A hedgehog visits and enters the hedgehog house where there is a dish of food. (I have added some bought hedgehog food to mix with the crushed peanuts I mentioned in a previous post.) Soon after that another arrives. What appears to be a fight between them is the male trying to persuade the female he is ready to mate. There are short gaps in the filming as the trail camera pauses for a while after each fifteen seconds of video capture.
The camera keep reporting a low battery voltage even though it is connected to a mains six volt power supply. I think the long connecting cable from the PSU is causing the voltage to drop when the IR LEDs switch on so they are automatically switched off again. Something to sort out here.
P.S. Moved things around so an extension cable is no longer needed. Once that was done the reported power went from 75% to the full 100%. The cable I had bought is too thin, with too much resistance causing a voltage drop when a lot of extra power was needed to light the IR LEDs.
Brilliant :) We are getting cats, grey squirrels and birds on ours plus a possible fox. Was hoping to get footage of a hedgehog as although Ihaven't seen one have seen two lots of droppings last summer. Nothing so far.
ReplyDeleteRR: I was lucky in positioning the camera as I had put it there to capture the fox. Pure luck hedgehogs use the same route in the garden. I get plenty of Wood Pigeons in daylight but no squirrels for a couple of years. The hedgehogs keep going back for the food I bought from CJ Wildlife. Maybe something to tempt them towards the camera, covered enough to help prevent birds and cats from raiding it.
DeleteThey are good to see. I'll have to get some pictures of the guests at the hedgehog hotel before they are released.
ReplyDeleteAdrian: That would be great to see some photos of them.
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