Beginner's guide to... Setting up a wildlife camera in the garden

Sally Hyslop from DCRT here explaining how you can set up a trail camera at home and investigate the wildlife on your patch.

[@michaelwhittaker5432]

this has been a massive help thank you - just back from a sleep out in the woods and saw so much wild life so I'm buying buying -one !

[@paulmcbride8164]

good stuff

[@jedionboard1233]

Thank you for this video. Im on Amazon as i type to buy one. Watching wildlife so beats whats on tv these days.

[@michaeldunne3379]

Useful, thanks.

[@aimeelawrence-bespokefurni575]

Thank you so much for sharing your tips of how to setup a trail camera in the garden. I have just bought one. And I have to admit. I think I put it way to high. I live next to a field. But it says in the instructions not to aim towards a field. Is this true? Because I think I'd capture more if I did aim towards a field? Also, the times I have been filming is between 23:00 - 04:00. Is that the best times? I know I have some feral cats around. And pheasants. But I'm hoping to capture more than that. Though pheasants can be interesting to sometimes.

[@doncatchmentriverstrust]

So glad you've enjoyed our video! As most trail cameras are manufactured for the American deer-hunter market they are often suggested to be put quite high. But for the wildlife that we tend to capture in the UK (badgers, foxes, stoats) they're all quite low animals so around a metre or two off the ground and tilted slightly downwards should work well! I would try looking for tracks that animals make amongst nearby scrub and vegetation, or rocks/tree stumps they may scent mark on to position the camera, the edge of the field, for example, might work well as it might be a natural corridor for wildlife? It may struggle to pick up a whole field as I imagine it will only be able to ick up heat/movement of a certain distance. Hope that helps :) Sally

[@aimeelawrence-bespokefurni575]

@@doncatchmentriverstrust thank you I'll try that🙂👍

[@222BRNO]

What model is that please

[@peterscarfe4354]

Wish i had looked at your video before i put my cams up,moving bird feeders is setting them off,last look i had about 10000 photos of nothing and thousands of videos which i just deleted because of time it took to check them all.