Webcamorous
Live streaming cameras showing wild birds in the UK and beyond
Updated 11 March 2024
Here are some of our favourite and most reliable streams, for sights and sounds around the world.
If you spot any that are down, or have suggestions for other cameras we can include, let me know in the comments.
Loch of the Lowes (Scotland) - Osprey nest webcam
A spine-tingling view and a good clear microphone - often picks up birds from the water, as well as those in the trees, such as Redstarts, Coal Tits and Willow Warblers.
Makov Animal Rescue, Czech Republic
Slimbridge (Gloucestershire, UK)
Offering the ever rarer sight and sound of Bewick’s Swans, and many other wildfowl and waders.
White Stork nest at Knepp (West Sussex, UK)
A new one for 2024, from the Knepp Estate. Features much bill clacking.
Middlebere (Dorset, UK)
Watery views from Poole Harbour.
Pretoria (South Africa)
Winter UK webcams feeling a little... grey? Fill up on Karoo Thrushes, Cape Sparrows, Green Wood Hoopoes (and the odd fruitbat) via this spectacular high-definition channel.
Royal Albatrosses (New Zealand)
Even when the birds aren’t doing much there are those views.
Loch Garten Bird Feeder (Scotland, UK)
Most of the world’s Coal Tits seem to be here.
Rutland Water - Osprey nest webcam
Ospreys right up your face in summer, the occasional Cormorant, gull or Egyptian Goose at other times.
Big Bear Bald Eagles
Treetop Californian eagles incubating eggs (even in the snow).
Sapsucker Woods (Cornell Lab of Ornithology, USA)
Ohio, USA
Ontario, USA
Audio streams
wilding.radio
Live sounds above and below water from the beaver enclosure at the Knepp Estate in Sussex. Perfect for Nightingale and Cuckoo in the spring.
Locus Sonos
Streams from around the world.
The following cameras have been good in 2023, but were offline when I last checked:
Cumbria Wildlife Trust - Seal Cam
Seals on the beach at South Walney island.
Brownsea Island - Tern Hide (Dorset)
This is the place for Spoonbills (often having a nap, on the far bank at high tide).
Brownsea Island - Avocet Hide
As well as Avocets, this often shows various other waders, duck and (in summer) terns.
North Carolina, USA
Poole Harbour - Carey Secret Garden
Online from November 2023. Mainly pheasants and crows so far, but the nearby wetland could spring some surprise visitors.