Golden Eagle Nest Cam in Soomaa

A Window into the Golden Eagle's World

This camera is trained on an active golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) nest, capturing the daily rhythms of one of the largest birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. Viewers can follow the breeding pair as they tend their nest, raise their young, and survey the vast wetland stretching out below their treetop perch.

Soomaa National Park Wilderness

The nest sits within Soomaa National Park in southwestern Estonia, a sprawling mosaic of raised bogs, flooded forests and meandering rivers. This remote, water-shaped landscape is famous for its seasonal floods and is a stronghold for rare wildlife, making it ideal habitat for a top predator like the golden eagle.

A Long-Running Conservation Story

Maintained by Estonian raptor enthusiasts, this nest has been monitored continuously since 2020. Each breeding season brings the anticipation of new eggs, hatchlings and fledglings, and the feed has become a beloved resource for birdwatchers and researchers across the world.

What You Can Observe

Beyond the eagles themselves, the camera reveals the quiet drama of a boreal forest ecosystem — the changing light over the treeline, prey deliveries to the nest, and the patient, watchful presence of these powerful raptors in their natural domain.