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A new wildlife camera system unlocks the secrets of an oak
woodland. A series of miniature cameras are installed in specially
designed nest boxes revealing the day to day struggles of
the wildlife inhabitants of Platts Wood at Wakehurst Place.
The images are relayed back to a monitor located in the Field
Study Centre providing visitors with, quite literally, a ‘bird’s
eye view’.
The nest boxes have been designed to attract a range of birds
and mammals, from blue tits and woodpeckers, while infra red
cameras will capture the nocturnal activities of bats and
even dormice. Outside cameras offer the chance to see the
nest building skills of moorhen, coot and maybe, great crested
grebe.
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