Background

This video tutorial, specifically produced for the Biodiversity Meets Data (BMD) project, offers a technical and practical guide to using camera traps for monitoring biodiversity and wildlife. Today, these devices are essential tools for ecological research, population estimates, and conservation programmes.

By combining guidelines and reference manuals with direct field experience, this tutorial provides simple and practical recommendations to maximise data quality and operational efficiency. 

The video illustrates key steps for optimal placement: selecting a site based on animal signs, orienting the camera away from the sun to avoid backlighting, and installing it perpendicular to animal trails to ensure effective sensor activation. It also covers mounting height, internal SD card formatting, shot configuration, and on-site testing of the setup.

This video tutorial serves as a practical supplement and operational expansion of the BMD Practical Guide to Camera Trap Surveys, offering hands-on guidance to support the content detailed in the guide.