Is this a game changing new nest box camera system? Solar power and battery = no need for 120/230V

Does this new solar powered wifi camera and nest box system actually work in the real world? Could it be the answer to not needing to use household power in order to have a camera in a nest box in your garden?
In this video we unbox and show you how to install this new system from UK company Gardenature as well as giving you our thoughts on whether or not this is a solution for people who don't want to run cables around their garden or drill holes through their walls! There's also some footage from the actual box in the days just after installation.
As always, thank you lots for watching!
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0:00 Intro. Existing systems, what we currently use and why.
3:09 Background. How did this start and where is this new box going?
5:25 Unboxing the system
7:55 Which direction for the box and solar panel?
8:20 Unboxing the camera
9:20 Installing the App
10:54 Connecting the camera to your WiFi network
12:43 Installing the camera in the nest box
15:02 Adding the protective metal plate to the entrance hole
16:24 Installing the solar panel
17:43 Mounting the box to the wall
18:10 Actual camera footage from inside the box
18:58 Conclusions and more footage from inside the box
Things used to make this video:
New footage: Gardenature Solar Powered Battery Wifi Bird Box Camera System - link is above
External Camera: Sony A6400
Edited on: MacBook Pro 16 (2019)
Editing software: Davinci Resolve 18 - FREE download! www.blackmagic...
Existing footage::
box Camera - Green Feathers wired IP camera
www.green-feat.... - Use discount code KZbin10 for 10% off non-discounted Green Feathers products across their website
Nest box - Garden Nature side view box
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Streaming and box footage recording software - OBS
FREE to download at obsproject.com...

[@achimz7983]

I liked the old one because of the perspective and that you could see the hole with arriving and leaving bird also as unwanted guest. Hopefully you'll change back to the old view

[@dimensionfive1780]

true, but the old one was a bit too small which probably caused some of the baby birds to get trampled to death. not sure if the floor on this one is bigger though

[@blair0410]

I don’t know if you noticed, but at 10:28 I believe it shows your email address where the email was sent to as well as the beginning of your email address in the notification. It seems like you don’t want this shown so wanted to let you know. By the way love your videos and been watching for the past couple of years. Always exciting to see a new year of fledglings.

[@anthos2762]

It is so nice, to watch Fluffy's live show again. Thank you very much.

[@shazprior1134]

I've had a box up for 8 years and no guests! Love watching yours though so thanks for sharing.

[@anonymoususer2336]

I currently live in an apartment and I don't think any birds would be interested in nesting on the side of my building, but one day, when I own my own home, I will definitely have a box with a camera in a tree so I can also watch my own little birds.

[@TobeyFairre7861]

Glad to see this start up again!

[@AquariusGirl27]

Very impressed with this wireless bird box system with solar panels 😍

[@Martin_Kro]

Much love from northeast india 😍 brodha

[@PatronSASHA]

When do you planning to start a new season of Fluffy's live show?

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

Birds are making short visits to both the old and new boxes each morning but currently there aren’t any overnight stays.

[@talontales]

Thank you for this video, you certainly gave me the nudge to try it myself. 2nd bird box year this year, highly recommend people giving it a try, especially if you have kids.

[@vanessaw95]

Interesting behind the scenes video! Thank you! Love from germany🥰🪺

[@peregrino14]

Oh man I come too lay three months after. I miss a lot, but it’s still beautiful, special with the new system. Awesome. I’m welcome, I’m here little late.

[@Juhani139]

Love seeing the setup! The other box layout is better angle wise, since this is top down. Looking forward to seeing more chicks 😊

[@freebird5064]

Fluffy ❤️ Great presentation & nest box camera system 👏👍

[@SH.2512]

And … it's the return of our fluffy. 😍

[@zoyalavskaya9666]

A man, who hangs houses for birds has a heart of gold❤🫂

[@eddiek0507]

An interesting set up, hopefully it should provide some great results...😀👍

[@davidcammilleri5526]

Nice video, great setup. Thanks for creating it! cute little blue bird. Do you guys have Bluebirds like the USA?

