Sam Oakes

wildlife cameraman + drone pilot
// BBC NHU, Channel 4, Channel 5 etc //

[BBC Earth @BBCEarth]

Leopards ward off other leopards by leaving urine scent marks and scratches on trees 🐆⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Find out more with #Eden: Untamed Planet. Discover where to watch in your region 👉 https://t.co/vg6yVrgRmg

#EarthOnLocation by © Sam Oakes ⁣

[BBC Earth @BBCEarth]

Carmine bee eaters live in colonies of up to 1,000 birds! 🐦⁣
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Find out more with #Eden: Untamed Planet. Discover where to watch in your region 👉 https://t.co/vg6yVrgRmg
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#EarthOnLocation by © Sam Oakes ⁣

[BBC Springwatch @BBCSpringwatch]

A tail of two nests by wildlife cameraman @SamOakesFilms 💚

#Springwatch

[Sam Oakes @SamOakesFilms]

The sun rising yesterday morning through one of the arches of Caiplie caves @welcometofife

[Guardian Environment @guardianeco]

'Invisible killer': fossil fuels caused 8.7m deaths globally in 2018, research finds https://t.co/VDwCiycrAV

[Sam Oakes @SamOakesFilms]

@sritchie43 @PinkfootedGus @cristinlambert 🦫

[Sam Oakes @SamOakesFilms]

I had great fun filming this sequence on Brent geese in Dublin last year, such sharp and striking birds

[BBC Springwatch @BBCSpringwatch]

Where would you expect to find a voyager from the High Arctic?
Probably not a Dublin park... 😍

#Winterwatch ❄️

[Becky Lakin @birderbex]

Really pleased to have received this grant! Yay for the gulls and more seabird research🐦😍 I have missed monitoring floofy chicks this year!

[Billie @_BillieBelieves]

When the Oxford vaccine runs out the rest of us get the Durham one

[David Steel @SteelySeabirder]

***ONE TO WATCH*** Tonight's episode of Autumnwatch on BBC Two at 8pm will bring you more updates from the Grey Seal colonies of the Isle of May. However it will also feature bird migration and the Bird Observatory! The full story is on blog: https://t.co/VnWtRiQI6m

[Rupert Myers @RupertMyers]

Absolutely wonderful with the sound

[BBC Springwatch @BBCSpringwatch]

Have you heard of the "hook-nosed sea pig"? It's a rough translation of the latin name of the grey seal - Halichoerus grypus. Find out more about these rarities in a blog by @Wild_Wild_Wints, one of the team behind our #Autumnwatch live wildlife cameras - https://t.co/BCOM5dqm6N

[BBC Springwatch @BBCSpringwatch]

Autumn is here, one of our most beautiful seaons. 🍂❤️

Join us for the next 2 weeks as we bring you the very best of this magical time of year, LIVE on @BBCTwo Tuesday to Friday at 8pm.

#Autumnwatch 🍂

[Sam Oakes @SamOakesFilms]

@PinkfootedGus Have you seen the heaps of it in Coire a'Cheud-chnoic in Glen Torridon on the opposite side of the road to Liathach? Absolutely insane

[Sam Oakes @SamOakesFilms]

Grateful to be able to contribute to this important reporting from @Channel4News

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Watch @Channel4News special at 7pm with @jonsnowC4 live on The Wash speaking to @MatthewAgarwala and @BeccyRSPB about the lost decade in the battle to save our natural world. We’ll look at a report being published tomorrow that shows global targets have been missed #thelostdecade

[BBC @BBC]

“We are at a turning point. What happens next is up to every one of us.”

#ExtinctionTheFacts. Sunday 13 September. 8pm. @BBCOne & @BBCiPlayer.

[Films at 59 @filmsat59]

Atlantic: A Year In The Wild is retunring to @channel5 Starting Friday 11 September woth #PostProduction from @filmsat59

[Becky Lakin @birderbex]

Hi twitter! Is anyone able to help us interpret the results of some #DNA analysis? Using
@Agilent
bioanalyzer and dna1000 kit. We're puzzled by the upper marker peaks. Any help much appreciated!#DNAseq #pcr #quantification #phdadvice #phdchat #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter

[Mammal Society @Mammal_Society]

1/4 of native #mammals risk extinction in Britain, finds our 1st @IUCNRedList authorised Red List:
➡️https://t.co/ddhlbwErhF ⬅️
🐾11 risk imminent extinction
🐾 5 near threatened
🐾 4 data deficient
@UK_CEH @JNCC_UK @NaturalEngland @nature_scot @NatResWales #MammalsAtRisk