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Gardens can be surprisingly good locations to film wildlife, and with a bit of forward planning and the help of John Aitchison you can produce your own Springwatch by fitting CCTV to a specially adapted nestbox. 

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BBC cameraman John Aitchison reveals how to film a breathtaking footage of a kingfisher. 

Bill Oddie

The difficulty with dinosaurs is that, for some people, they represent an inconvenient truth.

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BBC cameraman John Aitchison demonstrates how to film migratory waders on coastal mudflats. 

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BBC cameraman John Aitchison demonstrates how to catch mushrooms growing on film. 

John J King II

On John's last day in gorilla country, some special guests came for an early morning snack. 

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BBC cameraman John Aitchison gets his feet wet as he shows you how to film dippers in upland streams. 

Steve Harris.

BBC Wildlife reader Bill Earl filmed a grey squirrel jumping and wanted to know whether it was using its tail for propulsion. Mammal expert Steve Harris answered his question. 

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BBC cameraman John Aitchison reveals how a well-chosen hilltop site could offer the chance to get close to raptors. 

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BBC cameraman John Aitchison explains how to film farmland birds singing in open country.