Great Tit Nest Box Live Cam

The Nest Box

The camera looks straight down into a wooden nest box fixed in the courtyard of a primary school. Inside, a deep cup of moss, grass and feathers cradles the brood, while the grain of the timber walls frames every movement at close range.

The Great Tit

The Great Tit (Parus major) is one of Europe's most familiar garden birds, readily taking to artificial boxes. Both parents share feeding duties, shuttling caterpillars and insects to a hungry clutch that can number eight or more chicks.

Watching the Brood Grow

From bare hatchlings to fully feathered fledglings, the nestlings transform over a few short weeks. Viewers can follow the feeding rhythm, the jostling for position, and the first tentative wing-stretches before the young leave the box.

A Classroom Window on Nature

The box is maintained by the host school as a live teaching tool, giving pupils and online viewers alike an unfiltered look at a wild family. It turns a quiet corner of a schoolyard into a small natural theatre.