Videos tell a story

Although my main interest is taking still images I have made a few videos and expect more to come.

The Spin

In June 2024 I stayed for three days on the small island of Grimsey in Iceland. More than two million birds are nesting on the only five square kilometre island on the Arctic Circle during summer. To me it was a great experience to follow the beautiful red-necked phalarope searching for food in the Sandvikurtjörn pond. In this shallow water, it will spin very fast in small circles to whirl up insects and invertebrates to the surface. An amazing behaviour.

Winter Brown Bear

In April 2022, I went to the north eastern part of Finland nearby the Russian border to photograph Brown Bears. Usually, wildlife photographers visit the location in the light summer months being ideal with plenty of bears. However, I took a chance going in April when the bears are just coming out from hibernation and the taiga is still covered in snow allowing for unique photo opportunities. This time a year there is no guarantee of seeing bears but the gamble paid off. My main objective with the trip was to get still images but I also made a few video clips.

Dipper Project

Every year a small number of White-throated dippers migrate to Denmark when the rivers and streams freeze in Northern Scandinavia. At Solbjerg Engsoe in North Zealand we almost always have a White-throated dipper from November to March. During the winter months of 2021, I visited the location about 25 times and decided to do some video of the dipper for the first time. Wearing my waterproof waders, I have been lying in the water for hours filming the dipper doing its routines as eating larvae and other aquatic insects. It has been a privilege to follow the stunning little bird and I hope it will return safely to its breeding grounds up north.

Penduline tit

In June 2019 nearby Kerkini harbour and Lake Kerkini in Northern Greece I came across a pair of penduline tits about to build a nest. I spend a few hours observing and photographing how they flew in with nesting materials and worked on the fine construction.

Penguin shower

Falkland Islands is home to about 320,000 pairs of rockhopper penguins and on Saunders Island some of them have found an excellent way of cleaning their feathers by using a freshwater stream running off a mountain. It was amazing to watch the cute little rockhoppers forcing the steep cliffs on return from the sea and taking their turns to get a shower. It seemed almost human!