Updated: 11 Jan
The Morena Bio-Reserve hosted our first activity focused on camera trapping techniques. It was on 28 December that a motivated group of naturalists ventured into this refuge of dense native vegetation, where so many wildlife species find the perfect shelter.
Many of the wild mammals that occur here are nocturnal and display highly elusive behaviour, aspects that make direct observation very difficult. It is in this context that Milvoz uses automatic cameras to record and monitor the various species — practices that would otherwise be quite complex.
The activity began with a presentation of the Bio-Reserve and a theoretical overview of the technique, methods and equipment used.
Next came the moment to retrieve one of the cameras already installed on site, at a wildlife passage point. What species might have passed through in recent days?
Badgers, foxes, genets, weasels, wild boar and roe deer, as well as birds such as the mysterious woodcock, thrilled the participants, who were able to confirm the passage of such a diverse range of wildlife at that location in the days preceding the activity. How rich in life our Morena Bio-Reserve is!
