CEH Kestrel Nest Box

Kestrel Nest Box - Wallingford, Oxfordshire

You are watching a live feed of a Kestrel nest box located in the United Kingdom. Since 2015 the CEH has followed Kestrel nesting via live webcams, offering a glimpse into the breeding behavior of these birds of prey. For more information about the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology(CEH) please visit www.ceh.ac.uk.

Hatch/Fledge Timeline:
2018
1st egg laid 05/12/18
2017
1st egg was laid on 22nd April then 5th and final egg on May 2nd. All five Kestrel chicks hatched by May 29th. All 5 chicks fledged by June 27th.
2016
1st egg laid 05/02 2nd egg laid 05/04 3rd egg laid 05/07 4th egg laid 05/09 5th egg laid 05/11. All 5 chicks hatched by 06/07. One chick did not survive. On June 28th 4 Kestrel chicks were banded to help us to monitor the population across the country –about 2000 Kestrel chicks are banded in Britain each year.
2015
Nesting occurred in late April to early May. 5 eggs were laid. All chicks hatched by 29 May. Unfortunately all chicks subsequently died before fledging.

1654

Note: You may not see live comment updates if you are not registered and logged in.

Member

Jenn

#267523

Good morning. It is a beautiful morning in Maine, sunny and great temperature high of 80…no humidty I have felt ill for the past week and Thursday I noticed a big red patch on my stomach which looked like the bullseye if you have Lyme disease. I was lucky to get into my doc on Friday and she started me on 3 weeks of antibiotic to fight Lyme. She did the blood work which should be back Monday but all my symptoms indicate Lyme disease with muscle pain, headache, nausea, fever and fatigue. I hate TICKS they are ruining life… Read more »

Member

Beryl

#267517

Good morning, the crazy thing about posting is I am scared to post anything else incase I am breaking some rule that I don’t know about ! This is a raptor site so is posting other raptors ok now that the Kestrels have left, I just don’t know. Goodness, take me home country roads to the place I belong !

Member

Jenn

#267518

Good morning Beryl, gorgeous picture I just love it I love that song ‘Country Roads’ by John Denver.

Member

icecream

#267511

Good morning to Beryl, Jenn, Kathy, Ardyth and to all who pop in.
Not much to discus here other than the nest box needs some TLC.
Its a wonder the bedding dosent crawl out of the nest box all on its own.lol

Member

Jenn

#267519

Good morning ice, your right the nest bedding could literally crawl out of that box…lol

Member

Beryl

#267243

i was just keeping it to raptors but the Heron is no raptor, lol !

Member

Jenn

#267520

Cool picture of the Heron Beryl, looks like pre-dawn.

Member

Kathy S

#267235

The remaining Osprey chick at Hog Island looks like it has a ‘necklace’ of breast feathers which could mean this one is a female. Here’s a great closeup of “Rachel Jr” courtesy of Diana Lambertson from the ex plore site

Member

Jenn

#267521

Member

Kathy S

#267173

Some wingercising was going on at Hog Island this afternoon

« Previous 1 … 30 31 32