Bird feeder camera

Merlin5 · 31 Jan 2020 at 16:04

I'm thinking of getting a camera to see close up feeding of the birds in my garden. I wondered if anyone could advise me.

I'm looking for battery powered as I don't have any outside mains, and this camera says it runs for 120 days on 2 batteries.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lemnoi-Rechargeable-Security-Wireless-Waterproof/dp/B07P6PN1S2

But I'm guessing I would ideally need a zoom function and I'm not sure if that cam has one.

More importantly, if I wanted to see streaming video of my feeders on my phone when I'm not at home, would a camera need wifi access from the house or could it also connect to 4G? Because I can't really get a wifi signal in my garden, it's too far from my router.

Tony Edwards · 1 Feb 2020 at 11:35

Dont you mean squirrel feeder camera?

There are a few threads in here about bird nest cameras that you might find handy. https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/search/44569595/?q=bird+cam&o=date

Apart from that I cant help as Im probably more clueless about cameras and wifi than you.

Merlin5 · 1 Feb 2020 at 14:32

Tony Edwards said:
Dont you mean squirrel feeder camera?

There are a few threads in here about bird nest cameras that you might find handy. https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/search/44569595/?q=bird+cam&o=date

Apart from that I cant help as Im probably more clueless about cameras and wifi than you.

I can see the squirrels quite close-up as the squirrel feeder is not far away from my kitchen window. But I don't get much detail of the birds on the feeders which is further away. Taking photos through the kitchen window with my phone on max zoom is blurry at best.

kinetic747 · 1 Feb 2020 at 23:15

You could try one of those spotting scopes with phone attachment, no idea how good they are though without spending a bit.