Burrow Web Cam
The Scottish Seabird Centre is a world leader in remote wildlife viewing. The webcam images you are watching are transmitted live, direct from the Seabird Centre’s cameras, which are located on the islands of the Firth of Forth and controlled by visitors at the Centre. The live images refresh every 5-10 seconds.
Burrow Cam
The Burrow Cam is situated at the entrance to puffin burrows on Craigleith Island (1/4 mile from the Seabird Centre at North Berwick). If you keep a look out, you should be able to see the puffins on the webcam. They've been spotted in social gatherings and there has been a lot of courting, preening and springcleaning of burrows in readiness for the arrival of the pufflings.The Seabird Centre's team of over 150 SOS Puffin volunteers have been very busy on Craigleith island over the winter trying to clear large areas of the invasive Tree Mallow plant in time for the puffins returning. The mallow, which grows in woody stands, up to 8 feet high, had taken over the island and stopped the puffins from nesting in their burrows. This had had a devastating effect on the puffins, reducing their number from 28,000 pairs in 1999, (previously one of the biggest colonies in the UK) to just a few thousand last year. SOS Puffin is a five year project, with the help of funding from Viridor Credits and Scottish Natural Heritage, which aims to reinstate the puffins on the island. To find out more about the campaign, go to SOS Puffin.
The Seabird Centre is an independent charity and all sponsorships and donations are reinvested in the Centre's education and conservation work. If you are interested in volunteering with SOS Puffin, email us at info@seabird.org or click here to Adopt a Puffin online.
