Blog about wildlife cameras, bird box cameras, trail cameras, inspection cameras, technology and lots lots more
Monday, 28 May 2012
BBC Springwatch 2012
The live 3 weekly shows feature all the best from The Great British Wildlife including blue tit cameras, nest box cameras, owl cameras and lots more. If this is not enough, you can tune into the live webcams or the fun filled unsprung showing a few of the behind the scenes footage.
Fancy filming your own wildlife, then why not get your very own wildlife with birdbox camera, wildlife cameras, trail cameras.
More exciting links
Check out the Springwatch live webcams
Check out the Springwatch website
Buy bird box cameras and nest box cameras
Buy wildlife cameras
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Monday, 26 September 2011
Amazing pic wins British Wildlife Photography Award - 3rd year in a row!
The shot of Malu catching a blackbird chick swept the competition away in the urban wildlife category.
We have long since said that Doug's photography is stunning and great to see him been commended in one of the most prestigious awards around.
Congratulations to Doug and Anna from all at Handykam.com.
Read more
Doug Mackenzie Dodds and his stunning Images - Click here
Daily telegraph article - click here
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Sunday, 25 September 2011
Making your own camera trap or trail camera
How to Make a Camera Trap
More trail cameras and camera traps at handykam.com
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Thursday, 1 September 2011
Where has summer gone - Enjoy September
- Enjoy harvesting wild fruit like apples and blackberries
- Enjoy winter arrivals of birds as well as groups of birds swarming to leave
- Help stock up your feeders for the newborn birds that have come along. Don’t forget your bird feeder camera where you can get up an close to them.
- Start to look for signs of Autumn ie leaves changing
- Put a hedgehog box in your garden for hibernating hedgehogs. Don’t forget your hedgehog camera to see them come and go.
- Put up owl boxes to help roosting owls. Don’t forget your owl camera. They are one of the most amazing things to watch and worth every penny.
- Go beachcombing or rockpooling. With the lower tides and the bigger winter swells arriving, the coastline is a wonderful place to explore for various treasures.
More wildlife cameras and wildlife articles at handykam.com
Photo copyright - Thanks and check out Vlado's photos on Flickr
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Wednesday, 17 August 2011
Watch BBC wildlife film - Heligan: Secrets of the Lost Gardens
Heligan, situated in the corner of Cornwall off the the cost of St Austell, was created by the Tremayne family between C18th and C20th. The gardens were later found and restored and now boast a huge range of plants and wildlife.
The program explores a year in the life of Heligan, capturing the magic of its location and features many of the wildlife characters around the 6 miles of gardens. This program is a much watch for 2011. Check it out - click here
Why not create your own wildlife film with mini wildlife cameras and bird box cameras. We have a range of cameras, giving you a magical view of your garden or property
More information
Watch on iplayer - click here
More about Heligan - click here
Wikipedia about heligan - click here
Filmed by Charlie Hamilton-James and produced by Phillipa Forrester of Halcyon media - click here
Wildlife cameras at handykam.com
* © Wikipedia for photo above
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Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Rare mammals caught on trail cameras and camera traps
Trail cameras are historically used to record and document animals around the world. Many research institutions are finding them an extremely valuable for monitoring specie numbers and migration patterns. Today, many trail cameras and camera traps are relatively inexpensive and perfect way of monitoring what is happening in your garden or acreage. We currently supply many organisations with these wonderful devices. Check them out and what they can do.
More info
Article from the BBC Nature - click here
Buy a trail camera or camera trap
Compare trail cameras
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Tuesday, 2 August 2011
Buying the best trail camera or camera trap
We, at handykam.com look at vast array of trail cameras and camera traps from around the world. To help you choose, we have created a FREE trail camera guide, comparing all features including file sizes and resolutions. This is a fast way to choosing the best trail camera or trail camera for your needs.
Read FREE trail camera comparison.
