the undergrowth showing no malice at all,me and the wife have seen them with the two dogs before they just run off even with there young im afraid the fc have got it all wrong ,regards brian
ReplyDeleteThanks Brian,
ReplyDeleteYour right mate they have got it wrong, same as 90% of the general public, but that's down to the scare mongering and landowners.
Going back before they were around I used to walk around our forest and get excited when I saw a deer, but I longed for something to get the adrenaline going. That boar got me more excited than any deer encounter and I can't wait to get out there again.
Rob
Fantastic footage, Rob, and I think you're so right in saying it's important to educate people as to the dos and don'ts when encountering wild boar. They're beautiful creatures, but it's important to understand and respect them in the wild.
ReplyDeleteAs an aside, I'm the assistant editor of Cotswold Life magazine and would love to include your fantastic shot of the white buck in the November issue if at all possible. If so, I'd be grateful if you could email me at: candia.mckormack@archant.co.uk
Thanks so much!