Livestreamed heronry nest site starting to attract interest

A nest in Stocker’s Lake Heronry from which we are streaming live pictures is starting to attract interest from both Little Egrets and Grey Herons.

A new stream-able camera was installed in early February ahead of the breeding season. However the nest on which the camera is focussed, despite being used regularly in recent years, had attracted no interest before the end of March. But over the weekend of April 1st/2nd there were several visits by Little Egrets as well as by at least one Heron. So we are now hopeful that a full blown breeding attempt may soon commence by one or other species.

The images in the carousel below were all captured earlier today, Monday April 3rd. At different times they show an Egret, a Heron and even a Moorhen laying claim to the nest!

To view live images please click on the image below. If nothing of interest is showing try using the scroll bar at the bottom of the screen to wind back to earlier in the day. You can wind back up to 12 hours.