International. Mobotix has been the manufacturer chosen for the IP cameras that are used in the European mink conservation project being carried out by FIEB, the Foundation for Research in Ethology and Biodiversity together with Telefónica.
In addition, Fractalia, the company of development and implementation of technological solutions and creative engineering, collaborates in this project integrating and adapting its technology for the conservation of the European mink.
With this project of conservation of the European mink, a double pilot study is proposed: on the one hand, a study on the use of the territory of the mink during the day and night. And on the other, the identification and analysis of the behavioral patterns of the European vision to anticipate key moments such as births or matings, distribution of marks in the territory or behavioral alterations.
To achieve this, a high-quality video system was needed that had the possibility of a 360° view of the facilities and dual image visualization to facilitate behavioral studies of this endangered species that lives at night. The main novelty introduced by the Mobotix cameras is the possibility of visualizing the trajectories of the minks throughout the surface of the installation with heat traces that tell you which are the areas for which they have preference and the variations of this use throughout the year.
The camera chosen for this function has been the Model Q25 of Mobotix, an ultra-compact IP dome camera and resistant to climatic agents, difficult to identify as such even for the most curious looks. The Q25 is very discreet and fits anywhere, both inside and outside. Thanks to the 360° panoramic view, it can be installed for the control and recording of video events of all installations. In addition, like the rest of Mobotix cameras, it incorporates the technology of "Moonlight" sensors of 6 MP, which offers a great sensitivity to light and allows to obtain excellent videos even in difficult conditions of low luminosity without motion blur.
"We considered that the Mobotix cameras were the ideal ones for this project because they allow us to obtain a 360-degree panoramic view with which the entire installation can be video monitored with a single camera with hardly any blind spots. In addition, its small size and its discreet shape is perfect to not be invasive with the species to be observed, "says Silvia Villaverde, Director of the FIEB Foundation. "Also, the image quality and the possibility of obtaining records with the trajectories in heat footprint, seemed to us something really new and with great possibilities for the study of wildlife, which made us reach the conclusion that the Mobotix cameras were what we needed for this project."
