Little Egrets now being livestreamed!

With our third and final heron chick having now successfully fledged and left the nest - hurrah! - our livestream camera is now trained instead on a Little Egret nest. So you can now enjoy watching live pictures of three young egrets moving around their nest area and, from time to time, being fed by a parent.

Little Egrets typically nest several weeks later than herons. So the Egret chicks, whilst already reasonably full grown, are not quite yet at the fledged stage and should remain around for another few weeks. Unfortunately Egrets tend to nest in less open sites. Their nests are generally tucked away in foliage and that of course compromises our view. However in the area on which the camera is now trained a nest can be made out amongst the foliage and there are three chicks moving in and out of view as they scramble around the nearby branches. Then every now and again an adult comes in to feed them and then a flurry of white feathers is seen.

To view live pictures of the Egrets please visit either our Livestream page or our YouTube channel. Or to review recorded footage of an adult Egret visiting the nest area and providing food please follow this link.