Big brother is watching Dutch birds

A barn owl checks out the nestboxBird watchers can keep an eye on a number of nesting birds over the next few months, now that bird protection group Vogelbescherming’s webcam network is once again up and running.

This year, 10 webcams have been set up and two more will follow in the coming weeks. Various owls, a stork and a peregrine falcon are among the birds being followed 24 hours a day by webcam. Two other cameras will focus on garden and meadow birds.

Last year, 1.2 million people took advantage of the webcams to follow the progress of the birds. The beleef de lente (experience spring) project was first started 10 years ago.

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