Wildlife Webcams!

The seabirds are all starting to return to the islands and you should start to catch glimpses of them on our live webcams. You can also watch Wildlife Film Highlights from last season, including the seal pups born at the end of last year.

The Scottish Seabird Centre's webcams broadcast live pictures of the rich wildlife in the Firth of Forth throughout the year. From the world famous Bass Rock gannets to the comical puffins in spring. In summer, the guillemots huddle together like penguins on the sea cliffs and in winter the fluffy white seals are born on the Isle of May and Craigleith Island. You can also see winter visitors, seaduck and wading birds along the shore. Also throughout the year, the occasional and spectacular sight of dolphins, porpoises and whales. In the Seabird Centre amazing live images are beamed onto giant screens of such good quality that visitors can actually read the rings on individual birds' feet! Visitors in the centre actually control the cameras and can pan and zoom for a close encounter, without disturbing the animals.

Follow this link for real time Shipping tracking of vessels around the UK.

The live webcams refresh every 5 seconds. If they appear black, green or frozen, the cameras may have been switched off temporarily to allow researchers on the islands to carry out their work, or have turned off overnight. The cameras do, however, have nighttime low light capabilities and this will be utilised at certain times of the year. If the image is fixed on one particular spot, it means the camera is not being moved at the Centre. The cameras are also equipped with windscreen wipers, an essential feature in seabird colonies!

The Scottish Seabird Centre gratefully acknowledges support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, Scottish Natural Heritage and Tyne Esk Leader Funding in delivery of its conservation and education projects and events and exhibitions.