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The Secret Life of the Compost Heap

Blasdale Home Posted on December 29, 2020 by SteveDecember 29, 2020

Fox and Badger in the Compost Heap

Rosemary has her Christmas present, which I am making good use of. It is a Bushnell Trail Cam, designed to scout out your land for wildlife. (I believe the intention of the American manufacturer is you see what there is, and then using one of their rifles, shoot it.)

The camera can take video and still pictures. At night in black and white, and during the day in colour. There is a motion detector which activates the device when a warm body enters the scene. This picks up birds, mice and larger mammals. Unfortunately, there is no filter to remove the numerous images and videos of rabbits.

My first test was a disaster, mounted the camera too high, looking down the garden. All it picked up was me when I was setting it, testing it and coming back to retrieve it. Our next test on Sunday night was by the compost heap during Storm Bella. Here we picked up some rabbits, and a badger investigating the rabbit hole. The following day, it picked up some birds during the day, and the badger during the night (and rabbits). The badger did seem interested in the camera, I can only think it could see the low glow LED lights. Last night I took still images and not video, this time a fox visited. No badger to be seen.

So far:

  • Numerous rabbits
  • Badger
  • Fox
  • Rodent (Rosemary hopes not a rat)
  • Chaffinch
  • Blackbird
  • Thrush
Posted in Buckinghamshire, Kingswood, wildlife | Tagged Badger, Fox | Leave a reply

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