red lamp filters?

[Ozzy Fudd]

was out doing a bit of lamping tonight (foxes), had a torch with a heavy red filter. didnt see any foxes but plenty of rabbits, which are illegal to lamp here

 

now the funny thing, which has got me thinking, is that the rabbits seemed to be quite easily spooked by the red light. we counted about 15 of them altogether, only two of them didnt seem overly concerned, one adult and one youngish one, the rest bolted as soon as the lamp was on them. so if the red filter is scaring the rabbits off, would it be doing the same for foxes? or am i worrying too much, as the rabbits likely to just be skittish because theres young about at the mo?

 

ps should say that a month or two ago any rabbits we happened to catch in the beam werent worried at all about it

Edited April 8, 2010 by Ozzy Fudd

[Colster]

They do learn to associate the light with danger, this week we got on to some fields on one farm we can't usually get on and our bag was bigger as a result. Most of them sat there in the lamp whereas fields we lamp regularly they can be quick to run for the hedges.

 

I'd imagine the same would be true of foxes, certainly the muntjac on there don't seem to mind the lamp on them as they've never had reason to worry about it.

[Ozzy Fudd]

cheers, looks like ill be trying a different colour filter for the foxes, just incase

[danddo]

cheers, looks like ill be trying a different colour filter for the foxes, just incase

 

I would try a Green filter I changed from Red to Green and it has proved very successful.