Top camera trappers to follow on Twitter

Camera traps and twitter go together better than you might first realise. All you need is a camera trap and a twitter account and you can share your wildlife photos & videos with the whole world.

Here are some of our favourite accounts on twitter that regularly share some fantastic camera trap images…

Have we missed anyone? Let us know in the comments below!

#wildlife #mammalwatching Pack of young coyotes – Camera Trap Animal of the Day http://t.co/p0TXp0CSRP pic.twitter.com/QcRn7ksRw5

— Trevor JRWildlife (@JRWildlife) June 26, 2014

You might recognise ‘JRWidlife’ – Trevor Hebert wrote a blog for NatureSpy about the camera traps he manages at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve.

Trevor tweets a ‘Camera Trap Animal of the Day’ – and the diversity at the Preserve comes through. Mountain lions, coyotes and even a golden eagle have all been captured and shared on twitter.

The regular camera trap images also mean you can see Jasper Ridge change through the seasons; including baby animals appearing in the Spring.

Amazing coyote color morph hunting w wild-type pack mate, NC gamelands #cameratrap @NCWildlife RT @sumdawg@eMammal pic.twitter.com/1T1nH814O7

— Roland Kays (@RolandKays) June 25, 2014

Dr. Roland Kays is a leading camera trap expert and runs eMammal, a large-scale camera trapping project in the USA.

You can expect regular camera trap images, with a healthy dose of humour… and a few other cool science tweets thrown in for good measure!

And if its camera trap images you’re after, @eMammal is one of the best… plenty of great images, coming in thick and fast.

It looks as though #eMammal has answered the age old question… do bears poop in the woods? #AmericanBlackBear pic.twitter.com/1ZJKm2z8lA

— eMammal Project (@eMammal) May 29, 2014

Stunning #puma from Cocha Cashu, #Peru #cameratrap @DukeU pic.twitter.com/YZuWBpul1d

— TEAM Network (@TEAMNetworkOrg) April 1, 2014

The Team Network is one of the largest biological monitoring projects in the world, and their collective efforts have meant that over 1 million camera trap images from tropical rainforests have been collected.

This obviously means they have quite a lot of images to choose from, and some of the best can be found on their twitter account.

If you want more, be sure to take a look at their website where most of the images are accessible…

I never tire of looking at clips of these @BushnellNature beauties! pic.twitter.com/qz0WyXmi56

— WildlifeKate (@katemacrae) June 28, 2014

Kate Macrae, or Wildlife Kate, is a Bushnell ambassador and so you can expect plenty of great Bushnell camera trap images all year round.

Kate has also has lots of live cameras rigged around her home, so there is always something going on!

“The odd one ‘IN'” #Leopard #Black #greatnature #India pic.twitter.com/ImFiopk2Ve

— WCS-India (@WCSIndia) May 23, 2014

The Wildlife Conservation Society in India is certainly one of the best accounts to follow for camera trap images; this amazing shot of three leopards, including one in melanistic form, is an example.

Plenty of mongoose, peafowl, hare, jackel and even the odd elephant have all been captured on their camera traps and shared.

You may also spot a second camera trap in every image; this is a ‘paired’ set-up, and is particularly useful for capturing both sides of an animal (especially tigers) so that they can be individually recognised and therefore counted.

Motherly love is universally beautiful. Research @AltaWolverine @Albertaparks for @NatureSpyuk #cameratrappers pic.twitter.com/j2Ux6k3tV4

— Jason T Fisher (@JasonTFisherLab) July 22, 2014

Jason T. Fisher is a research scientist and wildlife ecologist working in Alberta, Canada with the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute. Jason and his team use camera traps to monitor bears, wolves and wolverines (see this recent paper on breeding success of grizzly bears as an example).

All those camera traps means some fantastic images to go with the brilliant science…

Curiosity has its own reasons for existing (esp. in wolverines) – Einstein, paraphrased @NatureSpyuk @AltaWolverine pic.twitter.com/lEZwIOTWIM

— Jason T Fisher (@JasonTFisherLab) July 23, 2014

Over to Australia…

Big ol’ eastern grey kangaroo checking out the camera pic.twitter.com/dYko1lB3RV

— Dustin Welbourne (@DustinWelbourne) May 8, 2014

Australia has a big community of expert camera trappers – and thankfully many are on twitter, giving followers fantastic insights into the hidden world of Australian wildlife.

And it’s not just kangaroos that you can expect; research on dingos and invasive species is prominent, as well on reptile communities and camera trap shots from elsewhere in the world.

Another shot of one of the world’s rarest #mammals The Tenkile! #tenkileadventure @Tenkile @Pozible #scicomm #PNG pic.twitter.com/5kck1KPjw5

— Euan Ritchie (@EuanRitchie1) May 21, 2014

Red-necked (wallaby) aggression #WildOz #mammalwatching #cameratrap pic.twitter.com/Y9zoNoN4yF

— Guy Ballard (@DingoResearch) July 1, 2014

Madly prepping talk for #NACCB2014. Thinking of a way to include a video like this. What’s not to love? https://t.co/dzZZTOyAvj

— Chris Darimont (@ChrisDarimont) July 11, 2014

Two of the most exciting animals to get on a camera trap surely have to be bears and wolves. Chris and his team use camera traps in the Great Bear Rainforest in Canada and do ‘science that matters’.

What that means for followers on twitter is pole-dancing bears. Don’t believe us? Watch the video above…

taken this winter by the bushnell camera. white tailed jackrabbit. Buffalo peaks, Colorado in the background. pic.twitter.com/SYVdRQRniv

— sue D (@dancingmonkey11) April 22, 2014

Sue Dickerson runs a number of camera traps on her property in Hartsel, Colorado, and regularly shares the images on twitter.

Sue also wrote a great blog for NatureSpy including some of her favourite images from her camera traps; including pronghorn and American badger!

My favorite from our 2014 #CameraTrap images. ocelot. pic.twitter.com/pXTrFsXq2i

— Ocho Verde Wildlife (@OchoVerde) March 27, 2014

Ocho Verde is a wildlife preserve in Costa Rica and they run a camera trap project year-round.

Ocelot’s are occasionally captured by the camera traps, but they’ve also had a jaguarundi…!

Young #Americanblackbear walking by the trailcam pic.twitter.com/QhZyPYAFOA

— Cam Dressel (@CamDressel) June 21, 2014

Cam Dressel regularly shares camera trap pictures from the USA. Expect bears, deer, coyotes and foxes…

Hands down one of the best #cameratrap photos I’ve ever taken. Falcon action at a deer carcass. pic.twitter.com/oFzutOykCa

— Brian Balik (@WildlifeFever) May 9, 2014

A really passionate camera trapper who is also involved with eMammal – Brian documents the wildlife in North Virginia, and his camera traps are a big part of this.

Otter visited 3 times last week. Changed camera, so hope it continues! pic.twitter.com/meL6ewmkMt

— Gareth Jones (@TigerGaret) June 29, 2014

Gareth uses a few camera traps and shares great pictures and videos of ‘Oliver’ the otter!

And of course; the NatureSpy account share lots of camera trap images from our cameras too…

A gorgeous roe buck checks out one of our camera traps at sunrise… @wildlife_uk @BushnellNature @WildlifeMag pic.twitter.com/G4dHy66e1E

— NatureSpy (@NatureSpyuk) June 8, 2014