trail.cam
NEW AI search & species ID built in

Nature,
quantified.

Everything from your trail cameras in one place — with AI that reads the photos, recognises the species and answers your questions.

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2000+ species recognised automatically
OCR camera, date & time read automatically
Maps + weather observations tied to place and conditions
Trail-camera photo: two roe deer and a moose at the forest edge
Made for Hunters Landowners Wildlife management Research
AI search

Ask in plain language. Get answers from your own data.

AI search understands what you’re asking and gives you an answer in seconds — straight from your own observations.

  • Ask in your own words — ask questions the way you would ask a person.
  • AI species detection — every photo gets a species and a confidence level automatically.
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Features

Everything you need to follow the wildlife

AI

AI species detection

A machine-learning model recognises over 2,000 species in your photos automatically, with a confidence level for each. You can correct it manually when needed.

AI

OCR from the photos

Automatically reads the camera name, date and time from the photo — so observations land on the right timeline.

Observation review

Go through observations in overview, timeline and detail, and correct a detection manually when something needs adjusting.

Maps, bounds and zones

Draw area bounds and zones, place the cameras on the map, and play back movement along the trails.

Weather analysis

Connects observations to temperature, wind, precipitation, wind direction, barometric pressure and moon phase — with historical weather data.

Species alerts & push

Set up alerts per species, and get a push notification on your phone when something important shows up.

Harvest & hunt log

Register harvested game with details, and keep your kills together with the area’s observations.

Users, roles & sharing

Share the area with your team, and manage cameras, users and roles with different access levels.

Upload & intake

Bulk upload and email intake from the cameras, with queue status and a dedicated flow to fix failed observations.

Geofencing

Limits species identification to the species that actually occur in your country and its neighbours, so non-native and implausible matches are filtered out.

Summaries & email reports

See what has happened since your last visit, and get automatic species summaries by email.

NEW

Movement playback

Play back the movement between cameras over time, and see how wildlife travels through the area.

Articles

Latest from the field

Practical, source-backed guides on trail cameras, wildlife ID, animal behavior, and photography.

How to Stop Your Trail Camera From Being Stolen: Locks, Boxes, and Smart PlacementCameras & Gear

How to Stop Your Trail Camera From Being Stolen: Locks, Boxes, and Smart Placement

Trail camera theft is common and no camera is theft-proof. Practical ways to make yours a hard target — locks, boxes, placement, no-glow IR, and recovery.

What Made This Hole? How to Read a Burrow Entrance and Name the AnimalWildlife ID

What Made This Hole? How to Read a Burrow Entrance and Name the Animal

Identify the animal that made a hole by reading the entrance — size, shape, spoil, number of holes and location. A field guide to burrows, dens and setts.

Rats, Mice, and the Barn: How to Stop Rodents Raiding Your Coop and FeedFarm & Homestead

Rats, Mice, and the Barn: How to Stop Rodents Raiding Your Coop and Feed

A practical guide to rodent-proofing barns, coops and stored feed: seal the gaps, store feed in metal, cut the harborage, then trap and bait the right way.

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How it works

From camera to insight in four steps

1

Create account and area

Create an account with name, email, area code, country, timezone and the first bounds.

2

Connect your cameras

Add the cameras, place them on the map, and set up upload or email intake.

3

Let the AI do the work

OCR reads the camera name, date and time, and the model recognises the species in every photo automatically.

4

Explore and get alerts

Search in your own words, analyse against weather and maps, and get notified when a species shows up.

Who it’s for

Same app, shaped to how you use it

Hunting teams & landowners

For hunting teams and landowners

  • Share observations between several users.
  • Use maps, zones and weather in one place.
  • Set up species alerts for the animals you follow.
Larger areas

For areas with many cameras

  • Manage cameras, users and roles per area.
  • Keep an eye on errors, weather coverage and setup quality.
  • Use the activity overview, comparisons and alerts day to day.
Management

For wildlife management and research

  • Several areas, several users and role-based access.
  • Combine observations with maps, paths and weather history.
  • Get in touch for setups that need extra tailoring.

Want to try trail.cam?

trail.cam is in closed beta. Apply for access and tell us how you use your trail cameras, and we’ll be in touch.

Become a beta tester

We onboard new testers on a rolling basis.