Dunbar Harbour Web Cam

The camera at Dunbar Harbour brings wonderful close up live pictures of the famous kittiwake colony. Keep a look out and and you'll be able to look into the nests from the camera. They usually have one or two chicks - we're looking out for the first egg.  

If you're lucky, you may also see Sammy the resident friendly seal, who spends his time swimming around the harbour, hoping for a fish supper from the fishermen. For an unusual gift, why not adopt a Seal? The Seabird Centre is an independent charity and all proceeds go towards the work of the charity, including education and conservation.

The kittiwake colony is the most accessible in Britain with more than 600 pairs of kittiwakes nesting in the ruined red stone walls of the historic Dunbar Castle, a favourite haunt of John Muir, the "father of modern conservation" who spent his childhood in Dunbar. These graceful seabirds have suffered in recent years with numbers decreasing by 50% around Scotland. This is due to various factors, including a shortage of sandeels, which makes this camera particularly valuable for monitoring their progress. Last year, unfortunately we saw several chicks choking to death having been fed snake pipe fish. Enterprising parents, struggling to find sandeels, were bringing back this alternative, but unfortunately, the snake pipefish, related to the seahorse, is spiny and indigestible, causing the chicks to choke to death. We are planning to work with researchers to observe and monitor this year's chicks.