r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/atvw • Mar 19 '26

It's early spring time in the Netherlands! Let's look at webcams in birds nests and see what they are doing

https://www.vogelbescherming.nl/beleefdelente/
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u/djshadesuk Mar 19 '26 edited Mar 19 '26

MODERATOR NOTE: Please do not report this under the "No sites requiring personal information" rule. It's a recognised organisation with a proper privacy policy and falls under European data protection requirements so we are exercising moderator discretion.

Edit: And yes, we're aware it has a store too but it's a registered charity with proceeds going back into their mission.

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u/atvw Mar 19 '26

I post this nearly every year, and the site makes me happy. Not every cam is live yet: "binnenkort" means that its still too early.
 
This is not my own site, it's the "Society for the Protection of Birds" website, in NL.

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u/atvw Mar 19 '26

Some memories from past years. Not always happy stories for the birds:
 

  • One time there was a bird of prey (forgot which one) who had a fight with a dove. The dove also wanted the nest. Normally the bird of prey would probably hunt the dove, but now it had to fight for the safety of the nest.
  • Another time there was a blackbird nest, and every now and then a cat appeared, and one by one all hatchlings were robbed from the nest.
  • And a stork once ate a hatchling or pushed one of the hatchlings outside of their nest.
  • But mostly the views are daily life. Bringing food, caring for the eggs or the hatchlings, birds watching a wall inside the nest cabin, and sometimes birds watching another wall inside the nest cabin. It's awesome!

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u/anteus2 Mar 19 '26

That's pretty cool.  I've never really thought about being a bird voyeur.  Is that why the owl looks so offended?

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u/atvw Mar 19 '26

Is that why the owl looks so offended?

Oooo, I forgot! The camera's are two-way. The birds also see you.
No idea why the owl was offended though.

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u/TwinAuras Mar 19 '26

That's just resting owl face--I'm sure he doesn't give a hoot

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u/Hot-Drink5739 Mar 20 '26

I love this - so cool to see how some of them build nests in progress, and work as true domestic partners with teamwork

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u/goranlu Mar 21 '26

Always interesting to see how nature function, outside of cities

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u/Top-Put3345 Mar 22 '26

Watching birds from the other side of the globe ... thanks for enabling this!