Muntjac video from the Chilterns

As you can see from this video from Paul Nicolaides, the muntjac deer are settling in nicely in the UK. More food for the Big Cats to snack on maybe. This video is from May 2011

A tagged Red Kite

This was sent in by Paul Nicolaides in Buckinghamshire, just over twelve months ago, (I told you I was a bit behind..............!)

This was a first for us at the time, a Red kite. And not only that it is a tagged bird as well. Does anyone have any ideas about the tag?



Oh and ignore the date on the pic, if I remember rightly Paul was having problems at the time with setting the date on his camera

Roe deer from Buckinghamshire

Paul Nicolaides has passed on these nice shots of a Roe deer buck and doe. These are from a new location Paul is trying out. Ignore the dates on the pictures. One of the drawbacks of the cameras, is that every time you change the batteries they reset themselves and you have to re-input the time and date. Sometimes you just forget to do so.!

Can you identify this animal?

We recieved this from Paul Nicolaides taken at a location in the Chilterns. It possibly could be a Wild Boar. What do you think?

A menagerie of animals from Buckinghamshire

Paul Nicolaides has sent these great pictures from Buckinghamshire. Roe Deer, Muntjac, Foxes, Badgers and even a Grey Squirrel. It can only be time before Paul gets one of a big cat

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Foxes and Badgers from Buckinghamshire. (From the BCIB Files)

Paul Nicolaides has sent some more images that he has taken on his cameras over the last few years. All are from Buckinghamshire.

Deer, black dogs, and well I'm just not sure!.

Paul Nicolaides in Buckinghamshire sent us these images from his files.

The first two pictures are easily identifiable, but the third has got us stumped. Can anyone identify what it is?


Well this one is definately a deer, but I'm a little unsure as to what species. Possibly a Roe Deer.
















When I first recieved this image by email, it was shown as a thumbnail, and for a split second, I thought Paul had hit the jackpot, but unfotunately it wasn't one our big black cats, but a big black dog. Oh well, we'll keep trying.
















This final picture is, well your guess is as good as mine. Dog? Deer? You decide!

We'd be interested to hear peoples comments on this one.

















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Roe Deer In Buckinghamshire

This just in from Buckinghamshire from a friend of the Big Cats In Britain Group, Paul Nicolaides.

Paul is a big cat researcher covering the Chilterns and Buckinghamshire regions, and has his own website at http://www.bigcatsofthechilterns.co.uk/. Why not check it out.

The first image is a nice one of a Roe Deer. The second...............well, lets see if you can spot it!

Paul used a Wildview camera to capture these shots.

Cat, fox – what is the animal in the shadows (originally posted January 27th 2010)

Images of what are believed to be a mystery cat have been taken on a trail camera in an undisclosed Buckinghamshire location.

The animal is first seen on the edge of the camera flash, then in the next two shots slinking away out of sight.

The cameras have been in the secret location for two months before the images were taken.

Unfortunately the animal is in the shadows in the periphery of the camera flash making a positive identification impossible.

But what we can see is a large spotted feline animal. On the first image the face is visible, on the second two shots it can be seen slinking away to the right after its initial surprise with the flash.

A rough size estimate can be gauged from a sample shot showing the cameras owner near the tree where the animal is seen slinking away.

The animal is estimated to be about two feet in length with a 12 – 18 inch tail. Not big enough to be a leopard but certainly puts it into the leopard cat/ Bengal / ocelot type range.

The cameras are being reset with new attractants and marker poles in the hope of catching a more clear shot of the cat in question.

Or is it a fox?