Five days had passed since I put out my camera trap and we were heading back to pick it up. It was another still but slightly chilly evening in March. The air smelt fresh and we wandered towards where my camera trap was. We ducked under branches, snook across snapping twigs and over small bridges.
When we got to it I unlocked and un-tied it from the tree which I had attatched it to, I was eager to see what creatures had followed this track down past my camera. I felt like rushing home to have a look. I was wondering what could be on it!? Imagine if I had caught the white Roe deer on it! Or maybe one of the badgers that I had watched scuttle around on the night I put it out! I checked I had actually had it on the last 5 days (I'm a little clumsy) but thankfully I had and there were 18 videos on it.
We continued on through the woods and placed ourselves silently in the same place opposite the badger set again. A robin was making its way closer to us, chipring and singing it's beautiful song. We could see a squirrel in a distant tree Leaping and climbing, making it look so easy to move about in the tree tops. We had watched the sun set and sat in silence for over an hour but there was still no sign of badgers. However, we continued to sit in patience as these creatures are definately worth the wait. Suddenly About a metre beneith out feet swooped a Tawny owl in absolute silence. I could not hear but only see it. I though this was amazing as they are so large in size and vocal with their voice yet they can move so quietly through the air that if I had my eyes closed I would have never known that it had been there... Nature never seases to amaze me.
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