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The beautiful animated scenes from ‘The Last Song of the Nightingale’ have been put altogether, watch them here!
The nightingale, "a bird many have heard of, but few have seen." This informative animation, A Short History of the Nightingale, was created by British
As the nightingales return to UK shores we thought it would be a good time to release the animated scenes from our documentary ‘The Last Song of the Nightingale’.
Written and produced by Katie Stacey & Luke Massey, designed and animated by Will Rose, narrated by Samuel West, with sound by Nic Allan, these scenes explore the nightingale’s historical and cultural influence as well as their incredible migratory journey.
https://vimeo.com/535324347
Crowdfunded by you, we will be continuing to share extracts from the film over the coming weeks/months.
We hope you enjoy and feel free to share!
A short animated history of the Nightingale. A bird many have heard of, but few have seen. Their numbers have seen a significant drop in recent years. Learn about…
Incredibly exciting to be a part of this fantastic film festival!
Thank you, Mountain Broadcasting, for interviewing Luke Massey about his film THE LAST SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE.
THE LAST SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE is virtually screening April 17 - April 23.
Listen to the full interview:
http://wildlifefilms.org/2021/04/12/interview-with-luke-massey-from-the-last-song-of-the-nightengale/
Thank you, 4 Ravens Gallery, for sponsoring this film!
We've been busy filming on our farm, a new 12-part series about all life here at Wild Finca. Here's a taster of our January episode, and we will be sharing the full film with our newsletter subscribers by the end of the week. If you'd like to see it be sure to sign up at www.wildfinca.com
Each month Katie, Luke and Roan will be releasing a 30 minute episode of life at Wild Finca - a ´slow tv´ style fly on the wall series. To see episode…
We have less than 2 days left on a crowdfunder we’ve set up to protect land that borders us, from overgrazing, pesticide use and development.
Read the full story here:
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/wild-finca
We appreciate that times are hard, and if you support the protection of nature and wild places, but can’t manage a donation, we would be so appreciative of a share!
Super excited that our short film ‘Salt, Wine & Wildlife’ has been officially selected for this festival!
The Cadiz province is known for its salt and its wine. 'Salt, Wine & Wildlife' looks at how artisan salt and organically produced wine can work in harmony with nature.
You can watch it here:
https://sunbitternmedia.com/salt-wine-wildlife
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It’s Swift Awareness Week! Here’s a short film about the swifts at our farm, we hope you enjoy!
The last in our latest series of Youtube films, from our time spent in the astonishingly beautiful Kakadu National Park with NT Bird Specialists - Birding Tours.
We hope you enjoy it as much as we did making it!
https://youtu.be/LXMbca_u6t4?fbclid=IwAR2hHpSNHCNTzwEH5KkLBStK6g1WogQV6-WwtFD8taIWCyawa9HbxmvTvtU
From Darwin to the wilds of Kakadu National Park, guided by the excellent NT Bird Specialists we track down crocs, geese and many many more incredible specie...
Check out Luke Massey's new wildlife Youtube channel. From Australia to Africa to Ecuador. Don't forget to hit subscribe while you are there.
In the final segment of this wildlife travel series, I visit Australia's Northern Territory. Beginning in the NT's capital city of Darwin. A surprising amoun...
Luke has been working on a YouTube page of our adventures. Check out part 1 of our time in Zambia’s Lower Zambezi National Park and don’t forget to subscribe while you are there! Part 2 coming tomorrow
The tell tale sign of big cats (or wild dogs) about...lounging hyenas.
If you haven’t yet, catch part 1 of my Lower Zambezi adventure (link in post below). Part 2 coming tomorrow 👍
Fun little article Katie put together for National Geographic about the cutest little zebra!
‘The Last Song of the Nightingale’ will be premiering a teaser this weekend at the Birdfair - please stop by the Sony stand to watch it and chat to the DOP Luke Massey Images.