[@d-padqueen1103]

Great job you're doing :) Inspiring people to do more for birds! I hope you're proud of yourself, if you're not - I certainly am

[@Pamelaheart]

Lovely! Wish I could get one set up.

[@syedasharimam]

We are waiting for your video 👍🏻

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

the videos were live-streamed for 3 weeks in May and June - search the live section on the channel

[@Homemade-Blurb]

Very nice review 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@sianscountrylife4925]

What a great video ! Well described and really helpful . Ive subscribed! 😊

[@birdcam2024]

Hello from Canada. Great video I also have a similar setup albeit not solar. You mentioned lacking motion detection settings. That being said what I've used for many years now is software called Blue Iris it has the ability to do several seconds before movement detection. It also has a built in server which you can stream to platforms. Look @ mine. Anyway great job loved it.

[@BittysRealm]

Excellent video. Will definitely look into the new wireless solar bird house cam. I've been working on different systems where wireless cameras work well, but struggled up to this point with the solar part. Figured technology would catch up. Thanks for your great content. I have several videos up on bird boxes. Have made a live cam squirrel box for this spring, been quite the adventure building making the tech semi squirrel proof.😊

[@stephen1774]

Connect a 4 inch or 5 inch long tube the same diameter as the entry hole connected to the entry hole on the outside so the birds can get in and out but nothing can get to them.

[@OpalSea]

Its been a year. You okay? Will this keep going?

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

All good - Just waiting to see if anyone moves into the box this year!

[@ahmetizmir1081]

It would be better if the camera was rotated 90 degrees. Left and right sides were left blank.

[@MrBobWareham]

At £220 plus shipping it's too much for me, but the quality is very good, thanks for the video top marks.

[@Boarderathome]

Love everything of this ❤

[@bernadetteviecelihurtado9593]

Surbiton / Surrey ... 🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️

[@jmcplus]

I'm very happy because I've lot of blue T, and great T and robins in my bird feeder during this winter. They love sunflower seeds and peanuts. I've build around a well sized mesh fence to repel green parrots (holes diameter around 40 mm or 1 and 1/2 inches). I'm using a wired ip cam but there is no embeded sound on it. I'm recording it on a CCTV DVR and I publish muted videos on my YT channel. I'm streaming on private channel on YT to watche little birds everytime and from everywhere. For streaming I used also OBS but to my mind it is not very stable. Next step, for me, should be to put a camera on DIY nest box. I've bought several nest box in low cost retailler "Action" for only 2,79€. The nest box are good made for blue T, and great T but not so enough wide to put on camera inside. I wish and I hope, that you'll can share to us plenty of nice videos of blue T, great T and all other garden birds for the next spring. I guess you like also hedgehogs ! Congratulations from France.

[@thomaskerr1019]

i love this good for u

[@andrewblagden4059]

Hi Great video. I know you say you don’t have many DIY skills apart from using a screwdriver and you don’t need to do any drilling through walls with this box, but surely you’ve had to use a power drill with hammer action to attach it to the brick wall?

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

I did put some small rawlplugs into the brick wall with a cordless drill to attach the box and the solar panel to the wall. That’s much simpler than drilling a hole through walls which is big enough to get a network cable through and then worry about making it waterproof.

[@kevinthegroove]

such a pro !

[@joytrujillo9447]

Funny...I'm pretty sure Creator set up the birds He created with all they need. A bird peeping tom...is just a nosy neighbor. Lol

[@gary7seven120]

Really enjoyed watching. Very thorough and a great teacher, thank you. But can you tell me why a 5gh system will not work? I only have a a 5gh network. Thank you.

[@K369T1]

Amazing ❤

[@merlinar.willowrainmilnova7728]

I miss my Little Fluffy❤

[@LetsStalkBirds]

I started with feeder cam, but soon nest cam! I love this. Join me if you like it...

