I captured this badger (Meles meles) during a heavy storm on my Redleaf RD1000 game camera. The previous badger spent a good while licking the camera but this one first hides and then runs off when it detects it. I’ve noticed from experience that members of the Mustelidae family, for example badgers, martens and weasels,Continue reading “Camera Shy Badger”
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Red Deer Stag Rut Call
Every Autumn, the valley around my village livens up at night as all the giant Carpathian stags bellow out their presence and challenge the other males for dominance of the vast red deer herds. This recording is of a stag and his challengers literally outside my back window. The sound of a stag in rut,Continue reading “Red Deer Stag Rut Call”
Champignon mushrooms!
Finally, we’re starting to see some edible fungi, although still not in any quantities worth mentioning. Winter is fast approaching, which means mushroom season – if there even is one this year – will be short. We found a couple of rings of champignons (Agaricus bisporus), or the common button mushroom favoured as part ofContinue reading “Champignon mushrooms!”
Edible Dormouse in Humane Trap
This is one of my resident Edible Dormice (Glis glis) from the attic. It’s the second one I’ve caught using a cage-type humane trap. They’re not very intelligent, unlike Pine Marten, so a simple piece of salami suffices and there’s no need to disguise the scent of the trap. This little fellow will be goingContinue reading “Edible Dormouse in Humane Trap”
Amazing Immense Eurasian Lynx trailcam footage
I knew there were Eurasian Lynx up in the heavily forested hills surrounding the village but I didn’t expect to find such an immense one wandering around a few hundred metres behind my house. I filmed it in the little wooded gully where I captured badger, pine marten, red squirrel, boar and red deer onContinue reading “Amazing Immense Eurasian Lynx trailcam footage”
Badger Attack trailcam footage
This IR footage of a badger in amazing close up was taken a few hundred metres from my house. It’s seriously cute. Wearing headphones whilst watching is compulsory!
Parasol Mushroom – start of mushroom season
Last year we had a historic mushroom season. Edible and other fungii grew in unbelievable abundance from the beginning of summer until the start of winter. however, this year is not the same. There are virtually no mushrooms about and it has been forecasted that there won’t be. This is due to two factors –Continue reading “Parasol Mushroom – start of mushroom season”
Young Wild Boar trailcam infrared
For a while the boar left the area as they follow the sweetcorn harvest but over the last week I’ve noticed their scat in the field behind the house. I set up the trailcam in a damp and muddy woodland gully which I know they pass through. This young boar is calling out and looksContinue reading “Young Wild Boar trailcam infrared”
Young Carpathian Red Deer trailcam
This is a young Carpathian Red Deer I picked up on the Redleaf HD1000 trailcam. I can understand its scratching completely as every time I put the trailcam down in that damp, muddy, scat covered gully I come away covered in bites which itch for a week.
Carpathian backroads motorcycle ride
These are the local back roads where I live in Eastern Slovakia. This is an improved video from the last one as this time I’ve attached the Dazzne P2 to my helmet rather than on a chest rig. I’m still working out angles and stuff. That blue car really annoyed me when it appeared –Continue reading “Carpathian backroads motorcycle ride”
Carpathian Adventure 