Webcam's bird's eye view
Staff at Bridgnorth District Council are watching the wonder of nature after the eggs in their webcam bird box started to hatch. Staff at Bridgnorth District Council are watching the wonder of nature after the eggs in their webcam bird box started to hatch. A pair of blue tits set up home in the bird box just over a fortnight ago and laid a clutch of 10 eggs. Yesterday morning the eggs started to hatch. Pictures from the nest are being broadcast on the Westgate authority's website www.bridgnorth.gov.uk/birdbox. The image is updated every five minutes. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star
A pair of blue tits set up home in the bird box just over a fortnight ago and laid a clutch of 10 eggs.
Yesterday morning the eggs started to hatch and there are now five or six featherless and helpless blue tit chicks in the nest.
Pictures from the nest are being broadcast on the Westgate authority's website www.bridgnorth.gov.uk/birdbox. The image is updated every five minutes.
The nesting box is situated at the Severn Valley Country Park, between Highley and Alveley. The award-winning attraction - which covers 180 acres of woodland, meadows and wetland - is run by Bridgnorth District Council.
Live images are also being shown in the Visitor Centre at the country park so anyone going along during opening hours can watch continuous coverage from the nest.
This is the first year the council has placed a webcam in a birdbox. The tiny camera is hidden in the roof of the box so it does not disturb the birds and their chicks.
