Outersight win tender to
design and install observation systems at The
RSPB’s Bempton Cliff
reserve on the Yorkshire coast. The reserve is widely
regarded as the “English Seabird Centre” with a wider
range of Seabirds including Gannets. The remote chalk
cliffs provide an excellent habitat and now with the
installation of Outersight’s camera systems Visitors to
the area will be able to view close up images of the
birds without having to leave the warmth and safety of
the soon to be refurbished RSPB visitor centre. The
systems will be in place for the breeding season in 2010
Outersight win
tender to install observation systems at the Berry Head
Visitor Centre in Devon for the
TORBAY
COAST AND COUNTRYSIDE TRUST.
There will be a ‘bat’ camera to view a colony of the
endangered greater horseshoe bat located nearby as well
as some improvements to the existing cliff camera. The
new visitor centre is due to open in March 2010
October 09
The
Isle of May Seals are back! New born pups can be seen
live not only at the Scottish Seabird Centre but also
live on Outersight’s webcam pages. The cameras are
controlled by visitors to the Seabird Centre so will
usually be catching the action on the beach. The female
seals give birth to their very cute looking white pups
and feed them for about a month. The male seals start to
loiter at this time as the females are receptive to
their amorous advances almost immediately after they
have given birth.
July 09
Outersight has just completed a new observation system
at Eemshaven in the Netherlands for IMARES. The system
is being used to monitor the effect of construction
works on the seal colony nearby. The Integrated Pan and
Tilt camera with 36x Zoom is sited about 1 KM offshore
on a 12 metre pole and is powered by Solar panels and a
Methanol Fuel Cell. To minimise the effect of structural
vibration we have used a specialised image stabilisation
system which allows the system to provide useful imaging
even in strong winds and rough seas
June 09
Outersight’s Camera systems have helped the Scottish
Seabird Centre gain the Queen’s Award for Enterprise , a
prestigious award recognising business excellence. We
are proud to have worked with the Scottish Seabird
Centre for over 9 years and look forward to helping the
Seabird Centre earn yet more accolades in the future.
Outersight is recruiting and will soon have a new
Operations Executive to support our existing operations
and our expansion in mainland Europe and beyond. More
details soon.
We
have recently upgraded to a new server to host some of
our web activity. The new server is much faster and can
handle far more visitors and webcams than the old one.
For the techies amongst you we were handling over 5Gb of
FTP traffic a day and that does not include the video
streaming side of things.
May 09
Outersight has moved to bigger and better premises. As
of the 1st of May we have relocated to Unit
28 Stonley Court, Mary Seacole Road , Plymouth , Devon ,
PL1 3JY. Over the next few months we will be expanding
the team to cope with the increasing number of projects
that we are working on and the new products and services
that we will be offering.
March 09
Outersight has been helping the National Trust to bring
live images of the Plymbridge Peregrines to visitors to
Plymbridge as well as to the Internet. We have supplied
the National Trust with a second camera and a solar
power system to enable the live images to be beamed out
of the forest and onto the Internet. It is hoped that
the Peregrines will feature on the big screen in
Plymouth City Centre
March 09
Community Windpower have just opened their new wind farm
at Aikengall on the hills above Dunbar in Scotland The
farm uses some of the biggest wind Turbines on the UK
mainland standing approximately 140metres to the top of
the turbine with each one of the 16 turbines generating
a maximum of 3 Mega Watts which is enough to toast 1.4
million slices of toast an hour. (Ok we made that bit up
but you can see the turbines on the webcam pages)
February 09
The RSPB’s new Flagship reserve at Saltholme is now open
to the public and Outersight have installed a bespoke
Camera system to allow live broadcasts to be made from
any where on the reserve and beamed back to the visitor
centre and then streamed live onto the Web. More soon
October 08
We have just completed the upgrade of the Isle of May
camera systems and this included a new 64 Mbps Digital
Microwave link and 1000 metres of Fibre optic cable. The
system will be able to carry more cameras in the future
as well as provide internet access for the staff and
researchers on the island. See the results on the
webcam pages.
August 08
Outersight have conducted a pilot for live streaming
from the Edinburgh International Festival. Two shows
were streamed live onto the internet for an invited
audience. We used our 3 camera setup and Newtek
Tricaster Pro to mix live and record at full resolution
as well as streaming live.
August 08
We have installed a long range observation camera for
EMEC (European Marine Energy Research Centre) in Orkney.
The camera is a 5 Megapixel device with a 32 x Zoom lens
giving an equivalent of roughly 100x optical zoom at
standard video resolution. It is capable of observing
sea birds and marine mammals at 3 KM!
July 08
We have installed a remote controlled camera system for
IMARES in the Netherlands. The camera stands alone on
the Razende Bol Sandflats near the island of Texel in
the North Sea. It is link to the mainland by a 3G
wireless system and is powered by Solar panels and a
Methanol Fuel Cell. email us for details
12/05/08
Tigress Productions have used some of our cameras on the
GardenWatch feature on the BBC’s One Show to be screened
during the week of the 26th May. The all weather
properties and Infra Red sensitivity of the cameras is
ideal for nocturnal nature observation and we look
forward to seeing the results.
1/05/08
The Creetown Peregrines have moved yet again but this
year but thank fully it is right in front of one of the
camera positions we have installed. We atre looking to
get some excellent footage this year. It is not online
yet but can be seen at the Creetown heritage museum.
26/04/08
The Arran Hen Harriers are going to be viewed in
megapixel resolution this year with a system we will be
installing with assistance from the RSPB and Forestry
Commision viewing at Kilmory Hall and online now in the
webcams section. The cameras have yet to placed in their
final location and are currently overlooking some of
Arran’s fine heather moorland.
01/04/08
East Ayrshire Council have contracted Outersight to
install a wildlife observation system in Dean Castle
Country Park. 8 cameras will be installed in the park
and viewed at two centres in the park as well as online.
Look out for some excellent badger watching. weblinks
coming soon.
28/03/08
The Scottish Seabird Centre have contracted Outersight
to upgrade the Isle of May cameras and Microwave links.
When installed this will provide a 64Mbps link to the
island allowing for top quality images to be transmitted
from the island from several cameras.
11/01/08
We are busy preparing for yet another busy few months.
With Easter being early this year a lot of work has to
be crammed in to make sure every one of our clients is
up and running ready for the busy Easter Holidays. If
you do need anything installed before Easter please give
us a call now as we would hate to disappoint.
01/01/08
Happy New Year! to all our existing and potential
clients
