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Post by rowanberry on May 31, 2018 20:23:45 GMT
It's interesting watching the videos in the morning, and seeing all the goings-on that ordinarily I wouldn't be aware of.
This adult fox appeared not long after the cubs arrived, and I'm not sure if it's the father, or a young 'helper' left from last year's litter.
The cubs created him enthusiastically, but he was much more wary than they were and stopped to stare up at the camera several times... they stayed until it started to get light- long enough for the trail cam to switch from black and white to colour.
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Post by NellyDee on Jun 1, 2018 14:13:42 GMT
Nice shots. Don't know what has happened to the wildlife I usually see - been nothing on the cams for a week now, except hoody and mate and wood pigeons late evening and early morning.
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Post by rowanberry on Jun 6, 2018 20:20:27 GMT
That's a shame... where have all your pine martins and red squirrels gone??  I used to enjoy seeing the clips you'd get of them. |
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Post by NellyDee on Jun 15, 2018 12:51:52 GMT
I have a feeling that the pine martins might be off breeding and likewise the red squirrels. The pine martin that as been coming regularly has probably gone off to fine new territory.
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Post by simond on Apr 9, 2020 20:53:04 GMT
Nice pics. What equipment do you use? I was hoping to find more information on what may be called trail cameras / video recorders as I'd like to get one to see the eveing antics of animals in the garden. I know there's one probably more hedgehogs but only see his calling card! Pref something that has a video as well as photo mode and motion detection. Seems quite a bit of choice out there at wide price range. Be grateful of any advice.
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Post by Tringa on Apr 10, 2020 8:25:21 GMT
Hello, Simond and welcome to WABI. As you say there is a huge range of trail cameras. Most work in a similar way and this link - www.wildcare.co.uk/blog/a-guide-to-common-trail-camera-features/ - give some good info on the features of trail cameras. The one we use is a Bushnell. The model number is 119446 but as the camera is a few years old I think it will have been superseded now. The following are my observations about this camera. The quality of the videos is not great but easily good enough to identify animals. Fast moving animals can trigger the detector but sometimes pass through the field of view before the camera switches on so you get an empty video. The range of reasonable illumination at night is, I think, limited to about 6 metres. The infra red lights used by the camera at night can bleach out animals that are close to the camera. However, these are minor points and it is very interesting seeing what is going on the in the garden at night. This is a link to a compilation of a few videos from our camera which gives an idea of what to expect from a fairly basic trail camera - www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NJXFUny4LsDave |
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Post by NellyDee on Apr 13, 2020 8:01:53 GMT
Decided to put a couple of trail cameras down at the edge of the pond, thought I would try and get all the toad actiion. I could not have been more amazed! An Otter! It was there for nearly an hour, swimming about the pond coming up on the banks and catching and eating the Toads. Well at this rate we are not going to have many toads left! There is a lot of salmon parr in the burn at the moment, so presume the Otter was coming up from the river and following them when it came across my pond.  Otter in pond 2020 by Helen Skelton, on Flickr |
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Post by Tringa on Apr 13, 2020 8:45:39 GMT
Excellent record of the otter, you must be well chuffed.
Dave
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I used to enjoy seeing the clips you'd get of them.
