Grey Seal Webcam on Vilsandi, Estonia 2013

A webcam viewing seals and their pups, on Saaremaa.
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Grey Seal Webcam on Vilsandi, Estonia 2013

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An old favourite of many members, this webcam on an island West of Estonia's mainland is online again.

WE have seen it many times in the past, but when it was finally vandalised by a fox or wild boar which chewed through cables, it was no longer possible to maintain the connection and power supply to keep it online.

Someone must have done some amazing work, because here it is again - working well at the moment.
Let us hope that a guardian angel of webcams keeps a close watch on this one. More information will be posted here, as it becomes available.

http://pontu.eenet.ee/player/hyljes.html

Information on Looduskalender main page
http://www.looduskalender.ee/en/node/14488

For people using the VLC player: rtsp://193.40.133.138:80/live/hyljes
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Thank you. :bow:

Did I see some seals? Or is it my imagination? :D
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Great, Starling. Thanks for getting us off to a good start!
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Ohhhh .... it´s not only wishful thinking .... there are several ones :loveshower:
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Post by Felis silvestris »

No, no wishful thinking, I saw them too!

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I saw two-no three.
It's adifferent view this time. The camera has been sited somewhere differently. I hope we get news of it soon.

Getting to the island, finding and connecting a power supply and then the camera - that must be an interesting story by itself!
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The sea is so different here than it is in Käsmu (though I love Käsmu very much by now too). I saw Vilsandi national Park the other day on TV, the cam is somewhere in that National Park I think.
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Three :loveshower:

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Coming very close :shake:

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I heard a faint seal song a few minutes ago, too. Quiet - distant. It;s good to have them back with us.
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:loveshower:
Starling wrote:Thank you. :bow:

Did I see some seals? Or is it my imagination? :D
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:cry: Stream not found!

But it is back and the seals are there ... :bow:
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Post by Bea »

At least it could have been five seals, I hope the sea didn´t fool my eyes in the dawn ...

Ooooohhhh .... looking forward to tomorrow with daylight :loveshower:
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Post by Marion »

oh how lovely :headroll:

We have been on Saarema just in August - and we loved it.
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Ooohh, yes, yes, yes!! I have missed the seal coast so much, this is wonderful. Image
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Kitty - good to see you here.
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How great and exciting that the seal cam is back. Thank you for the pictures. I didn't see anything today, I hope I will tomorrow.
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Nice the seal-cam is back again :loveshower: . Thanks for the persons who made it possible.
And great to catch the seals so close on pictures.
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It is down now but I hope I hope
I have been wishing for this day
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