[@robertneedham6335]

That looks brilliant. What is the cost, please?

[@karenhutchings6386]

Will we be able to watch the nesting live like last year ? I loved it

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

Just waiting for this year’s residents to move in.

[@earthlingYT]

Hiya! Love your videos that show the entrance/exit hole. How did you set that up?

[@langtonwildman2501]

Sorry had a second comment on thinking about the frequency, 2,4 or 5 ghz would be good + we just have had fibre insralled and although it runs on both it would (?) interrupt the picture if it changed the frequency. Any reason for not using 5 ghz as well? Otherwise an excellent video. Cheers

[@omgbygollywow]

There is enough light through that hold so the camera can see? Isn't it dark in the box?

[@CountryGardenBirds]

My camera box has been up for five days and I’m so excited to see if we get a nest started on day 6 - like you did! We also have blue tits flying in and out!

[@ran2wild370]

Almost March coming, time to have tenants :-))

[@fionafifi7029]

Should maybe put a wire mesh around the entrance so the bigger birds can't reach in but the nesters can still get out.

[@robertneedham6335]

Isn't the hole just big enough for Bluetits, and not bigger birds then?

[@fionafifi7029]

@@robertneedham6335 the hole was big enough for a bird to eat one of the babies. I'm talking about putting a net around the outer hole so the big birds can't get to the babies inside the birdhouse

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

no birds were eaten by other birds. The larger birds can't fit through the hole.

[@langtonwildman2501]

The only real comment is that it would be good to have a camera that also shows a colour picture at night. They do exist and are not expensive.

[@anerd42]

no nesting this year?

[@joaofonseca6083]

esp32-cam?

[@omgbygollywow]

How easy or difficult is it to clean the box?

[@joanvezina96]

Such a LOOOONNNGGG COMMERCIAL before the Nestbox - with no shortcut to end it😩!

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

shortcuts are in the description

[@curiousnomadic]

What happened to the newer videos?

[@achimgazelle3641]

Hi, How many mm lens does this camera have? I also want to buy one. Which is better 2.8 mm or 3.6 mm?

[@veela420]

are the small birds able to exit the nest box, arent the walls too smooth for that?

[@niknitro8948]

One question...the wireless camera is recording 24/7? Or only when detect motion?

[@E.T1941]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@Tracdooor]

will you be streaming this year 🤞

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

Just waiting to see if anyone moves in this year.

[@andrewdent696]

Do you have a live feed this year?

[@lechugagamer777]

Hello!

[@mylittlebirdhouses]

Do you have any new birds inspecting yet? I've had 2 bluebirds inspecting in and out of our box for 24 days and still no nestbuilding yet.

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

Popping in and out but no building yet.

[@raymondlaney1369]

Can the app be shared with family so all can enjoy and view?

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

Yes you can!

[@joncooke2450]

Hi there, thanks for your videos, they inspired me to get one of these! Ive got the Garden Nature wired wifi version. Quick question, im having issues with the amount recording it will do in a 24 hour period! I.e it stops revording the events during the afyernoon! Once it gets to midnight, the recordings will then continue again!!?? Have you had any issues like this, and know of any fix?? Or is mine faulty? Many thanks

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

I haven’t tried that particular camera out so I”m not really qualified to answer, sorry. I’ve always recorded with a mac to an external drive using a free to download application called OBS. There are lots of tutorials on youtube of how to use it with mac or pc

[@Tracdooor]

Will you be going live this year? I am checking every day 😥

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

Disappointingly there currently isn't any nest building activity in the box that's set-up for live streaming. A nest is under contruction in the wifi box but that's not suitable for a live stream unfortunately.

[@roserainbird2365]

Is it the Green Feathers camera that lets you livestream to KZbin or the Garden Nature cameras? Or both? :)

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

you can stream any camera to you tube but computers are still needed. A camera won’t stream directly on it’s own.

