Watch Point Update: (for 25th May)

This Watch Point report comes from on of our volunteers, Kathryn: 

We had around 70 people come along along to the Watch Point on Cathedral Green on Wednesday Amongst those who visited were a lovely school group, all of whom got a great view of the chicks through our telescopes. It's always nice to be able to introduce new, young faces to our peregrines, as well as to welcome those who have been watching our webcams for some time

There we all are: by the red arrow

One special visitor we were delighted to meet today was Mikeybee33 (we assume his name is Mikey - we forgot to ask!). He'd come all the way from California, and had made a special trip up from London to Derby just to see the peregrines. He told us he'd been watching our webcams for the last 10 years and was pleased to see them for real, and up close.  He also managed to take some pictures on his own phone, and it was lovely to be able to chat with him.

One satisfied visitor - all the way from California

"Taking photos through a bird scope with one’s phone is not as easy as I’d thought."

As to the birds themselves: Well, there was a lot of activity on the nest platform to be seen, with considerable movement back and forth across its length, and lots of wing action. With all their exercising, it looked as though the young peregrine falcons might leave at any moment, although they've all got a fair bit of white fluff still visible in places.

We reckon that by our next Watch Point on Saturday they may well be ready to fledge, so it'll  be a great chance for anyone who has not yet seen them up close to pop in to Derby and catch a glimpse of them if they're able.

NESTCAM 2 Issues: 

NESTCAM 2 UPDATE: We've been getting more and more reports of users with iPhone having difficulty viewing Nestcam2, whilst still being able to watch Nestcam 1. We spoke to our webcam hosting company today, and they inform us that latest version of the iOS Safari browser is no longer compatible with the encoded video format that comes from that camera. Meanwhile older iOS version seem not to encounter any difficulty.  (Different make cameras apparently have to be treated differently at their end, and they aim to create an script to solve this problem later this year)

RECOMMENDATION: Ideally, please use Chrome to view both the camera stream, or check if any other favourite browser, other than Safari, will work with them both. That said, we have been told other browsers still don't work for some people. Please leave a comment below if you're still not able to view them with other browsers, ensuring you tell us your device, its operating system version and which browsers don't work with it.