Wildlife cameras

[Speed addicted]

I live in an old farmhouse with about an acre of garden, before we bought the place in 2020 the garden hadn’t been touched in nearly 20 years and was completely wild.

Now I’ve mostly got it mostly under control I keep finding small holes dug in the softer earth.

Now I’m reasonably sure it’s not our Labrador as she’d be extremely muddy and the holes aren’t big enough.
I think it could be the pheasants that nest in the trees.

I’d like to find out for sure (and see what else is in the garden at night) so I thought I’d get a couple of wildlife cameras with night vision.

Anyone using ones they’d recommend? The choice snd price range are baffling me a bit and I’d rather not buy twice.

[mikef]

I don't know enough about the options to make a recommendation, but I was also keen to know who was digging their way under our boundary fence, so ar random I got a Campark T200 solar-powered trail cam off eBay. It's Chinese design and build, but did solve the mystery, I caught these two shifty characters a couple of hours apart using the same hole under the fence:




No, I won't be winning Wildlife Photog of the Year with these

[Speed addicted]

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I’d forgotten to update this!

Turns out it was badgers after all.
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I bought this cam at the end up by the time honoured method of not buying the cheapest then guessing.

[pocketspring]

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I’d forgotten to update this!

Turns out it was badgers after all.
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I bought this cam at the end up by the time honoured method of not buying the cheapest then guessing.

That's a neat bit of kit. Can it send snaps straight to your mobile or is there a version that does it?

[markbigears]

Depends on price point. Bushnell are good, reconyx the best.
I use both, so can personally recommend these.

[mikef]

It’s worth knowing and taking measures. A badger drowning itself in the pool is not an experience I particularly wish to see repeated

[Speed addicted]

pocketspring said:

That's a neat bit of kit. Can it send snaps straight to your mobile or is there a version that does it?

This one doesn’t, I think there are versions that do.
I was quite impressed at the quality of the night vision video for the price.

mikef said:

It’s worth knowing and taking measures. A badger drowning itself in the pool is not an experience I particularly wish to see repeated

While that does sound awful we’ve got round that danger by living in the NE of Scotland.
You’d need to be hardy (or rich enough for a sizeable heating bill) to have an outside pool here!

Edited by Speed addicted on Wednesday 10th May 08:46

[Junglebert]

Speed addicted said:

I think it could be the pheasants that nest in the trees.

Pheasants don’t nest in trees, they nest on the ground, in long grass usually.

[Speed addicted]

Junglebert said:

Speed addicted said:

I think it could be the pheasants that nest in the trees.

Pheasants don’t nest in trees, they nest on the ground, in long grass usually.

Nests is maybe the wrong word but they certainly sleep in the trees. I see them every night about twilight coming in from the fields around us.
There’s also a lot of pheasant droppings under their favourite tree.

This could be because the old lady that lived here previously used to feed stray cats so the ground nesting ones have been wiped out and the survivors have modified their behaviour.