First night's success!

I was surprised when checking the camera trap that we had been so successful on the first night. I had quite a few hits on the camera and some lovely poses from an obliging Pine Marten kit.

I was even more surprised to find that all the food we had put out, both in the garden and across the river, had gone. I retrieved the trail cameras to see who the culprits were - although I strongly guessed it would the same Pine Marten!

It's one of the things I love about camera trapping - you can do as much as possible to get the camera and lighting set to how you want it to look, but you never really know what you'll get until you review the camera. I'm like a kid at Christmas every time!

Obviously I was buzzing after the success of the DSLR camera trap and was keen to see what the trail cameras showed of the night's activity.

Sure enough, Pine Marten were the main species that featured, but another surprise came in the form of a Badger. Fantastic!

On top of that the trail camera had picked up Pine Marten behaviour I'd not seen before - they were using a large mound of moss to scent mark their territory.

My mind wondered to all the other possibilities for camera trapping through the week...