The Web Broadcasting Corporation/WildlifeTV, Natural Webcam Broadcasters

The Web Broadcasting Corporation/WildlifeTV offers a variety of Live Web Camera feeds in conjunction with other organisations including the BBC, The British Broadcasting Corporation Webcams, BBC Somerset Webcam, BBC Spring Watch, BBC Spring Watch, Denbury Farm, Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, The Wildlife Park At Cricket St Thomas, The Butterfly Farm, The Butterfly Farm At Stratford-Upon-Avon, WWT, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge and offer other webcam viewing at The Perry Institute For Marine Science.

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9:17 Wed 25 Aug 10
omg just looked at the hatchery cam and it raining again!! Mr Farmer has it actually stopped raining there today? Elaine
8:04 Wed 25 Aug 10
Thanks for the new diary entry Mr. Farmer - might have known it would be Ewey causing trouble again! I haven't seen the sheep there today - probably too wet to be out in the field so maybe they are sheltering in the woods. What a shame your hay may be ruined. What's happening with Thornton thse days? Haven't heard about him for a while. Glad to hear the swans are starting to bond now - possibly some cygnets next year? We can hope!...Jill(E)
7:40 Wed 25 Aug 10
Mr Farmer thank you for finding time to do a diary! I bet you were glad to see that the sheep had not escaped! Hopefully Ewey is somewhere hiding from you. Please keep us posted on that one. Elaine
6:43 Wed 25 Aug 10
Hi Karen, I know, I used to watch the Ranga cam the most, as you say the colours were lovely. It is now just about getting dark enough to see the auroras, the midnight sun is nearly over. Our sun has got more active over the summer so hopefully it will mean more auroras to watch:)
jan(herts)
1:45 Wed 25 Aug 10
Have been popping in and out of the cams today and I have to say I feel so sorry for you Mr Farmer, it looks as though it hasn't stopped raining all morning so far. You hay must be ruined by now. Elaine
1:40 Wed 25 Aug 10
Jan Herts i cant get the Ranga Cam i really miss it i loved the colours, i saw on that cam it was breathtaking some nights. Karen Stoke
11:45 Tue 24 Aug 10
Mr Farmer, sorry to be a pain, but is there a problem with the ranga camera? I've been trying to get it for a while, it doesn't seem to load completely. Only tonight there have been auroras visible elsewhere.
jan(herts)
10:58 Tue 24 Aug 10
Jill, Epping yes it is an irrational fear most have with Spider i adore them if i see on making a web thats it i am hooked i think they are so interesting and they help keep the dreaded fly, at bay they are very beautiful to me and so interesting. Thank you so Much Elaine, for the info you sent in i shall teach Jordan, things from that, he has been here most of the Day he said he had, had a chat with you. She works at a school you know, he shouts in to me as i am painting away. I shouts back yes Lad so behave because she knows all your teachers lol he went quiet with that. I havent had chance to look in on the cams today only this morning when i spotted the sheep, in the Valley. I will catch up tomorrow with the cams hopefully but i have that much to do i daren t stop for long or i dont want to start again. Karen Stoke
8:47 Tue 24 Aug 10
cant get cam 1&2 showing error details
4:38 Tue 24 Aug 10
Oops I did it again!! post at 4.04 was me ...Jill(E)
4:04 Tue 24 Aug 10
Karen, and Elaine - what an interesting story of how the spiders spin their silk - yes I do agree they are amazing and very clever, but they still give me the jitters when I see them appear on the wall, or scuttle across the carpet! I have to dispose of them from my presence! I can't explain it, its an irrational fear I know. I am better than I was since living alone I have had to deal with them myself, but I will never be a great fan of them!!
2:08 Tue 24 Aug 10
Hope this isn't too long to put on Mr Farmer!
Karen just read your posting re Jordan: Hope the following helps you to explain it too him.
To spin a tale about the spider, member of the species arachnid, we must first examine the common thread that ties them together...the way they produce the silk they use to weave their webs, as well as other contraptions, to suit their particular needs.

Spiders differ from insects in that they have eight legs, eight eyes, in most cases, no wings, and have only two parts to their bodies, one of which produces silk. They are found in a host of climates, can scurry across the ground, can scale plants, and can skate on, and live in, water. These factors determine how the spider uses it's silk, and what type of silk it produces.

