Quick wildlife camera question
My mum has loaned me her wildlife camera that she's never used as she couldn't get it to work, so that I can (hopefully) get to see the nighttime activities of my visiting hedgehog. I think I've got it working so I'll try it out for a few nights and then invest in my own if all is well. This is probably a really stupid question but.... I don't want it to go off all day, which I assume it would, as I have lots of birds feeding in my garden every day. Even if I moved Hoggie's feeding place to a less visited corner (it's currently underneath the bird feeding station) I think the camera will still catch movement from birds all day. Do others simply turn their camera off during the day and switch it on at night? Or should there be a setting where I can choose the time period it's active? The camera is not a known brand - it's from easylife - and I suspect it's a basic camera. I just wondered if others do this switching on/off thing nightly or if other cameras tend to have a time function. Also all recommendations of camera brands/models for my future purchase welcomed!
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Is it because you don't want to sift through all the footage? You could just switch it off in the morning and back on in the evening if you want it just for the hoggies.
I can't remember exactly the name of mine - it's an Apeman. I'll see if I can find a link to it.
Mine was around £50.
I'll have a look and see if I can find mine. I think I got it on Amazon, but I'm not 100% sure.
Here you go - it's even cheaper now
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01N7FXWP1/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It does need 8 batteries though
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.easylifegroup.com/docs/2530_wildlife_security_camera_instructions.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiNn6vB1tjoAhU2QEEAHWrMDQsQFjAAegQIBhAC&usg=AOvVaw1kVzUIgR1hpn4lo5XdPajk
My Aldi ones have a timer setting, it does make life easier.
1. It's a very bad camera - most of the night images are completely whited out and you can't make anything out (but maybe I had it too close to the hedgehog feeding bowl - it was about 3 foot away).
2. The video function doesn't work at all (this is the problem my Mum also found) - all the videos are just black
3. But I did discover the my own greedy gannet of a cat is eating the majority of the hedgehog food
4. Hedgehog did visit at least twice from the little I can make out
5. Also had an inquisitive wood pigeon checking the camera out early in the morning which made me laugh
I definitely need to invest in a proper camera, I'm going to buy an Apeman today - seems like that's what everyone has
I had to protect mine a bit because the dampness overnight caused misting. I rigged up a plastic box to put mine in, with a hole in it, which helped a lot.
Perhaps an old pair of secateurs or my flower snips though