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Sunday, 31 July 2011
An inspection camera can save your business money
Inspection cameras can inspect areas that have a fault, quickly and easily. This is a perfect device for inspections, plumbers, surveyors and more and can save your business a lot of time and money.
When faced with a technical problem, like a blocked drain or lost cable, this can cost many hours in fault-finding, digging and problem solving. With an inspection camera, you can drill a small hole, view or record the footage on a small screen and quickly diagnose the issue without incurring many hours of work or specials equipment hire.
Handykam.com can supply a range of inspection cameras that quickly allow you to inspect a problem and solve it quickly. Having an inspection camera can save you a considerable amount of money in time and resources. Just drill a hole, pop in camera record and then go. Have a look at how inspection cameras can save your business money. More on inspection cams >>
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Inspection cameras and drain cameras
Inspection cameras on Wikipedia – click here
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Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Time-lapse video - London olympics 2012
Why not create your own time-lapse footage with a time lapse project cam. It may not be to the same resolution used on the Olympics cameras, however the camera is jam packed with features and very easy and economical to set up. All you do is take it out the box, pop batteries and a memory card in and set the recording timer to a variety of settings and you are away. Perfect for any development, construction project, exhibition setup etc.
More information
Get a time-lapse camera from handykam
More information about the Olympics time lapse cameras - click here
More information from the Telegraph newspaper - click here
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Bee cam, bee webcam inspires 9 year old to take up bee keeping
More information
Create your own bee cam with a camera kit
More about Howling family on BBC - click here
See live Bee Cam - click here
More about bee cams on handykam website
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Tuesday, 26 July 2011
When is a gull not a gull? When it is a robot.
A robot that flies like a bird
More information
Great article on the Guardian - Flying bird.
More about Smartbird
More news at handykam.com
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Sunday, 26 June 2011
A birds eye view
The camera was placed in a garden only to be picked up by a seagull who then is seen flying to its roost. It is then see investigating the camera with a few pecks! The cameraman, was able to locate the camera only to find that it filmed the whole thing.
Read more:
Small bird cameras
Daily Mail article
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Wednesday, 22 June 2011
BBC invisible camera
Rare black bear captured on Invisible camera.
Black Bear Mother and Cubs - Bears - Spy in the Woods - BBC
You can buy mini wildlife cameras and remote trail cameras at handykam.com
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Friday, 18 February 2011
Groups of animals or birds
- Badgers - A cete of badgers
- Bats - A colony of bats
- Bears - A sloth of bears
- Bees - A grist, hive, swarm, drift of bees
- Birds - A flock, flight, parcel of birds
- Bitterns - A sedge of bitterns
- Budgerigars - A chatter of budgerigars
- Butterflies - A swarm, rabble of butterflies
- Buzzards - A wake of buzzards
- Caterpillars - An army of caterpillers
- Cubs - A litter of cubs
- Dear - A herd of dear
- Dogs - A pack of dogs
- Doves - A flight of doves
- Eagles - A convocation
- Elk - A herd of elk
- Finches - A charm of finches
- Fish - A shoal, school of fish
- Flies - A cloud
- Geese - A gaggle, flock of geese
- Grasshoppers - A cloud of grasshoppers
- Hares - A husk of hares
- Hedgehogs - An array of hedgehogs
- Horses - A stud, string of horses
- Hounds - A pack of hounds
- Rabbits - A husk of jackrabbits
- Jellyfish - A brood of jellyfish
- Larks - A bevy of larks
- Moose - A herd of moose
- Mosquitoes - A herd of mosquitoes
- Nightingales - A watch of nightingales
- Partridges - A covey of partridges
- Pelicans - A pod of pelicans
- Ponies - A drove of ponies
- Rats - A colony, pack, swarm of rats
- Seagulls - A flock of seagulls
- Snakes - A den, bed of snakes
- Tortoises - A creep of tortoises
- Walruses - A herd of walruses
- Whale - A school, pod or whales
- Worms - A clew of worms
- Wrens - A herd of wrens
- Zebras - A herd of zebras
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Bird camera - Radio controlled hummingbird with camera
Thursday, 17 February 2011
Wildlife cameras and technology for school national curriculum
We have many schools using our bird box cameras, wildlife cameras and more. The nice thing is that our systems are easy to use and fit straight into most school IT structures. Most schools like to opt for a bird box camera (Either wired or wireless) and connect them to their computers with a USB or network via a IP converter. The experience is enhanced with advanced motion capture and we streaming software, where they can glue a live feed into their website as well as back it up on a computer too. Some schools are using advanced wildlife inspection cameras like the Meerkam gadget to find wildlife everywhere and record it for later lessons too.
