Camera Trap
For Christmas this year I brought my wife a camera trap to help find out what animals visit the garden at night. The camera trap is a nifty bit of kit which consists of a digital camera, a PIR and lots of IR LEDs – similar to the one pictured here.
The camera can take stills or videos and so far seems to be working well except for the IR illumination being a bit strong – just means you have to position it a bit further back than you think.
So far I have put out a little bit of meat as we are hoping to capture badgers (don’t tell the local farmer) but these are the results so far – 2 cats, 1 mouse and 1 bird 
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Ah well maybe I will catch the infamous wild cat of the North Cambridgeshire fens.
The other animals we have caught have been on the front facing security camera:
And something which doesn’t go well with my Chickens.
Jerry Carter Said,
January 4, 2011 @ 3:56 pm
Cool! I’ve been thinking about getting one or two for around our place. The security camera is good quality. Don’t spill any details about it here but I’d be interested in knowing the model.
Happy New Year!