“I found the team at NatureSpy really helpful both pre-sale for advice and the tech team post sale when I had teething probs with leaving my camera accidentally on record every minute rather than when triggered, resulting in 1000s of blank images. I bought the Heliarctos solar cam as the wilder garden is too far from the house for the new Naturespy WIFI and because I use my phone not a laptop so I wanted an app based cam. After 30yrs with lots of wildlife but no hedgehogs in my rural hamlet I was very excited to find a regular hedgehog by chance one night and began putting kitten biscuits out but would worry every time I couldn’t see him for a few days and didn’t want to disturb him with my red light torch. I also wanted to monitor where he feeds and drinks for presence of predators before feeding more regularly, particularly for badgers as a few years ago we had several badgers in the garden (neighbour was feeding them every night, stopped 4 yrs ago). Thankfully so far after a few weeks of nightly monitoring I’ve not seen any badgers He visits every night at 9.30, 11.30 and 4.40 usually. I’ve bought nest boxes (approved by Hedgehog rescues) and I’ll continue to scatter feed but am still monitoring nightly for any predators
before adding a feeding station as I don’t want to risk endangering hedgehogs if there’s any risk at all of badgers in the garden.
The Heliarctos is perfect and the app very intuitive and the solar battery is great and lasts ages. The fact NatureSpy supports nature conservation, was another big plus for me. Be warned though it gets addictive checking each morning!”
“I now have 2 Naturespy cameras and am contemplating a 3rd purchase. I use each with a solar panel. So easy to set up and use. I live the ability to watch the wildlife in the garden or change settings even when 100s of miles away. The performance and clarity of image in B/W or colour is exceptional. 100% wildlifecam imo”
“Naturespy have been excellent. They gave me great advice as to what camera to buy to suit my need and then when I came to order their service was excellent. Highly recommended.”
“The camera arrived very promptly. It has been extremely easy to set up and use, and has recorded all sorts of wildlife so far, including daytime and night time stills and videos. It has coped with heavy rain and still gives clear shots. I'm very pleased with it indeed. I've had it running continuously since I got it (7 days) and the battery is still above 70%.”
“All profits from the sale Helarctos camera go to wildlife conservation and this definitely prompted me to buy from NatureSpy. Also, the assistance I received in making the right choice to suit my needs. Would definitely buy from them again and encourage others to do so.”
“Competitively priced and good quality Browning product. I like the back up service from NatureSpy and that they are a non-profit organisation helping wildlife projects. It's early days with the camera, although initial results are good. A brief comment re. the battery tray ; instructions say pull firmly although, after pressing the battery eject button and releasing the tray, it took an unusual amount of force to withdraw the tray [this may ease as time goes on]. Overall, very happy with NatureSpy and the camera.”
“The 8x42 binoculars are superb, with great clarity and brightness of the image. I like the short focusing distance which is very useful in wildlife/bird watching. The lockable dioptre adjustment is a very good addition too.”
