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

We're Back ..............!

Ok so I've been a naughty boy and havn't put any of the groups tail cam pics up for a while, but I've got no excuse now, so here goes the first one.

This is from Rick Minter at a site in Gloucestershire last year. It's a mad March Hare on a collision course with the 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.!

Even the pheasants are joining in the Halloween celebrations

Thanks to Rick Minter (BCIB Gloucestershire) for this image.

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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Roe Deer Portrait from Argyllshire - (From the BCIB Files)

I have had my cameras in various locations in Argyll for about five years. Plenty of shots of waving branches, deer backsides, and domestic animals, but every now and then you get that almost perfect shot of a wild animal. Over the next few weeks I'll be posting some of my favourites.

Today it's a young Roe Deer buck, taken with a Wildview camera in 2009.

Shaun Stevens (BCIB Argyllshire)

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.

More Red Fox pictures from Kent.

Rick Snook (BCIB Kent and Essex) is still waiting for a secure location in Kent or Essex where he can put up his cameras. There are a couple of possible locations he is considering, but until then here are some more pictures of Red foxes from his friends garden.

If anyone in Kent or Essex are interested in having a camera put on their land, please contact Rik directly.

Rik has two websites Big Cats In Kent and Big Cats in Essex, where contact details can be found.

A startled Red Deer Hind from Fife, Scotland

Stuart Mackay sent these great pictures from a new location in Fife. The cameras have only been up for a short time and already we are getting some nice shots of the local wildlife. Stuart used a Wildview Xtreme 5.0 camera to get these images. Please note that the dates time stamped on the first three pictures are incorrect. Stuart believes the camera may have reset itself when he changed the batteries. The date on the fourth picture is correct.

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.

















All images can be enlarged by clicking on them

Kentish Vixen and Cubs

Rik Snook, the BCIB member from Kent, has this week purchased his first couple of cameras. He bought two WildView Xtreme 5.0MP Digital Scouting Cameras.

As a test before deploying them in the field, he set them up on his friends property. His friends often put out food for foxes, badgers and other wildlife, and Rik managed to get 76 images in his first night of these foxes. Once Rik is happy with the set up on the cameras he will be placing them in an undisclosed location in Kent that has had several Big Cat sightings in the past.



These are just a few of those images Rik got on his first night.

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?