Learn about camera trapping, including where to set up your camera, using fieldcraft skills, downloading and storing images, how to identify species, and recording your findings for science and county wildlife records. The webinar will also include an informal Q&A session and a demo of how to set up and use one of the new communal use cameras (which will be available to loan through the Fellfoot Forward LPS).

Camera traps, or trail cameras, are remote cameras that will take still photos or video clips of mammals, birds, and, sometimes, reptiles. They are triggered by a combination of motion and infra-red heat and are particularly effective at night, revealing wildlife that you may have no idea is around your local area. Cameras can be used in gardens but are best used on trails where animals cross becks, walls and other obstructions on their favourite travel routes.

A link to a training film (filmed at an existing camera site in the Fellfoot Forward area), as well as highlights of what you might find and see, will be available in advance of the event on the Fellfoot Forward Facebook group and the North Pennines AONB website. We recommend that anyone registering for the event watches the film before the webinar (in case of any broadband issues on the night). 

This is an online event using the ZOOM platform. You will receive your link and information for logging on 24 hours before the event, therefore booking is essential. To book your place, use the link on the right (under Details) or click here.