It is so good that schools and colleges are get using technology to learn and enjoy the natural world around us. Hopefully, helping educate and create a thirst for more budding Chris Packham's and Bill Oddies of the future. Great!
More information
National Curriculum information.
Bird box cameras from handykam
ICT network connection ideas
Thanks to
Thanks to all the schools have bought our systems and all the children we have help.
Thanks to South Wales Argus for good article and image on High tech pupils in Newport using our camera nest boxes.
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Wednesday, 16 February 2011
How to make a bird box
The biggest consideration when making a bird box is deciding what birds you would like to use the box. Most of our domestic songbirds are happy in a box around 15cm-20cm cubed made out of 15cm-19cm of good wood. Birds will certainly nest in most boxes made out of many materials, but a well built box will ensure a new family to use it for many years to come.
First start with a single plank around 150mm x 1170mm. Mark the base, sides, front and roof out off it like the diagram provided. See diagram above.
Fit the box together with nails and screws so they are secure. Also include a couple of holes in the base to allow for drainage and don't include a perch for predators. Include a hinged lid if you want to inspect the camera easily.
Don't forget your bird box camera
Add that little something extra by including a bird box camera. These can be easily fitted by drilling a 5mm hole into the side of the box and fitting one of our wired or wireless cameras to it. The camera are plug in and play, allowing you to monitor and enjoy your birds too. You can also fit windows to your box to allow light into the box, not enough to disturb the birds, but enough for the cameras to see in colour. Perfect....
Go for it, make a bird box today
Making bird boxes are great fun especially with all the family. They are often one of the best, small wooden projects to do as they don't cost a lot and take no time at all. However, you can always buy a complete camera bird box if you pushed for time or it is late in the nesting season. Perfect for you birds and you too.
More info
Please support the BTO - click here
Article on building bird box at BTO - click here
More info on building bird boxes - click here
Handykam bird boxes, nest boxes and camera bird boxes
Credits
Thank you for the BTO for all your good work and picture above.
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Saturday, 12 February 2011
Choosing a particular bird for your camera bird box.
We are often asked how we can attract certain birds to our camera bird boxes. It really depends on what birds are in your garden, what birds are dominant and the type of bird box you have. A great way is place a multispecies camera bird box in your garden. A handykam.com bird box is perfect as it can be used for most types of our native birds. It has been specifically designed with bird comfort in mind and to all the recommended specifications by the RSPB and BTO. |
The key points are to place the box a little bit away from a feeder or feeding station, but with a bit of cover from foliage. The next key point is to choose whether to have a round entrance hole or open front. Most boxes have a 35mm entrance hole and some camera bird boxes have the ability to remove the middle panel to allow open fronted nesting birds like Wren, Pied Wagtail, Robin, Blackbird, Spotted flycatcher.
| With an entrance hole, you have the choice of using a hole sizer or hole protector to help discriminate between certain types of birds. These are metal plates with hole, which can be easily pinned to the entrance hole of the box. The plates have different sizes that can allow certain bird types to enter the boxes. Here is a guide:
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Once sited, leave you camera nest box and keep an eye on it on your TV. Don’t despair if it is not occupied quickly. Most birds take a while to get used to boxes in their territory.
Have fun and enjoy your camera bird box.
More info
Buy a camera bird box
More info about bird boxes from the RSPB – Click here
Build a camera bird box from the BTO – Click here
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Thursday, 10 February 2011
Winter freeze drives birds to the UK.
