Lightning over Gosport

A simple USB camera installed in the home of one of our developers captured a lightning strike using the i-Catcher Digital CCTV System. In the image, the lightning appears to have struck telephone cables across the road, however the point in question is in fact the source of the lightning, and is at least a mile behind the cables.

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Otter Sighting

One of our customers has managed to capture 7 seconds of an otter sniffing around a tree, using an infra-red day/night CCTV camera.

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Mouse steals mousetrap

We set up a camera in our workshop to catch on video the mouse that has been terrorising our bird food storage. We recorded shows something that you wouldn't believe unless you saw it for yourself. The mouse actually steals the mousetraps laid down for him!

The two-and-a-half minute video shows the mouse retrieving the nut bait From the traps, before attempting to save some time and just drag the trap back with him.

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Fire at Fareham Snooker Club

On the 15th of October 2003, an accident at Fareham Snooker Club caused a fire to break out in the early hours of the morning, starting from the kitchen. An i-Catcher Console system was recording at the time, with one of its cameras pointed directly at the source of the fire.

From the recorded images, it was determined that the fire took over five hours to become noticeable, as i-Catcher's motion detection systems didn't pick up the fire until 4:51am, five and a half hours after the club was locked up for the night.

The footage available here shows the fire from the time it registered as motion on i-Catcher, to the time the intense heat caused the camera to fail. The last frame of the sequence is completely blue. This is when the capture card in the i-Catcher system lost the signal from the overheated camera.

The video begins shortly before the club locked up. This shows you the time-span between then and the fire becoming noticeable.

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Owl Visit

We have had a Little Owl visit recently, feeding on Bird Table 2. The first visit was during the night, but the second much longer visit was during the early morning, when it was light enough for the day/night camera to capture the owl in colour.

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Owl Visit 2

We have had a Little Owl visit recently, feeding on Bird Table 2. The first visit was during the night, but the second much longer visit was during the early morning, when it was light enough for the day/night camera to capture the owl in colour.

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Squirrel Fight

Our bird tables are regularly visited by squirrels looking to pinch some bird food as their daily lunch. Sometimes the squirrels get a little territorial and chase each other off the tables. This video shows a lunching squirrel being chased away by another squirrel looking to enjoy a meal.

Not long after the original squirrel fight, i-Catcher recorded an argument between two more squirrels, this time more vicious, with one innocent feeding squirrel being jumped from behind by the other!

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Squirrel Fight 2

Our bird tables are regularly visited by squirrels looking to pinch some bird food as their daily lunch. Sometimes the squirrels get a little territorial and chase each other off the tables. This video shows a lunching squirrel being chased away by another squirrel looking to enjoy a meal.

Not long after the original squirrel fight, i-Catcher recorded an argument between two more squirrels, this time more vicious, with one innocent feeding squirrel being jumped from behind by the other!

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Sparrowhawk Attack

In early 2005, we finally managed to capture a good image and a short video of the amazingly quick Sparrowhawk attacking a smaller bird. The still image shown on the right is the Sparrowhawk sitting on the bird table just outside our door. We managed to point a PTZ camera under remote control at the bird to capture this shot without frightening him off.

The video was captured using a standard Sony CamCorder connected to i-Catcher Console. The video only lasts a few seconds, before the Sparrowhawk flew off into the trees again.

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Bird Box Invasion

In Late 2003, we had a bird setting up home in one of our bird boxes with a mini Infra-red camera mounted inside. One day in October, her new home was invaded by a rival blue tit. A short fight took place right inside the bird box, and our i-Catcher Console system recorded the whole moment.

In the video sequence, the text overlay shows i-Catcher Wildlife. This is because the feed is actually a remote i-Catcher Wildlife client, connected to the central console - emphasising the scalability and modularity of the i-Catcher System.

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Investigating Bear

One of our customers in North America has set up a camera to observe a deer feeder in the forest. On this occasion, a local bear takes an interest and starts investigating the feeder and causing some damage in the process.

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