Best bird box camera reviews [UK]: Wi-fi and cable cameras [UK]

Although Green Feathers call this a bird box kit, it actually only contains the camera and power cable, and doesn’t include the actual nesting box which needs to be bought separately.

But that’s about the only negative thing I have to say about this bird box camera, as it performs well in pretty much every other way.

This model has been designed to connect to your smartphone or tablet via a home wifi network, so you can always have your recordings available to you in the palm of your hand. All you need to do is set the camera up and then download the app that is available for both Android phones and iOS. Here’s a video to help with that:

The images you will get from the camera are absolutely amazing. The 1080P quality means that you can clearly see all the wonderful details, right down to the smallest markings on bird’s eggs as long as there is a sufficient light source inside the bird box, whether that is from natural sunlight or an LED.

And there’ll be no missing out on any of the action. This bird box camera has been fitted with a wide angle lens so it captures all the coming s and goings, quirks, and adorable bird moments.

At nighttime, the camera will automatically switch to infrared mode, providing you with a glimpse into a world that you would otherwise never get the pleasure to see.
The Green Feathers wifi bird box camera comes with a 1.5 metre power cable as standard, but shell out another five pounds and that’ll be extended to 10 metres, another fiver on top of that and you’ll have an extremely long 20 metre power cable to play with.

There is the option to set up motion detection recording to save on memory space on your micro SD card, and the built in microphone will make sure that you get a great soundtrack to go with those crystal clear moving images stored on there.

All delicate parts are housed in a strong metal casing so there’s no need to doubt the durability of this bird box camera, but for peace of mind, the makers are offering a 3 year warranty anyway.

Price-wise this isn’t the cheapest bird box camera out there, but it is one of the best, both for image quality and build quality, so I think it’s worth paying the extra for.

The Blink outdoor wireless camera ticks all the boxes and is probably the best security camera to convert into a bird box camera. Why? Well I know first hand from reviewing this camera, as a security camera, that birds and wildlife set this off perfectly!

Before we get into the review in detail, here’s a quick look at this unit close up:

It’s stylish and has super high quality imagery and being wifi makes it all the more convenient too. Setup is the biggest bonus, with thousand of units sold, and nothing like the bird box few to low hundreds, there is so much documentation that fault finding is a breeze. You’ll be setup with this on a QUALITY app recording in no time. And the app is a big deal. You’ve got all your usual motion sensors and activation notifications as you’d expect from the higher quality home security cameras like Ring.

Being totally waterproof and designed for outdoor installation, this essentially turns any bird table or bird box into a useable camera mounted station. Probably one of my better ideas then 🙂

It’s not without fault though, being Amazon’s top seller means thousands of buys, and as that happens, you will find problems. The most notable complaint is always quality and a few issues with some units failing – that and the less tech savvy getting frustrated and throwing out the odd unreasonable one star review 😀 One complaint however I do agree with is the range – if you have anything less than a strong signal then definitely you’ll struggle. However this isn’t a problem with this unit, it’s a problem for all cameras and I had the same with my Ring setup. I fixed the problem with a Wifi range extender.

All in all, you’ll be able to record and watch inside your bird box to an extremely high standard with this kit.

For just 50 pounds Birdboxview are offering you a complete kit that includes everything you need to get started. As part of the deal you will get a bird’s nesting box, a mini 420TVL camera, and a 10 metre cable which can be upgraded to 15, 20, 0r 30 metres for as little as two quid.

The nesting box was made specifically to work with this bird box camera and so it features an opaque window in order to let as much light in as possible to help you get good images. In the bottom of the box you’ll see there’s been a slot added to help drain any rain water that blows in and also to provide more ventilation.

The roof can be unscrewed to help with cleaning or adjusting the camera, and the entrance hole to the bird box camera is 29mm in diameter and is supposed to attract smaller birds such as sparrows and blue tits, I’ve had incredible success since my bird bath solar water feature was added.

With its inverted V-shaped, dark brown roof, and tan coloured wooden sides, this bird box camera will look great in anybody’s garden. Its natural style is sure to attract the winged wonders you are trying to get footage of.

Setting up the system is fairly easy, and just requires you to open the plastic casing on the outside of the box and plug in the colour coded jack plugs. Then you plug the adapter straight into a mains source via an extension lead, and finally plug the AV cable straight into your TV. You will have to tune your TV into the camera output signal but that is also very straightforward.

Now, you may be wondering why this kit is so inexpensive? Well, when you cut back on the amount, you’re willing to pay, you’ve got to expect to accept some downgrading.

With this particular bird box camera, it is the quality of the daytime imagery. Without great lighting conditions, the video may appear a little washed out.

In low light the infrared kicks in automatically, so you might find that your daytime videos might also be in black and white IR mode due to the dark conditions inside the box.

Still, if you can live with that little flaw, this is a very good set up for such little money. The cedar bird box looks good and is decent quality, the cable to connect the feed direct to your TV is nice and long, and the IR resolution images are nice and clear. You can’t really ask for much more than that for 50 pounds now, can you?

