Hi Bassman
Welcome to the Forum! It’s lovely to hear about your hedgehog experiences.
The ones who have returned from hibernation may be males. They tend to hibernate earlier than the females and then return earlier (the females have to worry about raising hoglets – which the males don’t have anything to do with – and then put on sufficient weight for hibernation). It actually is quite a good strategy because it gives them a chance to put on a bit of weight before the females return. Once the females are back the males use up a lot of energy tearing around the place, biffing other males and circling females!
Good to hear you already have a camera. Whilst nothing beats watching them in real tme, it can be fascinating seeing what they get up to in parts of the garden not visible from the house, etc. And in the middle of the night, of course!
Good luck with the hog box. You never know a Mother might decide to use it to have her young ones in.
Happy hog watching!
