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Friday 20 January 2012

Mystery Animal from Dorset

We have a new researcher on board, Joe Parkes, and he has sent in several videos from his camera in Dorset. We will be posting the rest of them over the next few weeks. Today however we get a chance to look at a very intriguing video from him.

Your thoughts would be most welcome.


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  2. I am assuming the camera was set over 50cm above ground level, in which case from the ear shape and whisker pattern it looks very much like a leopard. It is clearly investigating the camera, but seemingly intentionally avoiding direct exposure in front of it

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  3. I always set the lens of my trail camera at 75cm above ground level as it seems to give the camera a slightly better range than when it's low down. When I put the camera on this private nature I was trying to capture a Lynx which has been spotted in the area a small number but I believe this to be an even larger cat species. It is certainly not a deer, Badger or Fox as I have numerous videos of these close to the camera and the whiskers and ears are completely different.

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  4. It should have read nature reserve and small number of times.

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    1. Well done there Joe Parkes, it seems you have caught what could be the best close up footage [albeit partial] of a large cat in the UK to date. I hope you have further luck and eventually get the cat into full shot. However, this may take you some time, as living in a very densely populated country is not the same as vast wild areas in other parts of the world, the cats here are constantly looking out for danger from people and as such are very suspicious of anything new and take ages to get used to changes in their environment; but be patient without moving the cameras and you just might get lucky.

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  5. IT'S A MOTH !!!!!!

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