Searching for red grouse on Yorkshire's majestic moors

In this video I head off to the Yorkshire Dales where I embark upon photographing the red grouse, on Ilkley Moor.

With an early start getting up at 3:30 AM or an hour and a half's drive my aim was to be there in plenty of time before sunrise, the forecast was meant to be good with some clear skies however as the morning progressed and the sun rose, there was a thick Bank of cloud on the horizon in the east therefore preventing a good sunrise which I was hoping for to illuminate the red grouse on the Stonewall of the Moor.

Still, all was not lost I had a full day ahead of me and my aim of getting one particular photo of a nice male grouse with his head coming out of the purple Heather was my aim.

As the morning progressed the midges came out in their thousands and descended upon anything that stopped, making it at times hardly bearable to stop and take pictures of the grouse I did have a mosquito net to put over my head but this is only good enough for when you stop for longer periods as it is quite hard to see out of.

Anyway I eventually got the shot after hours of trying and miles of walking one particular male grouse obliged Ann stuck his head out of the purple Heather and posed for a few seconds for me to get the image that I had been longing for since first coming up here in April.
A fantastic day-out job done despite being bitten to death by the midges.

PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT USED

Canon R5 https://amzn.to/3KGnZ4t
Canon R6 https://amzn.to/3qsEytK
Canon R7 https://amzn.to/41jeNcw
Canon rf 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L
Canon EF 70 -200mm f2.8 IS III L
Canon RF 85mm f1.2L USM DS Lens
Canon RF 1.4 x convertor
Smallrig Camara cage x3
Benro Tortoise 24CLV Tripod

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Other items used, and in my Kit

Hikmicro LYNX LC06 Handheld Thermal Monocular: -
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RSPB Harrier binoculars 10 x 42: -
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