Production of silk begins in certain glands located in the abdomen, or belly, of the beast. Spinning organs at the tip of the abdomen, contain many tiny holes, and function much as a sieve, through which the silk is pressed. The silk strained through is in liquid form, but immediately takes on a solid form, much like cotton candy does, when exposed to air.

The spider creates a variety of types of silk, each of which serves a separate, yet distinct function. Spiders use the sticky kind to spin webs, to catch and to hold the insects they invite into their parlors until they are ready for dinner. They use the non-sticky, stronger variety to tether down the spokes of the wheel, and yet a different kind of silk for their cocoons.

Even the webs the spider spins differ greatly, depending upon the factors listed above. The most common of all webs we see is the wheel-shaped web. Less common are the so-called "sheet" webs, which blanket surfaces with a funnel, or dome like shape. The trap-door spiders burrow out their webs, and complete them with built-in chutes, through which their unsuspecting guests fall through, right onto the spider's plate. The web we see least often, is the air-tight, bell-shaped home some spiders build...probably because it is completely submerged in water!

Why aren't spiders caught in their own webs?

In short, startled spiders can be entangled in their own webs, in the same manner as their prey. Generally speaking, however, the spider avoids this deadly mishap, by differentiating between the various types of silk it produces, and by knowing its home turf.

When the spider weaves its sticky, insect-catching type of web, it builds into it safety threads of the non-sticky variety, upon which it traverses without being snared. Its nimble, highly sensitive feet orient the spider about its new home, and past the potential pitfalls, to which its prey fall victim. Unless, of course, something, or someone, startles the spider, in which case all bets are off, and the parlor game is over. Elaine

12:53 Tue 24 Aug 10
I also spotted the Sheep, in the Valley earlier, there were three that i saw. I am decorating my kitchen at the moment i have nearly finished it thank heavens such an awkward room to do i think. Well i have just told Jordan, who is sitting on the ladder chatting away how you ladies are frightened of Spiders, well how he said Why! was heart melting lol he just cant understand why your frightened then he went on to say its brilliant and he would like to know how they make that silk in a web and to come down off the ceiling and such, how it comes out of them amazes him, so when i have time i will look on the net for a way to show him what happens. Its Vile here today rainy windy dull its weather for ducks and slugs. We should think twice about moaning though with all that is going on around the globe at the moment we are quite lucky i keep telling my self, i heard this morning on TV they have given a good bank holiday out regarding the weather. I should imagine Mr Farmers hay is well ruined. Last night i watched the Badger i saw 6 all together they are so beautiful. I also had five Min's early evening with the ducks around the Kingfisher, branch there were loads of them. Karen in a very wet and windy Stoke
11:23 Tue 24 Aug 10
Just watching the valley cam, the sheep seem to be eating all your hay Mr Farmer. Wondered if one of them was Ewey?
12:12 Tue 24 Aug 10
Oooooooo Elaine that was brave!! Each time I've tried the hoover thingy on a really big spider it took ages to get sucked up or it just wouldn't go in! Its a bit scary isn't it putting the top on and carrying it outside to shake it out! Well done you!....Jill(E)
9:13 Mon 23 Aug 10
How brave am I? Just used one of those sucker up things for spiders! Was watching the closing scene in Corrie when one of those really really huge spiders appeared climbing up the wall behind the tv. Managed after a struggle to get it into the tube and put the top on. Then put it outside! Brave or What! Sorry dont like spiders! Elaine
7:01 Mon 23 Aug 10
Janice, Leeds - Cam1 is showing the kingfisher branch at the moment...view of the lake through a very cobwebby camera on Cam2 but I cant get a picture on Cam3 at present ....hope you can gaet something now....Jill(E)
6:52 Mon 23 Aug 10
Hi Janice, not it's not just you that can't get the web cams on SWT they have had a issue with them over the last couple of days according to the blog that they post up on the site. Bec
6:32 Mon 23 Aug 10
Is anyone else unable to get any pictures from SWT cams? I have just tried and all I get is blank screens. Never know whether is this Google Chrome search that is playing up, but Denbury etc are o.k. so perhaps it's not me!
Janice,Leeds
12:33 Mon 23 Aug 10
Yikes Karen!! I hope the garden police don't catch you! That sounds ridiculous! Who is going to enforce that? Knock knock, excuse me madam this is the police. Are you using washing up water to water your plants? And is that vinegar I smell on those poor weeds? If so comalongame!...Jill(E)