'Following the popularity of the 2011 webcam featuring one of the UK's most successful urban Peregrine nests, the trials and tribulations of a long-established family of these fascinating falcons is set to be streamed across the internet in high definition for the first time. Last year, the webcam hosted by NTU was viewed more than 250,000 times in just a few months as the pair once again raised a successful brood of chicks. The camera provided the public with their first glimpse of life in the nest, which sits almost 40m high on the NTU's iconic Newton Building. The webcam was also popular with LBC members, viewing the website c 950 times.
This year, a new high definition camera will provide an even better view of the birds' activities. As well as providing higher quality images, the new camera has a zoom function which will allow the monitoring team to track the adult birds as they move across the city, and infrared sensors will ensure the best possible viewing around the clock.
The new camera went live on 14 February and the adult Peregrines have already been seen in and around their nesting platform, suggesting that it won't be too long before the real action starts. There will also be a blog to provide more information about the activities in the nest.'
To view the webcam, go to
http://www.ntu.ac.uk/ecoweb/biodiversit ... index.html
Happy viewing.
Freddy
PS. .....although I think the Very Large NTU/NottsWT Board IN the nest is OTT.
.....ie. the "watch me grow" chart. We also trust it is REALLY well and securely fixed !PPS. Camera 2 gives us the 'street scene background',which I also thought was a plus factor last year. It includes the large plate-glass building across the road on the extreme left of the picture - The Cornerhouse complex - from which I had great views last June of the fledged young and adults perched on ledges of the Newton Building.
