Warning: some images tug at the heartstrings
Perch on a cliff edge or town hall top beside an osprey, peregrine falcon or barn owl with The Wildlife Trusts’ webcams! The popularity of the charities’ wildlife webcams has continued since they soared by more than 2,000 per cent during the pandemic, and they are still one of the best ways to get up close and enjoy nature’s most spectacular sights.
Watch live footage, some with sound such as the eerie squawk of an osprey and the mewing of a barn owl chick. Webcams also include occasional views of red squirrels, dolphins and badgers. But it is the live images of wild birds caring for chicks or returning with prey that provide the most reliable footage – endearing to some, alarming to others – and the webcams continue to be one of the most popular pages on The Wildlife Trusts’ website.
Top webcams include:
Cute barn owl fledglings at Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Lorton Meadows.
Teams at Wildlife Trusts across the country have been scaling great heights and, in some cases, braving big seas to place webcams in unobtrusive places so as not to disturb the wildlife for unrivalled live footage. For example, Alderney Wildlife Trust’ puffin camera is situated two miles offshore and very exposed to the elements. While there are occasional interruptions to streaming, the teams try to ensure that services are running 24/7.
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Posted On: 06/05/2022