Schlagwort: wildlife

  • The Nest Box: DIY Springwatch with Raspberry Pi

    The Nest Box: DIY Springwatch with Raspberry Pi

    Reading Time: 2 minutesLast week, lots and lots of you shared your Raspberry Pi builds with us on social media using the hashtag #IUseMyRaspberryPiFor. Jay Wainwright from Liverpool noticed the conversation and got in touch to tell us about The Nest Box, which uses Raspberry Pi to bring impressively high-quality images and video from British…

  • Helen’s hoglet: an adorable adventure

    Helen’s hoglet: an adorable adventure

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday is a bank holiday here in England, as well as for lucky people in Wales and Northern Ireland. Pi Towers UK is running on a skeleton crew of Babbage Bear, several automated Raspberry Pis, and Noel Fielding, who lives behind the red door we never open. So, as a gift…

  • Flying Birds Always Aroused My Admiration, Which Is Why I Want To Illustrate Them

    Flying Birds Always Aroused My Admiration, Which Is Why I Want To Illustrate Them

    Reading Time: 3 minutesEach bird flies differently. Eagles majestically soar, the flight of a Hoopoe is like a butterfly flight, it looks like it’s swimming in the air. The flight of the hummingbird is like a small helicopter, hovers in the air and even flies in the reverse direction. Birds is an infinite treasure of…

  • A hedgehog cam or two

    A hedgehog cam or two

    Reading Time: 2 minutesHere we are, hauling ourselves out of the Christmas and New Year holidays and into January proper. It’s dawning on me that I have to go back to work, even though it’s still very cold and gloomy in northern Europe, and even though my duvet is lovely and warm. I found myself…

  • Journeying with green sea turtles and the Arribada Initiative

    Journeying with green sea turtles and the Arribada Initiative

    Reading Time: 4 minutesToday, a guest post: Alasdair Davies, co-founder of Naturebytes, ZSL London’s Conservation Technology Specialist and Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow, shares the work of the Arribada Initiative. The project uses the Raspberry Pi Zero and camera module to follow the journey of green sea turtles. The footage captured from the backs of these magnificent creatures…

  • Stunning Award-Winning Wildlife Animal Photos

    Stunning Award-Winning Wildlife Animal Photos

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteTo keep things a bit more on the geeky side, we’ll start things off with a fascinating look (yet non-award-winning photo) at the black dragonfish, which lives in the deep parts of the Atlantic Ocean beyond where any plant life grows or light reaches. Official Source: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/index.jsp http://www.boredpanda.com/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2013-winners/