Outdoorangus Co / Wildlife
I’ve been experimenting with passive camera trapping for years, mostly to catch shy, nocturnal mammals that are hard to photograph by hand. Recently I started repurposing old action cameras — GoPros, SJCam models and similar — to build cheap, lightweight passive setups that work well for...
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I run short, repeatable surveys of hedgerow bees around my village using nothing more than a smartphone, a pocket notebook and a simple plan. Over several seasons I’ve learnt which photos actually help with identifications, how to design a route that gives reliable, repeatable samples, and where...
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Why I convert a cheap action camera for hidden trail recordingI've spent thousands of hours walking the UK’s trails and watching how mammals and birds behave when they think no one is around. Trail cameras are great, but they can be expensive, and I often want something lighter, cheaper and more...
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Finding a wandering red kite chick on a roadside verge, in a garden or in a field can be worrying. I’ve come across young raptors on more than one walk and learned that staying calm, observing carefully and following a clear set of steps is the best way to help. Below I’ll walk you through...
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Walking across farmland in spring and autumn, I’ve come to depend on more than my eyes to tell the story of the landscape. The soundscape — the calls and songs of birds — is a constant, changing record of what’s happening beneath hedgerows, on stubble fields and along wind-swept lanes. Over...
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I lead a lot of groups on daytime walks, but guiding a youth group on a beginner-friendly night walk is one of my favourite ways to introduce young people to the nocturnal side of the countryside. Night walks can be quietly magical — from the hush of hedgerows to unexpected calls of owls — but...
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The Jurassic Coast is one of my favourite places to poke along the shoreline — dramatic cliffs, fossil-bearing rocks and a rich, ever-changing intertidal world that rewards a slow, curious pace. I love a low-tide scramble: equal parts hiking, light scrambling and careful rock-hopping, with...
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I spend a lot of time crossing open moorland in the UK, and two of the deer species I bump into most often are red deer and fallow deer. At a glance they can seem similar — both are large, tawny, grass-eating mammals that favour open country at times — but once you know what to look for you can...
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