Infra Red Wildlife Cellular Trail Camera can provide a fascinating insight into the nocturnal. And daytime movements of elusive species such as otter, deer, foxes and red squirrels.
Infrared trail cameras are essentially mobile digital cameras which have a motion detection system that detects a human or animal intruder into an area, and triggers a camera which takes either a series of still images, or video footage.
Primarily designed for hunters to scout deer patterns in a hunting zone, these cameras are now more and more used for wildlife observation.
BBC Countryfile recently featured their Stealth Cam Prowler HD infra red scouting camera. Showing how they can be used to great effect to capture footage of elusive animals such as river otters and badgers.
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show coverage on BBC also recommends the use of these infra red cameras for people looking to see who or what is lurking around their garden at night, and suggested they are particularly useful for capturing footage of the nocturnal movements of the badger.
Infrared and incandescent wildlife cameras
Some trail cameras are equipped with an incandescent flash which works similar to a home compact camera. This flash although powerful, should not be used when capturing footage of nocturnal animals as a bright flash can often scare and disorientate the animal causing injury, and also attract unwanted attention from humans who may steal the camera.
The Spypoint infrared cameras and Stealth Cam Prowler HD trail cameras feature a Stealth IR system. Which uses a series of high power infra red LED emitters to illuminate the subject some distance in front of the camera.
These infrared cameras are invisible to the human and animal eye. And will take either still or video footage in complete darkness without alerting the subject to the fact it is on camera.