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Wildcam Update
Monday 2nd August 2010
Just when you thought it was safe..... Last night at about 7pm, a Fox attacked the nest. The adult Nightjar was quick off the mark and flew away. Unnoticed by the Fox, the two chicks also managed to run off into the bracken. The adult has possibly now moved the chicks a little distance away. However, it may only be a matter of time before the Fox returns.
See the video and picture links to the right.

Sunday 1st August 2010
This Nightjar nest is situated in a large open area of heath and bracken. The female hatched two eggs a short while ago. During the day she moves the chicks under the protection of the bracken, normally to the left of picture. At night they move to the centre. The chicks will leave the nest in seven to ten days.

We eventually hope to be live each night from about 8pm, as this is their active time. During the day you will be watching the last night's footage.

Saturday 31st July 2010
We now have a camera on a Nightjar nest and will be streaming video very shortly.
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Posted By Kezia On 04/08/2010 08:35:56
Peskie Fox !!! good webcam up and running and he/she ruins it :-(( oh well nature and it just goes to show how hard life is for ground nesting birds as well , thanks for setting up and thanks for videos to show what we missed
Posted By bluetitcam On 02/08/2010 20:15:15
Evening all.
Posted By mari001 On 02/08/2010 19:41:23
Good to see the birds back on the nest after the attack! Lets hope they survive another night...
Posted By Jenny gibbs On 31/07/2010 23:42:12
Nightjars, fantastic. Have just been watching mum bring in some food for the two chicks. I presume she catches insects??
Posted By twilks On 07/07/2010 14:21:29
What a difference a year makes, so windy this time last year, she must have felt sea sick
Posted By Kezia On 05/07/2010 15:24:10
Faye dont worry little chick was fine - see update on right , that was last years footage , little hobby fledged . It is just this years nest that has been lost - again see update above , there were 3 eggs but they obviously got predated and left Mum with one but she has abandoned so egg would not hatch after being left so long uncovered , such a shame but thats nature .
Posted By ohiojulie On 05/07/2010 12:25:34
Has the Hobby web cam been shut down since the incident over the weekend then?
Posted By Faye On 05/07/2010 09:23:56
Were there 3 eggs? I could only see 1 and a chick... he/she was beautiful :( This is so sad that he has gone, he always looked like he was snuggling the other egg to keep it warm... RIP little chick
Posted By Kezia On 04/07/2010 18:10:16
Such a shame if Mum has abandoned the nest , I was so looking forward to seeing Hobby chicks , lets hope she comes back very soon , not sure how long the eggs can be left
Posted By Kezia On 30/06/2010 09:35:21
Thank you so much for the updates above , great to know what is going on and thanks from me for all the hard work setting up for the Hobby , really looking forward to seeing as I missed it all last year
Posted By Kezia On 26/06/2010 20:20:25
Hi Is - hope all is well with you , yes I am sure they will stay around for a little while yet , wonder if we are going over to the Hobby nest this year , I was hoping so as missed them last year as I was away , went up to Loch Garten earlier this year , did you see or read about all the traumas at Loch of the Lowes last weekend was an amazing recovery by the old Lady of the Loch .
Posted By is On 25/06/2010 21:08:50
Don't worry Kezia, they'll still be close by for another month yet. I usually see juvenile Goshawks around thier nest sites up until the end of July.
Posted By Kezia On 24/06/2010 07:28:25
Oh what a shame wonder if they are still there or have they flown ?? , saw them both on nest last night
Posted By Kezia On 23/06/2010 06:38:51
Both chicks still around this morning , they will probably be doing some branching out and we will lose them off camera , soon hobby time if NFG are doing it this year , will be good as I missed it last year as I was away .
Posted By twilks On 22/06/2010 20:20:03
Lots of action just now thought one of the chicks had flown off, not visable for nearly 10 minutes, returned from the left.
Posted By Adrian On 22/06/2010 16:08:00
Both chicks still on the nest. Lots of bouncing around and wing-flapping and hopping onto the large bough on the far side of the nest. They are chasing each other around the nest. When one goes, I think that the other will follow immediately. They look overdue for fledging.
Posted By Kezia On 21/06/2010 06:28:01
Just checked in . Wonder if they have taken flight yet
Posted By Kezia On 17/06/2010 13:20:23
Great to see the two chicks looking so well and grown up now , havent seen them for two weeks as been up in Scotland looking at Osprey Chicks instead , my how they have grown in the two weeks , they will soon be out in the big wild world and then in years to come hopefully will increase the Goshawk population .
Posted By Jenny gibbs On 15/06/2010 22:53:50
I must say a big thanks to everyone that looks after the nestcam. I was at the reptile centre a few days ago and the RSPB staff were really helpful and friendly, they were saying that it is quite challenging just getting the live video back to the centre with people out in the woods every few days changing batteries. Having the camera on at night is great as well. It amazes me that it is actually pitch black there. Finally I must say what a relaxing place it is around the reptile centre and there are so many things to see, I saw my first ever adder close up. Thanks again for the great work.
Posted By twilks On 15/06/2010 14:45:05
Hi all this message board seems to have gone a bit dead. The girls are realy starting to grow up now looking like real little Goshawks, picking there own food and practising flying. How soon before they are off?
Posted By TrishG On 11/06/2010 08:28:42
Dear is and twiks, many thanks for the hawk identification/info.
Posted By twilks On 09/06/2010 15:57:36
The two girls look great in the still shots, glad the flashing has stopped.
Posted By marge55 On 08/06/2010 09:40:40
Faye posted on 4/6/10, about the nest. Is there any news since then? I have been away for a few days. Thanks.
Posted By Faye On 04/06/2010 15:01:01
Mum is pulling out the middle of the nest again!
Posted By Faye On 03/06/2010 15:38:53
Baby very nearly toppled out of the nest just now! Right on his tip-toes at the edge, but managed to regain his balance before he went too far :)
Posted By is On 03/06/2010 00:05:57
Mum doesn't seem to be brooding the chicks at night now. She's perched on the edge of the nest.
Posted By is On 03/06/2010 00:02:09
It'll be a Sparrowhawk Trish.
Posted By twilks On 02/06/2010 13:50:57
Trish Sparrowhawks have quite a reputation for raiding gardens in some areas and you have to be carefull where you put feeders.
Posted By TrishG On 02/06/2010 08:47:47
Hello. I am unfamiliar with goshawk behaviour but wonder if anyone could tell me if it's likely I would have had one visit my garden? My garden is large with lots of trees and backs on to Chewton Common. About two weeks ago there was a huge commotion in a large camellia bush which I thought was an altercation between pigeons and magpies but suddenly saw a smallish bird of prey, with the distinctive grey and white stripey chest and really remarkable yellow eyes, looking at me! It flew to another tree, then back again, then disappeared over the fence. I didn't think birds of prey would visit a garden. Any suggestions please? Thanks in advance.
Posted By Kezia On 02/06/2010 07:18:34
100% agree Twilks - chicks look superb in the early morning sunshine
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News From The Nests
From: NFG 06/08/2010 10:59

