Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
Yoof innit
Your day's wildlife
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Is it doing pull ups
Gillstay
Veteran
Fantastic, amazed you managed to get such great photo's.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
A family of 6 great tits have just been and landed around the rear garden lovely to see
Windle
Über Member
- Location
- Burnthouses
After a picnic with the wife on Cockfield Fell last week and walking back via a different route to the main path I discovered a secluded little valley, not actually far off the railway path but not somewhere anyone would go regularly. The place was heaving with bunnies and one particular area under a mass of gorse bushes was full of holes, but it looked more like a badger set or fox den. Thinking about it the next day it wasn't far off one of my usual bike routes and as I haven't been using my wildlife camera for much lately I decided to do a Johnny Kingdom.
I stuck the camera in my back pocket and as I passed by on my ride, secreted it well hidden under a gorse bush opposite the holes to see what I could catch. No badgers but I did catch this lot over a few days & nights:
Not an ABC but just a domestic small cat.
Inquisitive bun.
Foxy during the night.
Bunny junior.
Inquisitive bun & sheep.
More sheep.
I stuck the camera in my back pocket and as I passed by on my ride, secreted it well hidden under a gorse bush opposite the holes to see what I could catch. No badgers but I did catch this lot over a few days & nights:
Not an ABC but just a domestic small cat.
Inquisitive bun.
Foxy during the night.
Bunny junior.
Inquisitive bun & sheep.
More sheep.
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
More barn owl fun from home tonight…
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
We have an Apeman H55 trail camera it does the job but not sure it's as good as the one @Windle uses looking at his pictures
Windle
Über Member
- Location
- Burnthouses
It's just a cheap trail camera, I think from Amazon a few years ago and cost about £50. It does apparently take pictures up to 24 megapixels though, which is what I had it set on for those photos. It also takes video. I'm not even sure what brand it is, possibly Nexcam?
It has infrared lighting for night time pictures and side motion sensors, the levels of sensitivity and range of pickup can be varied too.
All in all, remarkable what you can get these days for the price of them.
I don't know how to post a link but this is a screen shot of something similar.
FrankCrank
Old layabout
Amazed at the enthusiasm and picture quality on this thread - giving the Springwatch team a run for their money 
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
Windle
Über Member
- Location
- Burnthouses
They're definitely worth having if you like wildlife, even if it's just set up in the garden it's interesting to see what's lurking about through the night. I know what all of the local cats look like even though they're rarely spotted through the day
.They're superb for birdwatching too, just set it up pointing at your bird feeders and see what's been visiting.
I occasional point mine into the field out the back of us and have captured all sorts, foxes, rabbits, hedgehogs and escaped Raby Castle deer sometimes.
Windle
Über Member
- Location
- Burnthouses
I think they were originally meant to be set up in the woods so that hunters could see what was using the animal trails.
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
The last time I put the moth trap out I got nothing! It his morning it was a little better.
Pale emerald
Peppered moth
Buff ermine
Buff tip
Treble lines
Common swift
Pale emerald
Peppered moth
Buff ermine
Buff tip
Treble lines
Common swift
