Mk6 - I don't think anyone suggested he managed to land in a small hole - it seems quite clear that he made the hole - but a zero speed EOL (if it was a true EOL) is still not an easy technique, especially with a low inertia rotor system.
Islandlad - yes, it looks like it landed and sank into the bushes - again very lucky because any forward or lateral speed could have cause the skids to catch and roll the aircraft over.
As TC says, water landings are best left to aircraft with boat shaped hulls (Sea King for example) or ones with flot gear (or proper floats) - height judgement again, without a rad alt, is tricky over the water so it is easy to flare too high and run out of Nr during the cushion phase when you realise there is a long way to go to the water.
601 - how many PPLHs practice EOLs in their own helicopters after they have their licences?????