This is the second Green feathers bird box camera in our reviews section, but this one is available at around a third of the price.

The reason for the reduction is price, is of course the quality of the camera. While the more expensive model offers 1080P quality video, this budget version instead has a 700TVL Vaera instead. As you can imagine the two can’t really be compared, but that doesn’t mean that the images produced by this bird box camera are bad. Far from it.

In fact, if you don’t mind the fact that most of the video will be captured in infrared, they are actually quite clear and the camera has a wider than usual field of view at 110 degrees.

This bird box camera is advertised as being a wireless model, and to some degree that is true. For example, there are no cables to attach to your TV. Instead the camera beams the images to a specific receiver box via wifi, and the box is plugged into the TV by using RCA connectors.

There are four wireless channels for you to choose from, to see which gets you the best signal, and this also means that you can install more cameras and have a separate dedicated channel for each one.

However, there is still cable needed for the power supply unless you are a bit handy with the DIY and want to convert it to somehow work from batteries. I’m sure there are YouTube videos on how to do this.

One feature that I liked is that the camera lens can be adjusted, and with a little tinkering you can get the picture to be very sharp and detailed. The camera is fitted with a microphone too, which makes it a step above some similarly priced bird box cameras out there.

To avoid disturbing the birds, Green Feathers have made sure that this bird box camera’s infrared LEDs are completely invisible to the animals. That means there is no glow from them and this puts the birds in a more relaxed state.

For the low price this is really good deal, but please don’t expect the razor sharp, crystal clear images that you would get from far more expensive models. And at this time with the covid-19 situation limiting choice, this is a viable option.

While the AOBO wifi spy camera might not have been made to be used specifically for bird boxes, it nonetheless does the job amazingly well.

This tiny camera punches well above its weight when it comes down to video quality, and is capable of full HD 1080P resolution images with incredible clarity. A 150 degree wide arc gives you a huge field of view, so you wont miss out on any of the action.

And you won’t have to worry about storing all those beautiful clips. The AOBO can support micro SD cards up to a massive 128GB, more than should ever need, but on top of that it supports loop recording so it’ll automatically replace old files with newer ones. Of course, this means that you’ll have to save your favourites to your phone or computer or they will be lost after a certain amount of time.

This bird box camera works in conjunction with an app that is available for iOS and android. You can watch a live stream from the camera straight from your mobile device, and even use the single app to view feeds from multiple cameras.

The fact that it uses this specialised app makes set up a piece of cake, and there’s really no need for any manual, but the one that comes with this bird box camera is clear and easy to understand should you want to use it.

The motion sensors on the camera will send a push notification straight to your phone so you’ll know when there’s something going on inside the bird box, and then you just open the app to see the video. It’s a really nice little feature. Even better than that, you can invite friends and family to view the live footage from their own mobile devices.

When night falls the six non-luminance IR LEDs automatically kick in, and again deliver awesome images with detail that is very hard to match by any other bird box camera in the same price range.

The AOBO could be fixed into place in BIRDBOX by using some tape, or you could screw a metal plate into the wall and simply attach the camera using the magnetic body. Once attached, you can adjust the angle of the camera by tilting it through 120 degrees or rotate it through the full 360 to get it just how you want it.

The rechargeable battery will last about two hours between charges, but if you want to use this bird box camera for extended periods of time, all you need do is connect it to a standard power bank that you would use for recharging a mobile phone and you’re good to go. This is just another example of the clever use of technology on this cracking little product.

At the time of writing this review, the AOBO spy camera is on sale for an incredible £39.99, and that is just a steal, plain and simple.

For the super-low price of 12.99 you can fit your bird box with this 700TVL camera from Zerone and be rewarded with clear 640×480 video footage in both colour and infrared black and white. The IR is automatic though, so if you jave poor light in the bird box, your images will all be black and white.

Even though this is a very low-cost product, the durability and robustness are surprisingly good. The outer casing and lens cap do a really good job of protecting the more sensitive components like the actual lens.

The Zerone bird box camera does have a microphone for audio feed but, at least in the model we played with, it wasn’t really up to much. Then again I should have expected that from a camera that costs less than fourteen pounds.

To reduce the risk of interference, the Zerone uses special technology and also analog modulation technology that sends a low frequency signal (for video or audio) over a high frequency signal, and this strengthens it.

Weighing under 60 grams, there’s no need to fear this bird box camera doing any damage if it falls from its mount, and the compact dimensions of 36×28×36mm means you won’t struggle to fit it even in the smallest nesting houses.

There’s not a great deal else I can say about the Zerone mini camera. It doesn’t really have all of the features of the AOBO, but that’s to be expected of this extremely cheap product. That doesn’t mean that this isn’t worth a second look though, as it does what it is meant to well, and if you play with the manual focus you can dial it in to take quite sharp images, certainly better than what you would expect for the price.