Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis Bbc2 9Pm Tonight.

[ladybirder]

I can't find any more info but I'm wondering if it's the same place in Botswana that sanmac posted about earlier this year.
Anybody know?
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Animals-and-Nature/Question1712609.html

[Mamyalynne]

It;s a man made waterhole done in conjunction with the Mwiba Wildlife Reserve in Tanzania.

Recording the series.

[ladybirder]

Thanks Ma, where did you find that info? A series? Brilliant.

[Mamyalynne]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000pz4p

[seekeerz]

LB -check out the Djuma waterhole camera ... They have a permanent camera at Gowrie dam, plus two live safari every day, which has been extended since the covid problem to include other game reserves.

I've been watching this for years and enjoy it very much

[Mamyalynne]

Ta Seekz

https://www.djuma.com/djuma-waterhole/

[seekeerz]

That's it, mamya .....it has it's faults but on the whole, it's great.

[ladybirder]

Thanks Mamya and seekz, brilliant, I'll look at that after I've finished watching Waterhole. It's looking good.

[sanmac]

That is a really, really interesting site with excellent live-feed and sound...Thanks.

[seekeerz]

Enjoy :))

[sanmac]

Anybody watching right now? What do you think those white things flinging themselves all the place? When they get really close to the camera, they look like miniature flying-saucers:)

[Prudie]

Pretty sure they are moths, seen them every evening since I first looked at this, yesterday saw some monkeys, 2 hippos in the water and this morning a huge lizard in the grass. It is a fascinating webcam although I've spent hours looking at yours sanmac (every day since you posted it).

[sanmac]

I find that watching this one is quite interesting at night. I've actually seen it go into, I guess, macro mode and give distinct shots of beetles and what looked like to be some type of centipede crawling on the bark of trees and on leaves...Amazing!

[Prudie]

Yes saw that too (insects). I figured it's got some kind of motion sensor and then it zooms in. My husband thinks it's being controlled by a human.

[sanmac]

I was thinking about that also. I cannot really imagine people in shifts manually operating that camera for 24hrs a day. I think it just have some combination of heat and motion sensors. Notice how eerily bright the animals' eyes seem to shine?

[seekeerz]

I’m so glad you are all enjoying this - I have been watching for years & often wondered if others on AB were also fans.
The waterhole camera is manned most of the time, even at night, and they are called ‘zoomies’ obviously :)
I’ve tried to name the moths - they seem huge and almost circular - Luna moths maybe ?
Now that the coverage has been extended outside Djuma you will see rhino and cheetah as well plus all the birds, bugs and beetles they can find - trouble is, it’s very addictive so be warned but Enjoy :)

[sanmac]

You're right; it could be habit forming!

[Prudie]

Was very excited to be watching a cheetah (mainly sleeping) for ages yesterday evening :-)

[sanmac]

Prudie, I was watching that also. At first I thought that it was stalking something, but then his/her eyes kept blinking shut for longer and longer periods, and then it finally fell asleep. There were quite a few buffalo roaming around this morning.

[Prudie]

I have somewhat disastrously found the webcam functions on my work computer!! (the camp Kuzuma one doesn't). I was watching lots of elephants at lunchtime :-)

[ladybirder]

I can't get used to the camera moving around all the time. Just me I expect.