Opinions, thoughts and adventures of a young conservationist.
Last night I set my trail camera up on my school field again to record some fox cubs. Like the other night I got some super footage and managed to record some great behavior. Last time I filmed three cubs altogether but last night I recorded four. They were a lot more confident this time too and even had a go at controlling the trail camera themselves!
Here’s some of the best footage!
Last night I set my trail camera up at a quite unusual place in the hope of filming some foxes. This unusual place was in fact my school field. After school yesterday, I went down to an untouched area of the school field to set my camera up. Then this morning before school started I collected my trail camera. I wasn’t able to look at my footage all day but there were a few clues when I collected my camera, such as all the dog food which I had left had all gone. Throughout the day my form tutor looked after my trail camera and found the time to have a look at what I had recorded herself. It wasn’t until I got home that I discovered that I had recorded some foxes for the first time. The excitement didn’t stop there though, as I had filmed three fox cubs which was fantastic!
Here is some of my best footage.
Today, as normal, I walked out from school but today I noticed a small bird had been blown into the road with cars all around. I attempted to run out and get the small bird with the help of another student. Once it had been taken out from the road it was left underneath a tree. I didn’t want to leave the bird because it was only young, there are a lot of corvids in the area, it couldn’t fly and there was no sight of a parent, nest or anywhere that the nest could of been. After about an hour of me and my friend waiting and watching I rung a local wildlife rescue who told me to take it to them. We managed to get it into a box without stressing it out anymore and it to the rescue. The lady at the rescue said he/she should be fine which was great to hear!
Here are some photos of the young goldfinch.
Last week, at school, I was approached by one of the science teachers who told me that they’d put up a trail camera in the schools Eco area. They decided to do this as they’d noticed over the past few weeks there were quite a few dead things about, one of which was a mole. Today I asked one of the science teachers if I could have a look at the footage they had captured from the two nights they’d set it up. When I saw the footage I was delighted to see that they’d recorded some fox cubs! Here is some of the footage which the science technician had recorded on her trail camera.
Georgia Locock 