Read more
Interesting guardian article - click here
Picture acknowledgement - © Flickr
Handykam.com - bird box camera
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Give a camera bird box on National Nest Box Week 2011
| Birds need our help. During the past few years, many of our native birds have seen a decline in numbers. Sadly this is due to changing habitats and feeding patterns and conditions. One major factor has been our unseasonably strange weather patterns over the past few months. Having a nest box, will not only keep them warm, but will help them raise a brood too. Valentines day gift One major way to help reverse the declining numbers is to put up a nest box. As part of a national campaign, the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) holds National Nest Box Week. This is where they are encouraged to put up a bird box. The campaign starts on valentines day – February 14th 2011 and runs for a week. |
Why not get involved.
Read more about bird box week and grab yourself a box. If you want something a little more, why not invest in a wonderful camera bird box. This way you can help your birds and enjoy them too.
Handykam – Supports National Nest Box week. Broods need our help. Adopt a brood today!
More information
Nest box week website – http://www.bto.org/nnbw/index.htm
BTO website – http://www.bto.org
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Wednesday, 9 February 2011
Bird box camera - Connect scart or phono?
Scarts are strang
Phono or RCA connectors have been around since 1950's and stood the test of time. They are used for all type of AV equipment and still very popular. Normally the only colours you would use is yellow - video and white - audio.
Both connectors are very good and choice is purely on which one you prefer to use. The ports are often limited on a TV, so a good choice will allow you to connect more AV equipment.
More info
Buy a scart connector - click here
More info about scart connectors - click here
More info about phono connectors - click here
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Camera traps find more animals in urban forests
When the curator of New York Museum and author with a technology student used camera traps and GPS to document a wide range of wildlife. Camera traps or trail cameras are a perfect way of monitoring animals with disturbing them. They work remotely, triggering a camera through motion sensitive sensor. The footage can then be studied at a later day.
The research shows that through technology there is a lot we can learn and understand about our wildlife and the environment.
Handykam.com is a leading supplier of trail cameras and remote cameras for watching wildlife.
More information
Thanks for the New York Times for the great article and pictures.
More about trail cameras.
Monday, 7 February 2011
Future of wildlife cameras and bird box cameras.
The technology boasts 4 x the sensitivity with 100% light recorded. The biggest plus is that the cost will be a lot less than conventional light chips.
Can't wait for the release of these. Who knows, we may have a bird box camera with hyper reality, making you feel you are in there with them.
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The article was based on this - click here
Thanks CNET/InVisage technologies for pic.
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Monday, 3 January 2011
Bear bashes £130,000 bear cam
Wildlife documentaries like 'Polar Bear: Spy On The Ice' are increasingly looking at ways to use camera technology to learn more about the wildlife around us. With a camera you are able to get up close especially if it is disguised as a iceberg or snowball. Sometimes, animals outwit man, however, cameras are getting smaller and more discreet and becoming impossible to spot.
Make your own covert camera for filming
Why not make a wildlife covert cameras to monitor your wildlife or use a trail camera for remote recording.
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Thursday, 21 October 2010
Bird box camera - Streaming cams...you gotta see these
- My forest home bird box cameras
- Molly live owl camera
- Live eagle nest camera
- Pot plant owl nest cam
- Kestrel bird cam
- More to follow
If you want a bird box camera then check out our wired bird box cameras, wireless nest box cameras.
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Friday, 10 September 2010
Oldest bird found
Read more
Oldest bird - BBC website
*Image copyright - BBC
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Thursday, 9 September 2010
Make a bird out of paper: Paper crane
A perfect project for children too. Check out the paper cranes
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Covert cameras used for caring
Why not use one of our covert cameras to monitor your home.
More about cameras used for caring.
