Unauthorised spy camera

[Alias]

I’ve just found a spy camera coupled to a solar paneI. It’s fastened to a fence post looking out from the side of a wood , towards some rabbit holes which a badger has recently moved into. I just wondered what is the legality of this, it’s all our own property and no one has asked permission.
It’s bothering me, not knowing who has put it there, and whether there are any more. Even Winston Smith was able to go into the woods to get away from Big Brother !

 

[JockCroft]

Would it not be in order too remove and hand in to your local Police Station as "Lost Property".
If it gets claimed you should at least be entitled to 10%, or is that no longer Police policy?

 

[Highland Mule]

Fly tipped rubbish on your land? That’s your responsibility to dispose of, sadly, and at your expense.

With luck it might be worth something on eBay to offset your costs.

Probably worth keeping a regular look in case more is dumped later.

 

[Red Fred]

Could you not take it home and leave a note asking the owner to apply at the farmhouse to get it back?

 

[davidroberts30]

Could you not take it home and leave a note asking the owner to apply at the farmhouse to get it back?

thats what id do

 

[Tucker]

I've been asked a couple of times before, someone wanted to do a time lapse of a hedge growing over a year and another person was absolutely adamant there is a "big cat" roaming the area (I think too much drink is involved in that one ), that's fine, but I think if I found an unauthorised camera, depending on what it was looking at, it would have an unfortunate accident involving an impact of some kind !!!

 

[teslacoils]

Remove it with stealth. Take it apart. If it records to a chip, you have two choices - wait until the owner comes to get it and best them to death, or replace any images on the chip with an interesting selection of pornography. If it sends pics via a SIM, then with luck you can find details of the owners email or phone. If so, I suggest creating them an interesting OnlyFans page.

 

[Netherfield]

Fly tipped rubbish on your land? That’s your responsibility to dispose of, sadly, and at your expense.

With luck it might be worth something on eBay to offset your costs.

Probably worth keeping a regular look in case more is dumped later.

Could I do that with a car that went through the wall and ended up in my field?

 

[Still Farming]

Is it a transmitter type too?
Give them a message before removal?

 

[Highland Mule]

Could I do that with a car that went through the wall and ended up in my field?

Would be tricky with an easy identification mark on it, I'd guess.

 

[john432]

Take it down and back to your farm, how dare people take our land for granted, if it was some important research, they should have asked you first..

 

[Netherfield]

Would be tricky with an easy identification mark on it, I'd guess.

I have a battery angle grinder

 

[DieselRob]

I found a wildlife camera pointing at a badger set whilst mowing this year, when I turned it on to see if there was anything on it the card was corrupt so use to anyone, no one has applied to get the camera back though

 

[Highland Mule]

I have a battery angle grinder

I think you'd be better to leave the marks on and pass to your insurance to recover costs from the owner. Maybe not if it were SORN though - worth checking first I suppose.

 

[Blue.]

Stage a trigger happy tv clip for entertainment 1st.

 

[Deereone]

Put a black plastic bag over it, set up a poacher cam and wait for it to trigger.

 

[dave78+]

Take it down and back to your farm, how dare people take our land for granted, if it was some important research, they should have asked you first..

Trespassers should be prosecuted.

 

[ollie989898]

If I found spy cameras or anything of the sort on my land I'd confiscate it.

 

[milkloss]

I'd just take it home and leave it on the shelf for a while. There's probably more out there and if it's a night vision version they can easily be found with cheap digital nightvision equipment.

 

[Red Fred]

Remove it with stealth. Take it apart. If it records to a chip, you have two choices - wait until the owner comes to get it and best them to death, or replace any images on the chip with an interesting selection of pornography. If it sends pics via a SIM, then with luck you can find details of the owners email or phone. If so, I suggest creating them an interesting OnlyFans page.

Nice beaver...
Thank you, I've just had it stuffed....