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Peregrine Falcons nesting at University of California, Berkeley. Cal Falcons is a website and social media community featuring three live streaming webcams trained on a peregrine falcon nest site atop Sather Tower at the University of California, Berkeley. Cal Falcons is known for its extensive social media presence and following. [1]
Live webcams at a Peregrine nest site in Landshut (Scroll down and press play button.) Archived 16 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine; A video of the falcon stooping at a top speed of 389 km/h (242 mph). Derby Cathedral Peregrine Project, UK. Links to webcams and video sequences Archived 27 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Pavilion Theatre on the end of Cromer Pier Ticket for the Pavilion Theatre on Cromer Pier, Show: The Manfreds. Cromer Pier is a Grade II listed seaside pier [1] in the civil parish of Cromer on the north coast of the English county of Norfolk, 25 miles (40 km) due north of the city of Norwich in the United Kingdom. [2]
Cromer Lifeboat station is one of the most famous of the lifeboat stations operated by the RNLI. [3] There has been a lifeboat service operated from Cromer for two centuries – predating the establishment of the RNLI. The volunteer crews at Cromer have gained a record of gallantry stretching back to the beginnings of the RNLI.
Falcons can live into their midteens, with larger hawks living longer and eagles likely to see out middle-aged owners. Through the captive breeding of rescued birds, the last 30 years have had a great rebirth of the sport, with a host of innovations; falconry's popularity, through lure flying displays at country houses and game fairs, has ...
Natural history programmes began as live outside broadcasts on BBC television in the early 1950s, when West Region's only television equipment was a mobile camera unit. The origins of Springwatch can be traced back to the 1970s, when the development of image-intensifying cameras enabled animals to be filmed in the dark.
Throughout the 20s and 30s the Cromer Protection Commission toured the South Coast looking at potential shows. In 1936 one of the theatres most famous shows appeared-Ronnie Brandons Out of the Blue. At the outbreak of World War II the Royal Engineers removed the middle section of the pier and shows ceased for the rest of the war.
Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey and includes caracaras, laughing falcon, forest falcons, falconets, pygmy falcons, falcons and kestrels.They are small to medium-sized birds of prey, ranging in size from the black-thighed falconet, which can weigh as little as 35 grams (1.2 oz), to the gyrfalcon, which can weigh as much as 1,735 grams (61.2 oz).