Pondcam Blog

Pondcam is GO!

No really it is, have a look!

Ok it's not necessarily the greatest of wildlife films yet, but it is there. Currently it seems to be mainly ice and out of focus weed. The pond is suffering in the sudden cold snap we are experiencing (i think we used to call it 'Winter' didn't we?)and and is even more lifeless than before, but at least we know that it works in principle.

Unfortunately Steen and I had to admit defeat (I just hope that you aren't reading this Andy) and use a wired approach: the wireless option could not cope with 4 walls and 35m with intersecting trees, greenhouses etc. BUT now we do have all that bandwidth perhaps we can look into a more visually stimulating pondcam. I would be the first to admit that our current one is a bit...well...rubbish!

Or maybe a new pond...

Froggie action sighted!

Well, last night while taking food scraps to the compost heap i shone the torch in the pond and saw a pair of common frogs mating.  I don't know if it's a record but the 9th of February seems pretty early to me. However the ice the next day is probably not a good sign so I'm not expecting any tadpoles yet...

Pondcam is go...nearly

After only 2 years of faffing about, missing opportunities, getting married and generally not creating a pondcam I can now, under the wise paternalistic guidance of Steen announce the launch of the pondcam...soon.

Everything is in place, all that is needed to go public with the whole thing is a modified router which will hopefully be in position this weekend, if i can persuade the wife to give me a couple of hours off...

The only other thing which will be needed then will be some hot amphibious pond action - at the moment the pond is looking decidedly dead. But then  for the past 2 years it has been a slow starter: the big hedge to the south casts such a shadow that it sets the pond back a good few weeks.