Brook Cam information.

Brook Cam is in the process of being upgraded to a newer camera that can support night vision. This will hopefully allow residents to monitor the brook in adverse weather conditions at night as well as by day. The colours in the image produced by the new camera are slightly different to normal, greens and reds can be altered to look white, this gives the illusion that grass is frozen or snow covered.

This work will take a little while to complete so the image maybe provided from either camera and may not be completely up to date, we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

What is this webcam showing?
The webcam is aimed at the Horsbere Brook on the west side of Cypress Gardens.
Half way down the image on the far left hand side is the Clomoney Way bridge.

Why can't I see any water?
Under normal conditions the water level is not visable in the brook. After reasonable but not excessive rainfall water is visable downstream of the Clomoney Way bridge above the red "Keep off the grass sign". When water can be seen all the way along the brook the water level must have risen by over a meter.

Does the webcam work at night?
The webcam is running 24 hours a day, but due to the limitations of the camera the image is often too dark or grainy to be useful. The committee are investigate the possibility of improving this to allow the monitoring of the brook accurately both day and night.

Where did the idea of webcam come from?
After the flooding many residents where concerned with being away from their property when it was raining heavily, the unknown water level in the brook was making an already stressful situation worse. Instead of having phone calls and text messages being sent around under these conditions the committee decided to investigate the possiblity of a webcam, and hence Brook Cam was born.

The original camera was a cheap Logitech webcam which only worked in full daylight and offered limited quality. After the near miss in January the Gloucester Fire and Rescue services realised how useful the camera was and provided a better quality camera.