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Archive for April, 2007

Derby Peregrine Falcon Webcams Almost Too Popular!

Streamdays Webcam Hosting web servers are being given a real load test by the Derby Cathedral Peregrine Project webcam. They’re almost too popular, but not so much that the tech heads at Network Webcams can’t keep the service running.

While many thousands of visitors to the project’s live webcam page have been watching the falcon family take turns incubating their 4 soon-to-hatch eggs, we’ve been dealing with the massive surge in bandwidth this has generated. It seems the cameras are so good anyone who sees them leaves them running all day long!

The large resolution live webcam images (704×576) give such clear pictures of the nest that viewers can watch every tiny detail of the falcons’ comings and goings.

This is the kind of project Streamdays Webcam Hosting is made for and we will be working with the Peregrine Project in the coming weeks and months to improve the service as far as we can.

Follow the birds’ progress on the Peregrine Blog.

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Streamdays Webcam Hosting Heads North to Shetland

The most northerly isles in Britain, Scotland’s Shetland Islands, now have three new webcams made possible through our Streamdays Webcam Hosting service.

The cameras show local landmarks and rugged costlines and can be viewed at www.visitshetland.com.

Alternatively, the Sumburgh Lighthouse webcam, the new Lerwick Harbour webcam and the indoor Sheltand Museum and Archives webcams can all be viewed and rated at www.streamdays.com along with live web cameras from many other Streamdays customers.

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Ghyll Head Plays Host to Tufty

Squirrel at Ghyll Head

It’s not only the birds that enjoy the feast laid out at one of our hosted webcams based at Ghyll Head Outdoor Education Centre, it sometimes attracts naughty visitors too…

We caught this cheeky little fellow ‘red handed’ as he enjoyed the spoils of the day, but he didn’t hang around for long. Only long enough to fill his little cheeks and scarper.

Their camera is set up to monitor the bird feeders around the main house, situated in the beautiful Lake District and they attract all manner of creatures, from birds to badgers.

This has proven to be a great camera for both bird lovers and nature lovers alike. Keep a close eye on the happenings live from their website below:

Ghyll Head Outdoor Education - Webcam Page

Save our Squirrels

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Streamdays’ Peregrine Falcon Family Lay 4 Eggs Live On Webcam

Streamdays Webcam Hosting customer Derby Cathedral Peregrine Project has seen its Falcon family lay 4 eggs in the period between 4th April to 11th April. Each new arrival was caught live on the Peregrine Falcon webcams installed on Derby Cathedral and hosted in Streamdays.com.

Falcons lay 4 eggsA pair of cameras monitor and record the incubating Falcon pair 24/7 helping the project keep a paternal eye on the growing family. We’re watching too, and can’t wait to meet the falcon chicks when they arrive.

We’re proud that we can help bring this natural wonder to the wider public and look forward to developing the cameras with the project.

In the meantime, falcon-watchers can follow the Derby Cathedral Peregrine Falcon Blog.

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Rugby Stand Demolition and Rebuild Goes Live

Our Streamdays Webcam Hosting service continues to go from strength to strength. One of its latest additions is the Gloucester Rugby webcam which shows their 75-year old stand at Kingsholm being demolished for replacement by a brand spanking new 17,000 seater stand just in time for the new season.

We wish them all the best with the development and for the coming season. Come on the reds!

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Spring Lambs and The English Countryside on this Cornish Webcam

It’s Springtime: the time of the year when the weather picks up (or just continues going crazy, thanks to climate change), the lambs are jumping and the thick layers start to come off. It’s a time when the English countryside comes into its own.

There’s now’t better than being outdoors in the country on a crisp, spring day and the new Streamdays webcam from Markwell Farm Cottages captures a little of that springtime spirit and the verve of a summer soon to return.

The webcam view is large and the details are clear; it’s one of the most scenic and picturesque webcams we’ve had the pleasure to supply and we hope it becomes as popular as it should be.

Forget your relaxation tapes and forget your reiki. This is what relaxation is all about.

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