Finally, there’s one more benefit of the black roof; it’s easy to see if other visitors have been sniffing around. I noticed marks from cat paws there on several occasions. Fortunately, the entrances are small enough to keep them out, and there’s a lock to stop the box from being opened.
This is surprisingly accessible tech
There are lots of hedgehog boxes on the market which cost a fraction of this one from Green Feathers, and the key reason for the disparity is its Wi-Fi enabled camera. Happily, and somewhat surprisingly, connecting the camera and pairing it with the brand’s app is straightforward, free from any technical issues you often get with smart gadgets.
Within a matter of minutes you can access a live video feed from inside the hedgehog house. Unfortunately, there’s an extra cost to store footage; you must either buy an additional microSD card or opt for a subscription. With the former, you record motion detection and save rolling footage directly onto the camera. The downside is that if the camera is lost, damaged or stolen your recordings will go too.
Instead, I signed up to the Green Feathers Cloud plan that records motion and sound events and stores them for a certain number of days. Prices start from around £3 per month for the basic plan which saves motion-triggered clips for seven days.
Whichever you choose, the camera records high definition video (at 1080p) with colour during the day before swapping to infrared night vision. Both are impressively clear. The app then notifies me each time it detects movement or sound, like a video doorbell, meaning I can watch what’s happening in real time and choose which to clips to save. The sensors are so effective, I have adjusted the settings to reduce their sensitivity and limit the number of times my phone goes off at night.
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