[pswildlifephotography]

Hello all

Just joined.

My mother in law has an allotment in Northamptonshire, and she has a problem with locals pinching vegetables and smashing shed windows.

Have you any recommendations of some type of camera which is self powered that can keep an eye on the plot and see who is nicking her vegetables.

At first she thought it was local kids as the window was smashed on the shed, but they arent nicking tools just lots of vegetables.

Thanks in advance

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[2peasinapod]

Hi PS
I too have had lots of produce stolen this year  .
I too thought of a camera but that would  probably get nicked aswell and would have cost about the same as all the produce I would have gained form the plot this year.

if at all possible try to vary the times you visit so you dont have a set routine, difficult I know but the only thing I can think of.

if any one as any other ideas they would be very well recieved.

[sloegin]

There's a woman whose 80 climbs over my aunts wall to steal her lettuce! She saw her at it through the kitchen window. My aunt would happily give some to her if she'd just ask!

[flitwickone]

get yourselves off to maplin for there covert cctv

[8doubles]

There's a woman who`s 80 climbs over my aunts wall to steal her lettuce! She saw her at it through the kitchen window. My aunt would happily give some to her if she'd just ask!

You have to admire an 80 year old wall climbing lettuce scrumper.

I fully intend to be a nuisance if i get to that age.

[sloegin]

There's a woman who`s 80 climbs over my aunts wall to steal her lettuce! She saw her at it through the kitchen window. My aunt would happily give some to her if she'd just ask!

You have to admire an 80 year old wall climbing lettuce scrumper.

I fully intend to be a nuisance if i get to that age.

 

[pswildlifephotography]

From scouring the web a camera is definately the way ahead, and we found one that uses time lapse to capture a whole weeks worth of lettuce theft!

http://www.scottcountry.co.uk/products-day-6-outdoors-plotwatcher-hd-time-lapse-wildlife-camera-4057.htm



Anyone used one of these before?

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[Alfie]

You can buy an awful lot of veggies for £249.00  :blink:

[digalotty]

yep thats a lot of milk and honey

[Celtic Eagle]

You have to be very careful with cameras because of the laws on privacy and more recently child protection Gets even worse when you start talking about covert surveillance . A complaint could land you in deep trouble . Our TRA have an overt camera and we had to jump through loads of hoops to get it up and working.

[WirralWally]

Whoa there. Steady on.

I don't believe that there is any law relating to 'privacy' or 'child protection' that will prevent you installing a camera, covert or otherwise, to aid the detection of crime on your own property, whether that property is owned or leased by you.

If the original poster in this thread wants to install a camera concentrating on his or her own plot for the purpose of detecting crime then there shouldn't be a problem.

Whether it is worth £250 to do so is a completely different matter but will have nothing to do with any law.

[Celtic Eagle]

I stand by what I said ,  there is a very grey area of law concerning cameras even on your own property  which by the way an allotment is not also the use of cameras for survelliance in a public place is strictly controlled by law.

Just passing on my advice !

[Aunt Sally]

You'd probably get the camera stollen 

[doubledug]

how about a  fen trap placed in  amongst your vegies any one getting there fingers trapped in one of those  will think twice before they try it again . believe me i got my fingers in my own trap once, never again. 

[coopready]

just like to put in my bit of knoledge you must have the owners permision and you also have to have a notice saying it is in operation and thats it, as it has been done on our lottys quite recently by our site owner local council.