We are pleased to report that the nightjar family survived. The camera has been moved, but the two chicks are extremely mobile now and running around under the bracken. They are also able to fly short distances. So we only ever get the odd glimpse in front of camera. We are monitoring other nests so may be able to show something new shortly.
From: NFG 02/08/2010 21:38

As you can see from the video of Sunday night's events, the Nightjar family are probably okay but have not returned to this nest area. So at the moment we are showing video from Saturday night.
From: DWN 02/08/2010 11:03

We were watching last night's footage of our nightjar nest this morning when the mother and two chicks vanished. In the next few minutes a fox appeared from within the bracken. We are hoping they are okay and that they have just moved off out of the way. This illustrates just how vulnerable these ground nesting birds are.
From: NFG 31/07/2010 23:47

NIGHTJAR NEST:
We hope to be live each evening from about 8pm (BST) with all the action. This nest has two chicks which will probably fledge around the 10th of August.
From: DWN 05/07/2010 11:37

There is still no sign of the female hobby on the nest so we are assuming the remaining egg has been abandoned.

Faye - the chick you were seeing was the one from last year as we were running the highlights whilst we were switching the camera over to the hobby nest.

We are putting our thinking caps on to see if we can come up with an alternative for our cameras!
From: DWN 04/07/2010 16:15

We now have the hobby nest camera on. last week there were three eggs on the nest and today there is only one. We can only guess that a predator such as a corvid (crow family) has taken the eggs. Unfortunately we have not seen the female on the nest since this morning. We are waiting anxiously to see whether she will return.
From: DWN 29/06/2010 15:35

Our head keeper is out in the Forest climbing trees as I write this - he is putting transmitters up so that a picture can be relayed from the hobby nest very soon, hopefully tomorrow all being well.
From: DWN 27/06/2010 15:47

The goshawk chicks have been flying back to the nest on and off today. We shall be saying goodbye to them soon when we switch our camera to a hobby nest.
From: DWN 24/06/2010 16:13

Both chicks have been flying today and we have zoomed the camera out so we can see more of the nest and surrounding tree where they have been jumping around.
From: DWN 23/06/2010 16:20

After much jumping around and showing off the braver chick has flown off once again leaving the other one standing on one leg looking a bit unsure of itself!
From: DWN 23/06/2010 16:14

The chick has just crash landed back onto the nest with a big thump after its maiden flight.
From: DWN 23/06/2010 16:03

After much wing stretching and bouncing around one of the chicks has actually just flown off the nest! The other is left sitting there alone.
From: DWN 20/06/2010 16:10

More bouncing around the nest and wing flapping today. The chicks are getting ready to fly and today one was heard calling just like the adult birds.
From: DWN 19/06/2010 15:52

The chicks are now being fed and there is a lot of squealing from them. They were also fed a couple of times this morning and we notice that one is dominant and takes the food while the other sits by and waits. Both have been exercising their flight muscles and one even managed to take off a little before landing back down agian on the nest.
From: DWN 15/06/2010 19:00

Our goshawk chicks have changed a lot since last week. They now have many more adult feathers and are eating food themselves rather than waiting to be passed pieces of food.
They could fly anytime from the weekend onwards in answer to twilks 's question today.
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