Surfing the internet
for any information on using camera traps to record stoats, weasels and
polecats, I discovered that researchers in the Netherlands had had some success
with a box they called a "Mostela".
Jenny McPhearson of the Vincent Wildlife Trust had some of these made up
and was willing to lend one for the project.
So for the second site, the Mostela was used instead of the seed tray.
The traps were out
for a longer period simply because I went on holiday for a couple of
weeks. But the longer period didn't
necessarily mean more mammals!
The Mostela was
discovered by a house mouse who made repeated visits over at least three nights
until the card in the camera ran out of space to record his antics. One of the other cameras recorded several
birds - a jay, a great tit, and what was probably an owl landing on a nearby
fence post as a strange shape appeared in the top corner of the frame on a
couple of nights.
The third camera
recorded nothing again. After some
discussion with the camera supplier, the problem was found to be a setting way
down the menu that effectively meant the camera was switched off.
Again, on the farm
in general, there were moles, badgers, foxes and frogs.
Thanks to Lyndsey & Steve at Ffynon Halog
Video of house-mouse in the mostela.
No comments:
Post a Comment