This wildlife camera is showing things we didn’t know that was going on; in this case a rat prowling around:
This image was taken just after midnight using the time-lapse feature of the camera: it shows a rat coming from the direction of a flower and shrub border on the left crossing the lawn to the north of the cottage (near our bedroom window!). This looks to be a good-sized adult, not a junior.
Here we have it wandering back a few seconds later:
And again, a few seconds later still:
It is interesting to see how well the eyes reflect the light from the infra-red LED lamps. This camera is really opening our eyes to what is happening overnight in our garden – something I wasn’t expecting when I bought the device.
Although the rat was the only thing really noteworthy, I did spot a moth or two fluttering around the flower on the right of the frame. I need to try out placing the camera close to a subject to see how well it works.