Trail cameras, outdoor wildlife cameras, game cameras or camera traps: whatever you call them, placing one of these nifty gadgets in your garden or anywhere you’re curious about wildlife (and have permission) can really open your eyes to the variety of animals and birds living nearby.
These digital cameras are usually battery-powered, and work using motion detection. You can set them up to shoot a short video (at up to 4K resolution) or a series of still images, and they can work at night as well as in daylight thanks to IR lamps that will produce a greyscale image. This means you can leave them in position for days before coming back and looking at the files stored on the memory card - usually an SD or MicroSD model.
