Data underlying a paper published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution (https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13930). These data are suitable for estimating animal density using the Random Encounter Model and include: i) detection counts for 35 species across 510 camera-trap locations; ii) movement speeds (estimated by tracking animal movements in camera-trap image sequences), iii) activity times (filtered so that records of the same species at the same location are > 60 minutes apart), and iv) measurements of the angular and radial distance from camera-traps for animals that were detected.