Trail cameras are a fantastic way to capture what goes on around my local patch and I quite often get asked which trail camera is best.
It is really up to personal preference, but for me if I decide last minute to put out a trail camera then the easiest one is the Little Acorn, especially if filming at night.
The Bushnell’s take a bit more adjustment and more batteries but produce better quality pictures particularly during the day.
One thing I have found is that cheap batteries do not work in the Bushnell trail camera.
Lithium batteries are more expensive but last so much longer.
Here is a short selection of footage taken this month so far.
As it has been so hot and dry we left out a bowl of water but everything ignored it.
The fox cubs have really grown over the past month and it was nice to see the foxes and badgers together.
Downside with the Little Acorn is that it shines red when filming and the badgers and foxes notice it, while the Bushnell doesn’t. I also invested in a top of the range Bushnell nature view HD at £230.
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True. The Little Acorn red light does definitely puts off our foxes. You can see the cubs plucking up the courage to come closer and closer. Our badgers are so used to the Little Acorn they now ignore it or chew it. What batteries do you use in your Bushnell nature view? I find mine uses the batteries up really quickly. Thanks Alex
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Great captures. I have just invested in a second camera so will do a comparison as soon as I get it out. I loved your inquisitive fox. you may enjoy similar on the following link https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaGj8ZQN60ueZUe92tlC6QQ
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Brilliant squirrel film. What make of trail camera have you got?
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currently using Crenova 12MP 1080P HD Infrared Game&Trail Camera 42 Pcs IR LEDs 120°Wide Angle Night Vision 2.4″ LCD Display Waterproof Hunting Scouting Camera Digit which is good but about to try out the slightly cheaper XIKEZAN 1080P Wildlife Camera with Night Vision 12MP Trail Game Cameras Low Glow Infrared Motion Activated Deer Hunting Scouting Surveillance Cam .
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I look those up, haven’t heard of them
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Been using the Crenova a lot and it appears to compare well with your little acorn but possibly a lot cheaper.
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Did you use tap water in the bowl? I wondered if using rainwater from a butt might work better?
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Tap water. I think they also didn’t like the metal bowl, they drink tap water out of an old plant pot dish by our back gate.
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Hi Alex,
It’s Isaac from Isaac’s Birds of Oxford blog. I was thinking of getting a trail camera and I just wondered what model you use and if you recommend them.
Thanks,
Isaac
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Hi. I love my Little Acorn (£113), really easy to use, decent picture quality and uses less batteries. It is not great during the day, much better quality film at night. I’ve got a couple of cheaper bushnells but they take 12 batteries and the battery life isn’t very long. I also invested in a top of the range Bushnell nature view HD at £230. The picture is fantastic but I find it doesn’t always film as it stops working when batteries get low. The Nature View does come with different lens for close ups.
So I suppose it depend on how much you’re going to use it to how much you want to spend.
They are fantastic and I’ve got some really good clips over the past few years.
Downside with the Little Acorn is that it shines red when filming and the badgers and foxes notice it, while the Bushnell doesn’t.
I wrote this blog a while ago. https://appletonwildlifediary.wordpress.com/2016/01/28/acorn-vs-bushnell-trail-camera/
let me know how you get on
Alex
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Awww! I’m so envious of anyone with badgers and foxes! My garden is too in the town, but not enough so to have city foxes (I live in Cornwall).
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I love where I live, it always comes up with surprises. My trail camera recently filmed a polecat about 200m from the bottom of my garden.
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They are a great way to see what goes on when our backs are turned 🙂
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