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Tuesday, 10 August 2010
Bird box camera images, nest box camera images
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Inspection camera as used on Help my house is falling down
With an inspection camera you can do:
pipe inspections and surveys
drain inspections and surveys
structural and building inspections
chimney inspections and surveys
With a inspection camera system Sarah Beeny would be proud of you. The kit is perfect for professionals from builders, plumbers, surveyors, architects, chimney inspectors, maintenance men and more. Once bought it will save you hundreds of hours and 1000's of pounds too.
Check out the inspection cameras on the Handykam website.
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Waterproof your bird box and wildlife camera connectors
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Saturday, 7 August 2010
Brand new wildlife camera shelter launched from Handykam.com
Now you can extend the use of your bird box camera or wildlife camera to be used outside. The shelter comes with a bracket and can be positioned in virtually any position.
This is perfect for:
- Open nesting birds
- Hard to reach wildlife
- Feeding stations
- Pointing at bird box entrances
Read more about the camera shelter
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Thursday, 5 August 2010
Perfect gardening birthday gift?
Our ideal gifts are beautifully made and give lots of pleasure for years to come. Have a look at our products as they represent value for money and are wonderful to receive for the special day.
Bird box camera
Wildlife cameras
Feeder cameras
Other gardening gifts
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Wednesday, 4 August 2010
Old bird boxes and nest boxes
Most bird boxes don't tend to last very long. Often they are are well seasoned and weathered.
Handykam bird boxes are built to last for many years. Most of our boxes are made out of 19mm wood and designed out of long lasting Cornish cedar or treated (outside) tough pine. Why not update your box, give a brood a home and maybe pop a camera in there too.
[Great shot by aiddy on Flickr © All Rights Reserved ]
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Tuesday, 3 August 2010
Bird box from Tesco
More information
Tesco camera bird box
Our range of bird box camera systems
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Camera bird box for schools
Pictured on the left are pupils from Newport Primary School as photographed for The South Wales Argus. They are using a handykam.com nest box camera system. Check the bird box article out and we are thrilled to be able to provide a good source for learning.
Read more
The South Wales Argus article
Pine camera bird box pictured
*** Image copyright - South Wales Argus
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Monday, 2 August 2010
Bird box made of VHS tapes
If you get a camera kit, we give you some plans on how to build your own. Check out the bird box camera kit here.
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Define a bird box
- Camera nestbox
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Thursday, 29 July 2010
Mouse trap or bird feeder?
Read more about mouse in bird feeder
Why not place a bird feeder up to feed your birds. Handykam can also supply camera bird feeders too so you can keep an eye on them too.
Copyright
Mercury Press Agency
Daily Mail
Friday, 23 July 2010
Film more than birds on your bird camera
More info
Why not rig up your wildlife camera and see what you get.
Check out the bear article
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Tuesday, 20 July 2010
1000+ artist bird boxes on view
The 50 metre long wall is festooned with various types of bird boxes for all types of birds. It was built to encourage birds to settle and limit the impact of 1,000 new apartments built nearby.
All, that is missing are the bird box cameras or nest box cameras.
Read more about Gitta
Read more about her work
Bird box camera kits by handykam
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010
Birds really love wooden bird boxes
Read more
Bird boxes
Why choose Handykam bird boxes
Nest box Wikipedia article
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Thursday, 8 July 2010
Forget 15 Megapixel - 33 Megapixel is here
33MP, 48 x 36mm CCD sensor. It is the first RZ series camera to feature
fully integrated electronics for direct communication with the digital
back. Other features include true 16 bit/channel RAW capture,
built-in rotating sensor, ISO range of 50-800 and image capture rate of
1.1 seconds per frame. The RZ33 is compatible with all RZ system
lenses and most accessories. Dear father Christmas.....
Read more - Review
Read more - Mamiya
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Wednesday, 7 July 2010
Stop at the lolli-cam
Read the miniature camera article from the BBC.
Read more about miniature cameras or covert cameras at Handykam.com
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Sunday, 4 July 2010
BBC Springwatch wildlife cameras
Springwatch rules
As a camera company, we are huge fans of Springwatch and Autumnwatch, brought to you by the hard working team at the BBC Natural History unit. Over the years, we have had contact with a number of BBC cameramen who have given us some very good tips on filming wildlife closeup and what technology is needed.
