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How to find a Ghost Orchid with a Brown Bear

Christopher Mounsey

Aug 28, 2017
4 min

How to find a Ghost Orchid with a Brown Bear

What connects a fir tree, a brown bear and one of the world's rarest plants, Epipogium aphyllum - the Ghost orchid.

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Christopher Mounsey

Mar 4, 2017
3 min

Wolf or dog?

What do you think - wolf or dog? Distinguishing the two is very difficult, even with footprints and faeces.

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Christopher Mounsey

Feb 24, 2017
1 min

How many wolves pass in two weeks?

We've been playing with trail cameras for nearly four years. And in that time we've recorded wolves on 4 separate occasions. We've spent ...

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Christopher Mounsey

Feb 1, 2017
1 min

Persistent Mr Fox - Part I

Back in summer 2015, we set a trail camera (Ltl Acorn 6210 - Black Flash) looking into some caves. The caves aren't very big, but we'd se...

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Christopher Mounsey

Jan 5, 2017
1 min

Great tits on the Feeder-Cam

We've rigged up a Bushnell NatureView HD camera to a makeshift bird table and bird feeder. So far we've only had Great tits land on it (P...

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Christopher Mounsey

Aug 27, 2016
1 min

One camera. Four bears

Breaking our record for how many bears can be fit on a trail camera, we were thrilled to discover a mother bear with her three cubs. Came...

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