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Videos of the species we study

See our clips and videos hosted by Wildlife Windows of how we do science and of fascinating bits of behaviour of the birds in their nests. Connecting people with nature ensures a better future for these amazing birds in Dorset.

Clips, facts and live nest camera footage

Eurasian Hobby

Fact file on the Eurasian Hobby.

The female Eurasian Hobby brings in a juvenile swallow to feed her chicks.

Eggs hatching at a wild Eurasian Hobby nest in Dorset, UK.

30s sequence of the whole breeding season at a Eurasian Hobby nest in Dorset, UK.

How we place special rings on the birds we study.

The female Eurasian Hobby brings in a Red admiral butterfly to feed her chicks.

The first flight of a young Eurasian Hobby from its nest in Dorset, UK.

Early nest camera footage from 2011 at the breeding site of a pair of Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo) in an artificial nesting basket.

Innovating in the field of raptor research

Clips, facts and live nest camera footage

Other species

Polygynous breeding Sparrowhawks

Captured on camera, the rare occurrence 1 male and 2 females breeding together, possibly the only video evidence of this in the wild!

Little Owls female on eggs, nesting in Dorset, April 2012.

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