00:29I'll see you next time
00:44Hello there, so as I was photographing the penduline tits just by the pond here, I noticed
00:56that to the left hand side of this pond is a fallen branch, which goes from one side
01:03of the pond to the other. And then if you have a look around the side of it, where it
01:10comes out, where it drops onto the embankment, you can see this natural gap in the grasses
01:18there, which lead on from the post. So what that tells me is that this is perhaps a crossing
01:31point for a variety of animals who don't like getting their feet wet. So it's an ideal spot
01:41for a trail cam, which is one of the tools that us photographers like to use to scout
01:50locations basically, to see if it's worthwhile sitting in a hide for hours. You set up trail
01:55cam in your place, leave it for a few days to record it even longer. And then when you look
02:02at the pictures, you have time codes so you know roughly what time the animals come past,
02:09if they have a routine. So you can see if it's worthwhile setting up a hide and photographing.
02:16And if there's any animal that you want to photograph that's actually using that crossing point, path,
02:21watering hole, whatever. So what I've done is, the other problem before I go on, is that as
02:30you can see here, there is no tree or post from the path to set the trail cam on. So
02:43what I've done is,
02:44I've cut a dead stick into a post and buried it into the mud back here, which you can see
02:55just around the corner here.
03:01And it's facing the pond and this fallen branch. And I've camouflaged it with some branches, not for the animals,
03:17but in case anybody should be passing and notice it and try to steal it. Hopefully they won't notice it.
03:23So the other point is the sensitivity at which to set your trail cam to. Now in locations like this,
03:34there are, the water's moving slightly, firstly. And secondly, there are tons of bugs and insects flying around.
03:41So you shouldn't have your sensitivity set up too high because it'll just keep triggering the camera and you'll have
03:49dozens and dozens and dozens of videos or images with nothing on them but mosquitoes.
03:56So from medium to low sensitivity is what you want to set your trail cam to. And I'm going to
04:05leave that overnight. Unfortunately, I can't leave it any longer because I'm leaving tomorrow.
04:10Normally I'd leave it for a minimum of three days. So I'll come back tomorrow and have a look, see
04:17what's on it. I'm not really expecting it to have captured anything at all, just with one night.
04:22But you never know. So we'll have a look at that tomorrow and see what's on it, if anything.
04:28So good morning. So good morning. I'm off up to the little pond where I left the trail cam yesterday.
04:38And I'm very curious to see if in one night it managed to capture anything at all.
04:48So we'll go and collect it. Hopefully it's still there. Nobody found and couldn't stall it. And we'll see if
04:55anything's on it. So I'll catch up with you in a minute.
04:59So, thankfully, I recovered the camera. Nobody had stolen it. Oh, God. So many mozzies here.
05:11And go up to the car and take a quick look, see if I can see anything. Otherwise I'll have
05:17to wait till I get onto the laptop later.
05:20It's difficult to tell on this small screen. I think I'm going to have to download it onto the laptop.
05:25Ooh. I think it's a fox.
05:32Look at a fox. Could be a jackal. They look very big, actually, for a fox.
05:37That's really exciting.
05:41And that's the first one.
05:46Well, anyway, I'm going to have a look at these on the laptop, I think, because it's really difficult to
05:49see anything on the screen.
05:51So I'll be showing those to you in just a second.
05:54Yeah.
06:08Oh.
06:11You're very busy.
06:12I'm doing great.
06:13Oh, God.
06:14You're very busy.
06:14Oh, God.
06:14I'm well.
06:15Oh, God.
06:16Oh, God.
06:17Oh, God.
06:17Oh, God.