The team
Within the outside broadcast team, they have over 90
experts and technicians at hand. Each playing an important role in
getting valuable shots to our screens. The small cameras are brought to
you by the 'minicam team' who work tirelessly building highly bespoke
solutions to get tailored shots perfect for the big screen. Before
any filming is done, there is a lot of research and planning. By
knowing what, where and how to film can help save valuable time and
effort.
The technology
The main technology they use are high quality
mini cameras that are broadcast quality in HD format. The cameras are
often linked up to huge bank of video splitters and monitors via miles
of coaxial cables. Everything is individually powered by huge site
generators. Normally white light is used in order to get the high
quality colour and clarity. They do not normally go for infra-red as
they mainly monitor and film during active parts of the day.
The filming challenge
Filming in remote locations can prove to be very difficult. Often problems like remoteness, inaccessibility, humidity and moisture requires specific technological solutions. Not to mention that small creatures do like to chew cables too. However, problems are often conquered by the use of new technology, resulting in ground breaking filming techniques and footage. So if you see the cameras on Springwatch, you must know that they are high end broadcast quality with bespoke technologies, techniques and huge budgets behind them.
Future of filming
Filming wildlife can always prove a challenge. As technology improves, price drops we will see new exiting footage. We must thank the pioneering team at the BEEB, who have helped push the envelope of filming and raise the awareness of the natural world around us. Programmes like Springwatch and Autumnwatch have helped promote accessibility of wildlife around us. Who knows, with a little bit of kit you can have your very own Springwatch too.
More reading
BBC springwatch website
BBC natural history unit
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Saturday, 3 July 2010
Nest camera on black redstart
It is said that there are only 90 breeding pairs in England and Wales choosing to nest in old abandoned buildings, normally in cities and industrial areas throughout England.
Facts about black redstart:
- Latin name - Phoenicurus ochruros
- Size - Small as a robin
- What they eat - Insects, spiders and worms
Check out the redstart nest camera clip from the BBC.
Pic Copyright - RSPB - Check out there great bird database.
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Thursday, 1 July 2010
Stunning pics of bird box camera
Shirl has got some great photos and footage of here blue tits in her bird box. Have a look at her great footage and follow the story of her birds within her garden. Click here for moreDon't forget she was voted 'A TOP VIEW' - Check it out
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Pic Copyright - Shirls Gardenwatch
Don't waste it - Handykam.com recycling intuitive
Every year, we get thousands and thousands of card board boxes which needs to be disposed of. We have teamed up with our local paper recycling station who take all our cardboard and make sure that it gets fully recycled into paper products. This helps reduce carbon as well as help the environment.
See the material received waste transfer form on the left. This was a van load today.
Feel rest assured with Handykam.com.
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Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Free bird box designs
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Monday, 31 May 2010
BBC Springwatch 2010 is here
How a year fly’s by. Thankfully it is time for BBC’s Springwatch. This is the award winning (Should be) LIVE wildlife show which is on BBC 2 for three weeks starting 31st May 2010. For the third year in a row the team are at Pensthorpe Park in northern Norfolk. The park normally welcomes 90,000+ thousand visitors a year to witness is wonderful wildlife from a mixture of habitats. Springwatch is a broadcasting technology masterpiece. With over 50 mini cameras and over 12km of fibre optics recording 500+ hrs of footage. This is all edited and often displayed LIVE to a seamless program presented by Chris Packham, Kate Humble, Simon King Gordon Buchanan and Martin Hughes-Games. |
Go for it, after a busy day of work, grab some pop corn, sit back and enjoy the delights of Springwatch. If you have some footage too, why not submit to the team online. Have fun and enjoy.