[@callmekingko2124]

Bring back the live streams

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

We don’t have any birds in the boxes yet

[@solarwave3083]

Is this box(or just any box that you use) good for blue jays and Robins from the US?

[@williamsmalluk3528]

Blue Jays and Robins DO NOT USE A NESTING BOX, BIRDBOX OR BIRDHOUSE!!!

[@jaisondalabona5373]

What model camera inside the best you have a link model?

[@merlinar.willowrainmilnova7728]

❤️🐦🏡

[@catalinabronte1065]

Hello Boss, when will we see Fluffy again this year? It's already April...

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

The nest box is currently empty. It seems that the birds have decided to nest somewhere else this year.

[@catalinabronte1065]

@@nestboxcam-loughborough Thank you so much for your answer. I am devastated to read this news...Do you have any ideas on how to attrack Fluffy back? Perhaps you could ask an expert or talk to Margaret Craven, I remember she was an expert on birds. I pray that you can find a solution! My warmest regards.

[@Josef_R]

I don't think $300 is fairly priced for a $50 camera and solar panel and a $50 birdhouse with a (pretty cool) plastic shelf.

[@relaxationstation3273]

Just wondering if you’ve had your first bird inspecting your box yet?

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

They come in each morning for a quick inspection but no nest building yet

[@relaxationstation3273]

@@nestboxcam-loughborough thanks for replying! I had 1 bird visit my box around 10 days ago but since then nothing!! really starting to think i won't get any at all this year :/

[@hellohello9286]

I have a spare CCTV camera with light on it for night vision can I use it

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

that depends on if it fits in a nestbox and what the focal length ofvthe lens is.

[@hellohello9286]

@@nestboxcam-loughborough I was more concerned about the light shining on the birds is it safe for them to have a light or do they need darkness all the time also would it affect the eyesight of the newborns

[@hellohello9286]

@@nestboxcam-loughborough the light on my CCTV is not pir it's a hikvision camera with a small led light on it that comes on when its senses darkness

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

if it”s infra red it’s not a problem. Check on if the camera can focus close up though. Regular security cameras tend to need a few metres from subject to camera in order to be able to focus

[@IamBraads]

404 links in the description 😮

[@user-xn3jt8nx9o]

How about USA can you buy me USA

[@relaxationstation3273]

I'm not even getting any visitors in my box :(

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

We don’t have any building activity in either box yet

[@relaxationstation3273]

@@nestboxcam-loughborough maybe the birds are a little late this year

[@MichaelWynn-sd8ee]

Only works with good WIFI, useless if you have a big garden and the box is out of WIFI signal. Cables more reliable

[@Obedthian-UK]

Bird

[@Monitorandoninho]

Oi pessoal estou com um projeto em andamento novembro/2023... projeto esse de observação de um ninho de sabia dês da construção do ninho e pretendo ficar de olho até os filhotes sair do ninho... em tempo real... quem tiver interesse em acompanhar junto me sigam!

[@vanessaprice-adams5001]

Enjoyed the video, very helpful. It would be even more helpful if you could get Gardenature to respond to my phone calls and email. Have been trying for the past week with no success. It seems their customer service is not that good - very disappointed.

[@Jomi91]

This channel done?

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

Nope. Just unable to stream this year.

[@Jomi91]

@@nestboxcam-loughborough 🧡

[@Tracdooor]

@@nestboxcam-loughborough Fingers crossed for next year we love the channel 🤞🤞

[@elliott2971]

😑 "promosm"

[@ayyachris]

When the bird is more creative than you.

[@Tracdooor]

I don't like the new perspective, please go back to the old box

[@nestboxcam-loughborough]

Fear not. Both the new box and the old box are set up

[@Tracdooor]

@@nestboxcam-loughborough Cannot wait!!!

[@juliejoie]

Poor birds, having to deal with electromagnetism frequencies... Wifi camera... Good on paper but doesn't respect the body integrity of birds.... Or any living creature for sure...