COLOUR BIRD BOX CAMERA SYSTEM

This complete nestbox camera system offers excellent value for money. The high quality mini video camera provides colour images during the day and black & white images at night. There is a built in microphone so you can hear as well as see whats going on. This system is delivered  to you fully assembled, so all you have to do is position the box, plug it in and start watching!

Very easy to set up and hours of fun for everyone!

So what do you get for your money?

The Nesting Box  - Our multi-species nest box offers market leading quality and value for money. The box is hand built in our own workshops from high grade Western Red Cedar (sourced from well managed forests) and follows guidelines suggested by the RSPB and British Trust for Ornithology (BTO). The bird box also has a removable front panel with a 32mm entrance hole making it suitable for the widest range of garden birds including:

• Blue Tits
• Coal Tits
• Marsh Tits
• Great Tits
• House Sparrows
• Robins (with the front panel removed)
• And possibly Wrens

You may read in various publications that the entrance hole must be a particular size to attract a specific species of bird (eg. 25mm for Blue Tits etc). However, these are purely GUIDELINES and our experience has shown (incl consultation with the RSPB for supply of their branded kit) that a 32mm hole will not deter Blue Tits, or any of the other small hole nesting garden birds in the slightest. Using a 32mm hole maximises the chances of a pair of birds nesting in the box.

The birdbox has a small sliding drawer in the roof to house the camera and connections. A quick release camera mounting bracket is also fitted to hold the actual nestbox camera in the optimum position.

The Camera - All of our nesting box cameras are manufactured to our own specification and exacting standards. The camera used in this kit is one of our CMOS type cameras and has a resolution of 420TVL (TV Lines). This will produce colour images during the day and black & white images at night as it also has built in infrared night vision. Infrared light is invisible to the human eye and to birds, so it will not affect their natural roosting/nesting process in any way. We use a specific type of Infra red light designed to give the optimum illumination levels inside our nest boxes. This virtually eliminates the bright white spot (known as white out) that plagues many other kits available, producing great images whatever time of day or night you are viewing. A built in highly sensitive microphone helps you to hear as well as see whats going on inside the box too. Finally, the camera also has an adjustable focus lens, this is pre-focused to the correct position but can be easily adjusted at a later date should you require.

The Rest Of The System - Consists of a 20m professional plug n play cable connected to the camera in the roof of the nest box. The other end of the cable has three connectors. They are black, yellow and white. The black one is for power and connects to the 12V DC power adaptor supplied (looks like a mobile phone charger). This plugs into a mains socket. The remaining yellow (video) and white (audio) connectors plug into a spare AV socket on your TV, Amp or DVD recorder. This can be either a spare scart socket (usually found on the back of the TV or video/DVD recorder) using the scart adaptor supplied, or the three RCA type phono sockets (3x round, yellow, white and red sockets) on the front or side of your TV/Video/DVD recorder. Connect the yellow-to-yellow and white-to-white, switch on the 12v mains adaptor, then select the appropriate AV channel on your TV using your TV remote control.

Nestbox Camera System contains:

• High quality bird box with integrated sliding drawer and quick release camera bracket (Camera can be moved between boxes)
• High quality, COLOUR CMOS camera (420TVL resolution) with built in infra red illumination enabling viewing 24 hours a day. (Colour images during the day and B&W images at night).
• Integral microphone to hear as well as see whats going on inside the Bird Box.
• User adjustable focus lens.
  20m of professional cable (weatherproof)
• 12v Regulated Mains adaptor
• Fixing Kit
• Scart Adapter
• Instruction sheet full of useful tips to help maximise the chances of birds nesting in your new box.

Would you like to connect your camera kit to a computer?

This kit can be connected straight to your computer if you have the appropriate connections. Look for a round yellow socket (the same as on your TV) on the back of your PC. If you have one of these connectors on your PC it will most likely be on the graphics card, a TV card or a dedicated capture card. If you dont have this connection or you plan to use a laptop we would recommend using one of our Video to USB adaptors. All you need is a spare USB socket and an audio jack input socket (most computers will have these). Software is supplied to get you started (we have XP/Vista and Apple Mac versions available) but once connected you can pretty much use any piece of software that can accept a live video input (eg. most webcam software). We would recommend I-catcher Wildlife available here. This has full motion detection capabilities and much more!

The system is supplied with clear, easy to follow instructions . You will also find lots of other useful information in our Advice and FAQ sections too.

You will have the opportunity to add accessories to this kit such as extension cables and the video to USB adaptor after you click on the ADD TO BASKET button above.

The specifications for this product are as follows:

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