Robert E Fuller
🔴 LIVE Barn Owls 🦉🐥, Stoats 🐾, Kestrels 🦅🥚, Tawny Owls 🦉🥚 | From Fotherdale, Yorkshire, UK
Welcome to 'Live from Fotherdale', a selection of bird cams streamed from inside barn owl, tawny owl & kestrel nests in north Yorkshire, UK, plus a buzzard feeding post and stoat habitat.
There is also a garden bird cam were you can watch blue tits, great gits, chaffinches, sparrows and long-tailed tits in outstanding colour & detail. The livestream also picks up passing foxes, hares, weasels and even badgers - offering the very best of British wildlife for you to enjoy.
If you have any questions do join the friendly live chat, where you can interact with a supportive and informative community of wildlife lovers.
I also have another livestream at Ash Wood, in nearby woodland where you can get to know even more creatures: https://youtu.be/YT3Y_w-iSlQ
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Get to know the individual birds through these high quality cams and follow their secret lives. Look out for:
ASH - ALL SIX KESTREL CHICKS FLEDGE
The last of male kestrel Mr Kes chicks have now flown the nest. This is an incredible achievement and is mainly down to this extraordinary kestrel who took sole charge after his partner Mrs Kes disappeared. Male kestrels are not known for being able to brood or feed chicks once they hatch, but Mr Kes slowly learned how to tear up morsels of food. Find out more here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx09JDaWUEFNlZRjHjh1HSq7kGuuFBVE3.
The kestrel chicks will be here for another month & Mr Kes will continue to feed them until they have learned to hunt for themselves.
In 2021 this pair raised six chicks in Sycamore Stump. You can watch their story here: https://youtu.be/x1yDrfa2mzs.
OUTDOOR ENCLOSURE
This is where I prepare rescued animals for release into the wild. Currently there are 3 stoats here. These are the strongest of a total of 6. One is a little too young to join the others and is in a separate enclosure next to the first three. The other two just arrived.
ELM- BARN OWLS FINN & GYLFIE
Three of Gylfie's chicks have now hatched and this pair's 2022 clutch is now complete. The 1st egg hatched 01/06/2022, the 2nd egg failed to hatch, the 3rd egg hatched on 06/06/2022, and the fourth egg hatched on 09/06/2022. Gylfie's mate Finn is as always hugely attentive to his family.
In 2021, this pair raised two chicks here, Nutmeg & Thyme. Finn is a devoted dad. (Watch his story here: https://youtu.be/duA2hIYh8WA).
BEECH - TAWNY OWLS BOMBER & LUNA
All six rescue chicks have now fledged and are living in the tree canopy where tawny owls Bomber & Luna are now running a tawny foster creche! (with a little help from me). This pair took on six chicks in total this year after their own eggs failed. The first two, Dawn & Dusk, were rescued from a farm nearby. I introduced three more tawny owlets and then a fourth, nicknamed Donny, and Bomber and Luna took these extra chicks on too.
Luna's mate Bomber has been resident here at Fotherdale since 2013. Tragically this pair's clutch also failed to hatch in 2021: https://youtu.be/RvPaEBGgFi0
SYCAMORE - BARN OWLS GHOST & WILLOW
WIllow and Ghost had 3 chicks Skye, Spirit and Echo, in Sycamore. These three have now fledged.
In 2021, this barn owl pair also raised three chicks, Ginger, Cinnamon & Clove. Follow the story: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx09JDaWUEFMd9xdcXk_ZpeaDMOdsTHxq
Keep an eye out for Willow who has started to scrape in Sycamore again, maybe anticipating a second brood?
MAZE WALLS - STOATS
Hazel has had her kits, but we have only had glimpses of them so far. Stoats are very elusive and tend to move their kits often in the early days. Find out more : https://youtu.be/cLlgzy6RB40
BUZZARD LOG & BUZZARD POST
You can also spot buzzards on Buzzard Log and Buzzard Post bird cams. Please note if you are watching in the US, the bird known as a common buzzard in the UK (Buteo Buteo) is similar to your red tailed hawk although it does not have a red tail.
For more help identifying individuals watch this https://youtu.be/8ZvbohdAWyQ
or read my blog https://www.robertefuller.com/diary/bird-cams-guide-to-owls-and-kestrels/
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I am a British wildlife artist based in Thixendale, North Yorkshire, UK. I build ideal habitats to encourage wildlife into my garden and use nest cams to study their behaviour. These studies inform my paintings. I share the best of my video research on this channel for free. If you would like to support my work please consider a small donation here: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=A52ZHAMJZC3J4
Or of course you may like to purchase my artwork which you will find on my website: https://www.robertefuller.com. Many of the paintings are portraits of the creatures you watch here!
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