Kestrel Nest Cam with Duck Egg Twist

An Oak-Tree Nursery

Fixed eighteen feet up inside a converted barn owl box, this camera looks straight down into a snug wooden chamber lined with soft nesting material. The vantage captures every subtle movement of the resident kestrel and the pale eggs cradled beneath her.

A Bird of Prey and Her Charges

Kizzie the kestrel has claimed this box as her own, patiently tending a clutch that carries a surprising secret. Alongside her own falcon eggs sits a lone Mandarin duck egg, an accidental lodger that turns the nest into one of the most unusual broods in British wildlife.

Wildlife of the Peak District

Set within the rolling uplands of the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire, the box sits amid a timeless landscape of ancient woodland and open moor. It is a quiet window onto the raptors and waterfowl that share this protected corner of England.

A Front-Row Seat to Nature

Viewers can watch the delicate rhythm of incubation unfold in real time, from careful egg-turning to the tense wait for a potential hatch. It is an unscripted glimpse into the improvised family life of a wild bird of prey.