‘The Nightingale & The Bomber’ will also be on display with limited edition prints now available at a special discounted Birdfair price of £75 - all proceeds go to the making of this conservation film - for sale here:
https://sunbitternmedia.com/the-nightingale-the-bomber/the-nightingale-amp-the-bomber-limited-edition-a3-print
On 26th April 2019 acclaimed street artist ATM painted a nightingale on the tail fin of a WW2 Wellington bomber in Phillips gallery, Berkeley Square, London. This piece came about as part of Sunbittern Media’s ‘The Last Song of the Nightingale’ project. In the spring of 1924, the first ever
Posted • Live in or near Nottingham? Free on the 4th July? I'll be at LCE with Sony running two Bird of Prey photography workshops, as well as giving a little talk with tips and tricks to help you along with your wildlife photography PLUS there'll be a tonne of Sony gear for you to try out and on the day very special offers on equipment!
Message me for more details.
Photo: Australian White Ibis (not found in Nottingham or a bird of prey) but photogenic and found wandering the streets of Darwin.
A Nightingale at night in Berlin. This was taken by luke last week in Berlin, although easily heard at night, seeing them is another challenge entirely. Luckily he saw the street light just glinting off its pale breast and was able to get some footage and a couple of photos. Photo by for
Posted • I’m just back from a week shooting nightingales in Berlin. Whilst stood waiting for a singing ‘gale to show itself I clocked a pair of long tailed t**s flitting back and forth to a nest. Now they’re cool birds anyway but what was interesting in this pair was that one was a Long tailed tit of the race found in central Europe (Europaeus for the geeks) which is common in Berlin, but the other part of the pair was this one, a white headed one found more commonly in Northern Europe (caudatus) & rare, if found ever in Berlin. But this one perhaps migrated down for the winter, found love, liked Berlin and has decided to stick around. Cool hey?
The first in a series of films we shot for Wex Photo Video, on our travels last Autumn.
It has been a whirlwind couple of weeks of filming ‘The Last Song of the Nightingale’ for our camera crew!
From exploring the effects of birds on our mental health with Joe Harkness, to investigating the impacts of development at Lodge Hill, the UK's most important home for nightingales, and the threats to Minsmere from a new nuclear power station.
From chatting about nightingales in literature with the brilliant Richard Mabey, delving into the 12th century poem ‘The Owl and the nightingale’ with Dr Michael Warren, to ringing nightingales with Mike Drew and visiting the nightingale haven at Paxton Pitts with Jim Stevenson & Trevor Gunton.
And of course the most high profile of our shoots was our event in Berkeley Square, where renowned street artist ATM painted a nightingale on a section of tailplane from a WW2 bomber. We were delighted that The Guardian decided to run a piece on the story, which you can read here:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/29/bird-lovers-flock-to-berkeley-square-as-nightingales-return
Next spring, when the documentary debuts, we will be auctioning this stunning piece of art but in the meantime you can get your hands on a limited edition Luke Massey photograph of ‘The Nightingale & The Bomber’ here:
https://sunbitternmedia.com/the-nightingale-the-bomber/the-nightingale-amp-the-bomber-limited-edition-a3-print
All proceeds will go towards the editing of the documentary.
We’re now headed into a further three weeks of filming so keep an eye on our social media accounts for behind the scenes tasters!
Very best wishes,
The Sunbittern Media Team
www.sunbitternmedia.com
On 26th April 2019 acclaimed street artist ATM painted a nightingale on the tail fin of a WW2 Wellington bomber in Phillips gallery, Berkeley Square, London. This piece came about as part of Sunbittern Media’s ‘The Last Song of the Nightingale’ project. In the spring of 1924, the first ever
Wonderful to see beautiful piece, ‘The Nightingale & The Bomber’, out in Berkeley Square this evening. And what an evening to be a part of, alongside the inspiring
The Last Song of the Nightingale is in The Guardian this morning! There is still time to check out ATM’s ‘The Nightingale & The Bomber’ piece, which will be out in Berkeley Square this evening.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/29/bird-lovers-flock-to-berkeley-square-as-nightingales-return
Artists and musicians swoop to save one of UK’s most celebrated but endangered birds
Posted • They may not be the most exciting looking bird but they’ve excited naturalists, poets, artists, musicians and others for millennia. That song can’t be lost. The nightingale.
