Which wildlife camera

[Red17]

I'm looking for a camera that I can use to find out what wildlife is visiting my garden overnight.

Are there any reasonably priced recommendations

 

[cougie uk]

You can get blink cameras as part of your home security system. Mainly shows my cat coming home though.

 

[Poacher]

Depends what you mean by reasonably priced. Have a look at Naturespy's guide.
Their own Wifi Wildcam looks interesting at £99.99 including 2 rechargeable 18650 batteries.
I run two Browning trailcams, a Recon Force Elite HP4 and a Specops Elite HP4, both now superseded by HP5 models, and I'm happy with both of them, especially the Specops. The ability to use rechargeables was a requirement for me, which narrows the field considerably. The new version of the Specops comes in at a penny under £200, including a decent 32Gb SD card, enough for hundreds of video clips.
It will also run happily on alkaline or lithium cells, or you can hook it up to a 12v DC supply. A 20 second night video at high resolution (plenty good enough for me) uses ~30Mb, an ultra resolution would take ~60Mb. Resolution is a bit of a misnomer, as both record at 1920x1080, but at either 30 or 60 frames per second. The Recon has "low glow" LEDs, which I have occasionally seen to frighten badgers and foxes, whereas the Specops uses "no glow".
I think @biggs682 uses an Apeman to good effect. Maybe he can provide further info.

Interestingly, neither appears in this list of "ten best trail cameras in the UK"!

 

[biggs682]

Yes we use an apeman camera works well enough for what we want .
Pictures not fantastic but good enough .
Can eat through batteries so we use Panasonic rechargeable ones .
Can be mounted on a tripod if needed or fastened with a loop strap around tree's etc etc

 

[Tenkaykev]

I have a Blink outdoor camera set up as a wildlife camera in my garden. It’s battery powered ( allegedly 2 years battery life using 2 x Lithium AA cells )
I’m really pleased with it, it uses WiFi to communicate with my home network, quality is very good, it has scheduling etc. I got it from Amazon on promotion for about £50

 

[Red17]

Ended up with one of these

Amazon product ASIN B016O208AYView: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B016O208AY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


Really impressed with the picture quality - particularly in the dark. Currently using it to find out how mice are geting into the kitchen, so not tested it outside yet.

 

[Emanresu]

Looking for a wildlife camera to capture a fox family that have taken to playing in my front garden. We're to blame leaving food out for them every night but the pics we can get are pretty poor. Any updated suggestions?

 

[Baldy]

Been hearing good things about this trail cam, if that's the sort of thing you're after.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/CEYOMUR-Bl...35-bf27-1091d15134d6&pd_rd_i=B09Y8V268F&psc=1

 

[Asa Post]

I've tried various brands over the years, and at the moment have two GardePro A3S models.
I've been using them daily for the last 12 months, with no problems at all.
The best images and battery life I've had from any camera (including the expensive "professional" Bushnell ones used on some TV programmes).
You could save a lot of money by getting the A3 rather than the A3S if you're happy with slightly reduced video quality.
Make sure that you used good quality rechargeable batteries in them, and that you have the chargers to cope with 8 batteries at once.

 

[biggs682]

Still using the same Apeman H55 and it's been exactly what I wanted.