I have had a few blank nights with the trail cameras trying to catch badgers recently but at last some success. There are lots of signs of activity with busy trails and lots of digging but trying to predict where they will be on any given night hasn't been easy. I returned to the badger bridge which is formed by the trunk of a tree that fell across the stream. I could tell that it is in regular use and set up an infrared video camera at each end. Nearly all of the traffic was in one direction so one camera only had pictures of retreating badgers but the other one was pretty good.
I also set up the Wingscapes camera which takes colour stills with a flash. It was strapped to a nearby tree overhanging the stream. It is the only one of four similar cameras that still works so I was very careful not to drop it in the water. It has a problem with sensitivity and took only three shots all night (whereas the infrared cameras each recorded over 40 video clips) but the three are worth seeing.
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