Remote Camera Trapping

Motion-activated camera traps have evolved from a novelty into a major tool for conservation, enabling the continuous monitoring of an area to identify species’ presence and estimate abundance. 

Modern camera traps can be left in the field for months at a time, gathering thousands of images and enabling new insights into the distribution and behaviour of wildlife. 

With the help of our volunteers, we use such camera traps at our project sites in Cornwall, gathering and recording data so that any changes in the distribution or behaviour of species over time can be monitored.

Our camera traps also help us to monitor our reintroduced water voles and if there are any invasive mink in the area, which would be detrimental to the populations of water voles.