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=====Not a portable wildlife camera=====
=====Not a portable wildlife camera=====
I've not had great deal of success with the portable wildlife cameras currently available, they need to be really close to the owl box to records reasonable pictures especially at night, on most of the portable wildlife cameras that I'm aware of the batteries need to be changed regularly and to replay recordings, the memory card needs to be taken out of the camera.  This means getting really close to the owl box and the owls, which I am very  reluctant to do.  Another problem is that the recordings are triggered by motion detection, in a tree lined copse, especially when in leaf, the camera is likely to be triggered constantly.
I've not had great deal of success with the portable wildlife cameras currently available, they need to be really close to the owl box to record reasonable pictures especially at night, on most of the portable wildlife cameras that I'm aware of the batteries need to be changed regularly and to replay recordings, the memory card needs to be taken out of the camera.  This means getting really close to the owl box and the owls, which I am very  reluctant to do.  Another problem is that the recordings are triggered by motion detection, in a tree lined copse, especially when in leaf, the camera is likely to be triggered constantly.
I don't wish to put you off trying, but I would recommend you borrow one first to see if it's going to give you the results you expect.  
I don't wish to put you off trying, but I would recommend you borrow one first to see if it's going to give you the results you expect.


=====A hard-wired video camera=====
=====A hard-wired video camera=====