Best Cam for capturing Bats

Alan274

Hi all,
We have recently moved to Norfolk and get a lot of Bats circling our Garden at dusk collecting insects and the such so we wanted to install a camera that would best catch some of the action so any advice/recommendations on what Camera would be best? Would also be great to capture the bird activity during the day.
Many thanks,
Al

steephill

Bats in flight are very difficult to photograph - small and fast moving in almost no light is beyond most non specialist equipment. You would need to set up a laser or infrared beam trigger system on the flight path to fire a camera and flash pre-focused on a set position.

fidgetbones

I caught some bats on the Bushnell trailcam  when the foxes had already triggered it.  Even slowed down to 10% using the slow motion processing , they were so fast each frame showed them blurred.  I did get some video of some flying round our oak tree. I did it on a warm clear night just before dusk, standing under the tree with the bats silhouetted against  a clear sky using a Sony Handycam.

https://youtu.be/RhT9iE8n6Sg

bertrand-mabel

Best to watch them as they are moving around in the dusk.

Great to see them.

Our cameras don't pick them up...too quick.