Oystercatcher webcam

Summary from the 2007 breeding

The three chicks 02.06.2007

The webcam and the nest

Mating 01.04.2007

02 June 2007 The three chicks where seen on the roof.

24 May 2007: The videostreaming was stopped. Thank you for watching and welcome back next year.

23 May 2007: The chicks left the nest this morning. From time to time they will visit their nest, but in a few days we will dismantle the webcamera. A 15 min. video from the last hatching is available from the 22 May update. We will update you on how everything goes on the roof, after our weekly inspection.

22 May 2007: See video of the hatching. Quicktime format and Windows media format

22 May 2007: The third egg started to hatch 13:45

22 May 2007: Two chicks hatched this morning.

12 May 2007: Unicast videostream for VLC is available on this address:
http://tjeldcam.uib.no:24005

11 May 2007: Multicast videostream is up and running, se instructions

11 May 2007: The live video is not working for the moment, but it will be fixed.

10 May 2007: The laying date has been estimated to be May 1, so we expect the chicks to hatch around the 27th of May

10 May 2007: Webcam was installed.

09 May 2007: The nest was located on the same spot as last year. See map here

01 April 2007: Oystercatchers were seen mating in their feeding area today (see picture). It is a possibility that these two birds are another couple, since they have started to breed on a roof 500 meters away from the "webcam-building".

26-30 March 2007: The Oystercatchers were heard calling from the roof.

25 March 2007: The Oystercatchers were seen in the area for the first time.