Follow the lives of nine bird pairs in the Netherlands via camera images. You can see them nesting, breeding and caring for the chicks live.
Bird watching in the spring
In the spring, birds make nests, lay eggs, incubate and the chicks eventually fledge. Follow this special period via the internet day and night via cameras in the birdhouses. For several years now Experience the spring a ‘viewer rating hit’ on the internet. The Vogelbescherming installed cameras in the nesting boxes of nine bird species. With the exception of the great tit, they can all be viewed via the Experience the Spring site. Watch directly what is happening in the nest boxes.
The homepage contains links to all active nests. Below that is a bar with the most important bird news. The start page also contains the best moments and information about the project.
Drama in the nest
In early spring usually not much happens. After some time, a bunch of birds move into the hives and build their nests. The female lays eggs, the birds incubate them and a highlight is of course when the eggs hatch. There is often also the necessary drama: the owls regularly bring prey into the nest and sometimes privateers are on the coast to take over the nests. The most striking moments are put as short videos with the different bird species.