Cameras for Wildspotters.nl
From wildlife crossing to Wildspotters
Monitoring wildlife passages for research and management, while involving the public in spotting and identifying animals.
Organisations involved
4G / LTE / VIDEO
The journey of a video
From the camera at the crossing to the website where visitors identify animals.
- 01
Camera on site
4G · Pan Tilt
- 02
LTE connection
Sending footage
- 03
Video server
Storage by location
- 04
Wildspotters.nl
Available to the website
More insight than an annual inspection
Wildspotters follows the earlier tunnel-monitoring project. It aims to monitor passage use and involve the public in nature. Annual inspections often prove insufficient in practice. Reduced use can indicate that something is wrong and prompt further investigation.
An existing camera, an adapted backend
We used an off-the-shelf camera and adapted the complete backend. It receives and processes images and makes them available to Wildspotters. Storage by location keeps footage linked to the passage where it was recorded.
For visitors, researchers and managers
Visitors can spot and identify animals. Researchers and managers can use footage to follow whether tunnels are used and functioning. A change in use prompts a closer look rather than automatically proving a fault.