Latest from over where he is painting a Nightingale on a section of tailplane from a WW2 bomber
Happening now is painting a Nightingale on a section of tailplane from a WW2 bomber. Head down to Berkeley Square to watch this live art installation now!! Photos by
is in the Evening Standard tonight!
Come down to Berkeley Square on Friday to watch ATM paint a Nightingale on the tailplane of a WW2 bomber.
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Nightingale studies for a piece I'm painting next week, Fri 26 April, for the film 'The Last Song of the Nightingale', with and .
It's happening at the Phillips Auction House gallery in Berkeley Square, from 10am - 5pm, and you're all welcome to come along.
There's also a slide show, workshop and discussion on the day, from 12- 1.00 pm. Book your place on the eventbrite page 'The nightingale and the bomber'. You can read the full story of why the painting is going on the tailplane of a WWII Wellington bomber, on the sunbitternmedia blog.
Volunteers from the British Trust for Ornithology will be there throughout the day to talk about nightingales, this project and how to help birds, and Eyebrook Wild Bird Feeds will be handing out seed.
Nightingale numbers are down 90% in 50 years in the UK; hopefully this film will do something to change attitudes and help turn around their fate.
Beautiful moody dawn photo by on a shoot at Alderford Common with for
We have just launched an Eventbrite for a nightingale workshop with street artist, ATM, on Friday 26th April - to take place during ATM's live art installation in Berkeley Square.
The nightingale workshop is limited to 20 people and will last for 1 hour from 12-1pm.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-nightingale-and-the-bomber-art-workshop-with-atm-tickets-60182986934
We hope some of you can make it!
Successfully crowdfunded over the winter of 2018, Sunbittern Media are incredibly excited to start work on this new project - ‘THE LAST SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE’. This film will tell the tale of one of Europe’s most well known birds, the nightingale; its natural history, its role in literature,...
On Thursday Luke Massey Images begins filming !
We would like to invite all of you to our shoot in Berkeley Square on Friday 26th April, where renowned Street Artist ATM will be painting a nightingale on the tailplane of a Vickers Wellington Bomber. Read about the event here: https://sunbitternmedia.com/the-blog
And follow the documentary journey through our website.
March 31, 2019 Luke Massey The Nightingale & the Bomber March 31, 2019 Luke Massey On Friday 26th April renowned street artist, ATM, will be painting a nightingale on the tailplane of a Vickers Wellington Bomber, in Phillips gallery, Berkeley Square. This live art event has been organised for the ...
Being on foot with a herd of Cape buffalo, in the Lower Zambezi National Park, is a thrilling encounter. Taken during our time at the stunning
Such dedicated fathers! Male rheas do all the work, females lay their egg & head off. The male incubates and then raises the chicks to adulthood, protecting them from jaguars, pumas, eagles and all the other predators that roam the Pantanal. Want to see these guys in the flesh? Join and in the Pantanal this September.
An African wild dog to end your weekend. Hope you’ve all had a cracker!
Leopards are great at climbing trees!
One of our very first shots of The Perrys. These guys were our first project together. A family of peregrines living on the 28th floor of a Chicago apartment - these birds had taste!
Two young proboscis monkeys play in a forest in Borneo. These funky looking primates are endemic to the island
Did you know that African wild dogs are successful on 85% of their hunts?!? Don’t let their lean frames and endearingly large ears deceive you – they are one of the most successful predators in the world!
Time for reflection. A bear sits on the edge of a Finnish pool
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