Farmers are on the go all year round, and my neighbour is no exception.
I've buzzed over his fields in all seasons and he accepts it all good-naturedly.
He uses the excuse to call on me at Apéro-o'clock to drain my whisky stock.

Great shots.

DAFlys Posted at 8-14 01:36
Great shots.

Thanks. He's a good pal, and I've swallowed as much of his Calvados as he's had of my Whisky

Blériot53 Posted at 8-14 01:39
Thanks. He's a good pal, and I've swallowed as much of his Calvados as he's had of my Whisky

That reminds me I have a bottle of Calvados I brought back from Cognac,  I really should check its still OK.   

DAFlys Posted at 8-14 01:40
That reminds me I have a bottle of Calvados I brought back from Cognac,  I really should check its still OK.

It will be fine, even if you don't open it until YOUR retirement   
But once opened, it mysteriously evaporates away quite quickly

Blériot53 Posted at 8-14 01:48
It will be fine, even if you don't open it until YOUR retirement   
But once opened, it mysteriously evaporates away quite quickly

Yes,  I have experienced the evaporation before.

Great shots.

Woe Posted at 8-14 06:09
Great shots.

I have a good neighbourly relationship with the farmer in question

Excellent captures mate

Blériot53 Posted at 8-14 06:39
I have a good neighbourly relationship with the farmer in question

That's a good thing. It allow captures like these.

Blériot53 Posted at 8-14 01:21
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Amazing shots.  

A J Posted at 8-14 06:44
Excellent captures mate

Thanks AJ. There are a few more to add to the series. That's the ensilage, or harvesting the maize. I just have to extract them from the archive........

Blériot53 Posted at 8-14 10:00
Thanks AJ. There are a few more to add to the series. That's the ensilage, or harvesting the maize. I just have to extract them from the archive........

Keep them coming
BTW - I had a feeling you were English - strange!

DowntownRDB Posted at 8-14 09:57
Amazing shots.

Thank you RDB

A J Posted at 8-14 10:05
Keep them coming
BTW - I had a feeling you were English - strange!

Aye, yer can teck t'lad outta Britain, but...........

These clips from the harvesting video were done before dawn on a damp October morning, maybe that's why they seem a little out of focus.

Blériot53 Posted at 8-14 10:24
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Lovely shots
That sounds West Country

Blériot53 Posted at 8-14 10:16
Thank you RDB

You're very welcome.  

Nice shots!

XGrey Posted at 8-18 17:14
Nice shots!

Thank you! I am surrounded by farms

DAFlys Posted at 8-14 02:00
Yes,  I have experienced the evaporation before.

Friday week (11th September) is the next ensillage (maize harvest), he tells me. Weather permitting - and provided I can drag myself out of bed at 06h00 - I'll be there with the M2Zoom.

Blériot53 Posted at 9-2 07:12
Friday week (11th September) is the next ensillage (maize harvest), he tells me. Weather permitting - and provided I can drag myself out of bed at 06h00 - I'll be there with the M2Zoom.

Ive been watching the farmers here the last week or so, they are not mostly ploughing. I was going to send the drone up for some shots but the amount of seagulls following the tractors is scary.  

DAFlys Posted at 9-2 23:47
Ive been watching the farmers here the last week or so, they are not mostly ploughing. I was going to send the drone up for some shots but the amount of seagulls following the tractors is scary.

Bird strikes are always a worry. I was going to do a flight at the Great Orme near Llandudno a few years ago, but when I saw the flocks of seagulls and terns (Massive, some of them) I chickened out. Pardon the bird pun

Blériot53 Posted at 9-2 23:58
Bird strikes are always a worry. I was going to do a flight at the Great Orme near Llandudno a few years ago, but when I saw the flocks of seagulls and terns (Massive, some of them) I chickened out. Pardon the bird pun

Ive recently had a few run-ins with seagulls,  even had three of them chase the drone home and then circled like vultures for ages.

DAFlys Posted at 9-3 00:14
Ive recently had a few run-ins with seagulls,  even had three of them chase the drone home and then circled like vultures for ages.

Who needs Drone Police when we've got birds
Just the other day I was flying over fields and trees when I spotted a heron flying.
Tried to zoom in but I was a bit slow on the trigger and the resulting footage is still too far away to be impressive.

Blériot53 Posted at 9-3 00:23
Who needs Drone Police when we've got birds
Just the other day I was flying over fields and trees when I spotted a heron flying.
Tried to zoom in but I was a bit slow on the trigger and the resulting footage is still too far away to be impressive.

Herons are a common sight here,  mostly stealing fish from the garden ponds.  

DAFlys Posted at 9-3 00:25
Herons are a common sight here,  mostly stealing fish from the garden ponds.

They're a common sight here, too. And the white ones, the Egrets.  I once counted a dozen of 'em in the field next to the house.  They hunt the little froglets and voles, mice and so on. They walk amongst the cattle, who obligingly disturb these little ground-dwelling creatures for them to gobble up.

Blériot53 Posted at 9-3 00:28
They're a common sight here, too. And the white ones, the Egrets.  I once counted a dozen of 'em in the field next to the house.  They hunt the little froglets and voles, mice and so on. They walk amongst the cattle, who obligingly disturb these little ground-dwelling creatures for them to gobble up.

Most of the egrets here like to walk in the estuary mud at low tide.

DAFlys Posted at 9-3 06:20
Most of the egrets here like to walk in the estuary mud at low tide.

Last year, one of the bigger lakes to the south of here was emptied for cleaning - was it you who asked about the fish ladder? - and in the mud and remaining pools of water were dozens of pure white egrets ferreting about.  I'll dig out the footage. I flew over quite high, so they're only small dots, but you can see how numerous they were.

Blériot53 Posted at 9-3 06:40
Last year, one of the bigger lakes to the south of here was emptied for cleaning - was it you who asked about the fish ladder? - and in the mud and remaining pools of water were dozens of pure white egrets ferreting about.  I'll dig out the footage. I flew over quite high, so they're only small dots, but you can see how numerous they were.

I did ask about the fish ladder, and you educated me

DAFlys Posted at 9-3 06:52
I did ask about the fish ladder, and you educated me

I've added the pic to my original post.

Blériot53 Posted at 9-3 14:47
I've added the pic to my original post.

Blériot53 Posted at 8-14 01:39
Thanks. He's a good pal, and I've swallowed as much of his Calvados as he's had of my Whisky

Haha. Nice to read that. That's cool you and your neighbour are friends. Btw, nice shots, thanks for sharing