Check out these features
The LIVE web cams streamed on the web – click here
Jump between the cameras and enjoy the live commentary
Great wildlife articles – click here
Good section of articles from attracting wildlife to your garden to seeing wildlife
More links
Springwatch 2010 website – Great new website – click here
iPlayer website – Check it out if you have missed it – click here
Pensthorpe – click here
Why not have your own Springwatch
Have your very own nest box camera
Enjoy your wildlife with a wildlife camera
Capture your footage and display to the world with a capture device
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Monday, 5 April 2010
Live owl bird camera
Have a look today
http://www.ustream.tv/theowlbox
If you are interested in having your own owl camera, why not grab an owl box camera and have a go.
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Tuesday, 23 March 2010
FREE wildlife camera photography tips
Find more about enjoying wildlife with technology at http://www.handykam.com
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New camera sensors coming soon.
Read more about cameras and camera applications at http://www.handykam.com
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Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Swift action needed
Friday, 19 February 2010
11 major bird nest types
Find out more about bird nests and bird nesting Handykam.com
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Saturday, 13 February 2010
Google camera car records warts and all
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Cleaning a bird box or cleaning a nest box
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Saturday, 6 February 2010
National bird box week NBBW - February 14th to 21st 2010
Every year the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) holds the national bird box week on valentines day – February 14th 2010. We are all encouraged to put of nest boxes to help our native birds thus hopefully reversing declining numbers.
Over several years, our birds have been struck by ever changing habitats, climates, feeding patterns and conditions. This winter has recorded some of the lowest temperatures for decades. There is no doubt that this has had a drastic effect on our native bird numbers. By having bird boxes, we are at least giving them an opportunity to breed and increase numbers.
So if you want to get involved, why not get your family, school, local group and spend an hour siting boxes in gardens, parks etc. Or, why not grab yourself a lump of wood (New or recycled) and make a few bird boxes. It is great fun and easy to do. Feel proud that you have given a brood a home and you have had fun too!
Handykam – Supports National Nest Box week. Broods need our help. Adopt a brood today!
More information
Nest box week website – http://www.bto.org/nnbw/index.htm
BTO website – http://www.bto.org
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Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Make your birds count – RSPB Big garden birdwatch 2010
This is a yearly event brought to you by the RSPB, who are trying to collect important data on our national bird numbers. It is a great way for us also to spend 1hr learning and enjoying our birds around us while helping national figures too. Don’t worry, you don’t have to be an expert or do this alone as there are hundreds of bird counting events around the country.
How does it work?
All you have to do is:
- Download a record sheet from the RSPB website. http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch
- Setup a bird feeder or feeding station nearby.
- Sit for an hour over the weekend, identify the birds and mark down the biggest number of birds that land together in a given time. (Not the ones that fly over)
- Submit your results on the RSPB website http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch It is as easy as this.
More information
RSPB website – http://www.rspb.org.uk
RSPB bird watch section - http://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch
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Friday, 8 January 2010
Freeze Warning! Wildlife crises hits UK
- Make sure feeders and feeding stations are well stocked with a range of fresh feed. Good time to get rid of old currants and sultanas as well as old biscuits. Feed regularly through cold snap.
- Defrost bird baths and water butts so they can drink.
- Put up habitats to allow birds and animals to get shelter. Bird boxes, hedge hog homes, owl boxes etc.
- Cover all pet cages from worst of weather and make warm covered exercise runs.
- Leave garage or shed door open so wrens can pop in and eat insects.
- Etc....
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Saturday, 12 December 2009
Last minute gifts for parents
- Nest box camera from £58.95 – A wonderful plug in and play system that allows them to watch birds 24/7. It is non technical and gives them hours of enjoyment.
- Bird camera feeder from £59.95 – Outside the nesting season, they can watch birds feed, play and communicate every day.
- Wildlife camera from £68.95 – They can enjoy the birds on their feeding station during the day and see what animals visit their garden at night.
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Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Feeding birds aiding evolution
Read more about this from this bird feeding article
Why not try our Bird camera feeder from £59.95 – Outside the nesting season, they can watch birds feed, play and communicate every day.
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