GREY HERONS NESTING, DORSET, LIVE WEBCAM
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- Location: Hengistbury Head Visitor Centre, Bournemouth, Dorset, England
- Source: Hengistbury Head
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Info: Live streaming webcam showing grey herons nesting at Hengistburybury Head Visitor Centre in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. Enjoy watching a close-up niew of the grey herons as they breed and raise their young.
Eggs typically hatch in early spring (March/April), with fledglings leaving the nest in early summer.
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More info: Hengistbury Head is a headland jutting into the English Channel between Bournemouth and Mudeford in the southern county of Dorset. It was declared a Local Nature Reserve in 1990.
The main nature reserve area faces Christchurch Harbour, and is contiguous with the reed beds of Wick Fields. The Head contains a large variety of habitats from the heathland on Warren Hill to freshwater ponds, sand dunes, and salt marshes.
More than 300 bird species have been recorded in the area, making Hengistbury Head an important migratory point. The Balearic shearwater, considered critically endangered with extinction by the IUCN and seldom sighted in the UK, has been seen in the area. Other rare birds spotted include the purple heron, the pink-footed goose, the European honey buzzard and the melodious warbler.
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Video courtesy of A Shot Of Wildlife