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 | | Thursday, 13 December, 2001, 16:59 GMT Pupils' bird's eye view of nest  Video cameras are used to protect rare birds A primary school in Devon has been given a live video link to a peregrine falcon's nest. A steeplejack has been brought in to fix a digital camera at the base of St Michael's Church steeple in Ironbridge, near Exeter city centre. A wildlife surveillance company, called eco-watch, is feeding footage through to a screen in the hall at nearby St David's First School. Tim Cook, of eco-watch, said: "They can watch it while they are eating their school lunch, which may or may not be a good idea." Images will also appear on a website. Computer software to detect movement in the nest will trigger the camera to start filming.
The species' survival is threatened, though numbers in Britain are growing. Devon-based eco-watch has set up cameras on nests before, but never in such a public location. Earlier this year, surveillance cameras were installed in trees in England's Peak District to protect rare birds of prey from being disturbed. A spokesman from the RSPB said: "We need the public to see how fabulous these birds are. "These birds have been around for hundreds of years co-existing with their prey. People need to be educated about this." | |   See also: Top England stories now:  Links to more England stories are at the foot of the page. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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