Africa Waterhole Web Cam

[roisin]

My ds1 (8) is doing "Africa" as a topic at school this term (and loving it).

His teacher gave him the address of this website which is a webcam at a waterhole in Botswana. He loves watching it and seeing the animals.

PS Don't check just now though as the cameras are offline and not working for some reason! Check later in the day - after school is a good time.

That is so nice, I saw a croc.

how lovely

Roisin - thank you for posting this - the sounds of the birds are fantastic. It's really made my day.

Bit early for major wildlife, I suppose.

superb - pure escapism

Oooh a wart hog!

Thanks for that, sounds good. I'll have a look a bit later.

fantastic! Does it stop and start for all of you too or is it my pc?

DD thinks there's an elephant walking past because the camera shakes up and down

DEFFO BRILL thanks

Does anyone know how to have it stay in the corner of the screen while on mumsnet

oooooooooooh done it

have mumsnet smaller and then it is in corner

have just seen antelope

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Saw some beautiful deer like creatures, some huge emus?, lots of birds

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Coddy be patient

have you got sound on ???

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OK, what I don't understand, is that sometimes the camera pans round and focuses on a particular animal. Sorry to be thick but that presumably means that someone is operating the camera somewhere. Are they in Botswana? Nooo can't be - what's the point of a web cam if you have to be there? But if they aren't there, where are they? I need to know.

Think he/she's gone for a nap at the moment, it's all gone still.

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pmsl coddy

The camera could be operated by movement sensor moves camera to the elephant etc.

ELEPHANT!!!!!

deffo brill

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coddy

coddy where are you??????

and a younger one

antelope