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The camera sits behind the seed, not above it. That is the whole design idea: the lens looks out through the clear hopper wall at the perch, roughly a hand's width away, so a chickadee landing to take a sunflower seed fills the frame instead of appearing as a speck on a wide garden shot. A trail camera pointed at a feeder gives you a bird-shaped blur. This gives you a portrait.
Motion on the perch wakes the camera, it records, and your phone gets a notification. You are not watching a live feed all day waiting for something to happen — you get told when it does, and the clip is there when you open the app.
Solar on top, 5200 mAh underneath
A panel on the roof trickle-charges a 5200 mAh battery, which is what makes this practical to put where birds actually are. No extension lead down the garden, no bringing it in to charge every fortnight. The supplier notes the battery should be fully charged before first use — solar keeps a charged battery topped up, it is slow at filling an empty one, and a feeder mounted in shade will lean harder on that first charge.
What comes in the box
More than the feeder itself. The kit includes the camera module, the solar panel, a tree strap and a screw-mount bracket with fixings and a screwdriver, plus a fruit spike, a jelly or mealworm cup and a suet-ball holder that clip onto the perch tray.
Those last three matter more than they look. A seed-only camera feeder photographs seed-eaters — finches, chickadees, sparrows. Add fruit and you get orioles and mockingbirds; add mealworms and you get bluebirds and wrens. The accessories are how you change which birds show up in your notifications.
Size
13.1 in wide, 8.6 in deep, 10.8 in tall (335 × 220 × 275 mm). That is a substantial feeder — bigger than it looks in photographs, and worth measuring against your intended spot before it arrives. It mounts to a tree or post with the strap, or screws to a wall or fence with the bracket.
Specifications
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Dimensions: 13.1 × 8.6 × 10.8 in (335 × 220 × 275 mm)
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Battery: 5200 mAh rechargeable
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Charging: Solar panel, plus USB cable for the initial charge
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Camera: Removable module, positioned inside the hopper facing the perch
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Connectivity: Wireless, phone app with motion alerts and auto-capture
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Material: Plastic
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Colour: Blue
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Mounting: Tree strap or screw bracket, both included
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Included accessories: Fruit spike, jelly/mealworm cup, suet-ball holder, screwdriver, fixings
Questions people ask
Which app does it use, and is there a subscription?
We have not been given the app name or the cloud-storage terms by the supplier, so we are not going to guess at them. If a subscription-free guarantee is what decides this purchase for you, message us before ordering and we will get a written answer from the manufacturer first. We would rather lose the sale than tell you something we cannot stand behind.
What resolution does it record at, and does it have night vision?
The manufacturer describes it as 2K. We have not independently verified that figure, and no night-vision specification was provided. Treat it as a daylight feeder camera.
Is it weatherproof?
No IP rating was supplied. It is built as an outdoor feeder with a covering roof over the camera bay, but we cannot quote a sealing standard we have not been given. If you need a certified weather rating, our wired nest box cameras publish theirs.
What about squirrels?
This unit has no squirrel function — it will film them emptying the hopper as happily as it films a cardinal. If squirrels are your problem, our squirrel proof bird feeder camera is the more compact sibling to this one and adds an AI squirrel-repelling system. This is the model to choose when capacity matters more.
How is this different from a nest box camera?
Completely different job. A nest box camera goes inside a sealed box and shows you one pair raising a brood over a few weeks in spring. A feeder camera shows you the whole cast of visitors all year round. Plenty of people run both.
Will it identify the birds for me?
The manufacturer advertises AI species recognition. In our experience of this product category generally, identification is reliable on common, distinctive garden birds and less so on lookalike species — the sparrows, the female finches, the autumn warblers. Useful, not authoritative.
Where should I put it?
Somewhere with a clear line of sight for the phone signal, ten feet or so from cover so birds feel safe approaching, and out of direct glare into the lens — morning light behind the camera rather than in front of it gives far better pictures.
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