Camera trap delights (1 Viewer)

turkish van said:

Hello and welcome!! To all owners of camera traps, those who lust after them, and those with a passing interest. And others.

This thread open to all people who use camera traps, the idea being we post stills or videos (is there a way to do that on bf?) of as many different species as we have. Only recently having aquired my beloved Bushnell camera, so far I can only rustle up a measly eight (fox, rabbit, grey squirrel, wood mouse, wren, magpie, carrion crow, woodlouse(!!)). I also have domestic cat and dog, but those are disallowed... wild creatures only please. No wolves jumping over fences.

Many will know that camera traps can produce 'variable' results, so a running 'spot the animal' type feature will provide some light entertainment. Please feel free to contribute to this, I'm quite sure there will be plenty of fodder!

I will kick us off with the Red Fox Vulpes vulpes - if anyone has a better shot please go ahead. This was maybe 10 metres away from the camera.

Now dazzle me with your snow leopards, pine martens, beavers etc......

PS they don't have to be mammals or sea life, all creatures welcome, it just seemed the most appropriate forum.

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Tree Sparrow said:

Brilliant, this should be fun. I like the idea of "spot the animal", I often spend ages looking for what has set the camera off :-O.

The very first wildlife I captured was quite boring, crows, but the interaction was interesting. I mostly take stills rather than video, probably because I'm so computer illiterate :gh:.

I'm not sure how many species I've got so far but I will try and add them up later... not that it's very many!

Two Crow pics.

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turkish van said:

Right folks, it's time for the first...

Spot the Creature Feature!

Position and species, please

PS lurkers join in!

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Andrew Whitehouse said:

I can see a Leopard disguised as a tree .

And people have a go at me for my lovely Jack Snipe pictures!

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turkish van said:

Right folks, it's time for the first...

Spot the Creature Feature!

Position and species, please

PS lurkers join in!

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Tree Sparrow said:

Fox brush bottom right?

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turkish van said:

Ah good guess. Correct position, wrong species.

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turkish van said:

Nice pics, they look really sharp, what camera do you have?

Always interesting to watch them go about their normal business!

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Tree Sparrow said:

Rabbit?

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turkish van said:

Yes well done. It has literally only just occurred to me that I wrote down all the animals I have footage of!

Here he was a couple seconds earlier

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turkish van said:

Wow great deer shots. As for the first! Where was it?

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Tree Sparrow said:

Bottom right hand corner, facing forward away from the camera, you can see the ears reflecting light. I forget that you're not used to seeing all the shots that I've got from this location.

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turkish van said:

Assuming you are up north somewhere, I guess pine marten?

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Tree Sparrow said:

Ooops, yes I am up north. Inland Moray.

I thought possibly pine marten but also wondered if being so close to the camera had distorted the size and it was a stoat. The more I look at it the more I think it must be a pine marten. I've had reasonable photos of both in the area.

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Tree Sparrow said:

My first guess of a fox brush was genuine but I have to admit that I took the most likely species from your list for my second guess . In all honesty I couldn't really tell what it was lol.

I'll try you with one of mine. I don't know what it is although I have a couple of ideas. Makes it tricky because it is so close to the camera that size is difficult to judge.

I'll put in a series of three photos which do show that a bit of fieldcraft does help in placing the camera. I'd found an area where I could see that a deer had been lying down. It would have been better if I'd had it on video but I was still pleased with what I got.

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Farnboro John said:

Left ear looks pointy, Stoat ears are rounded. I'd say Pine Marten.

John

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