In early 2025 I became obsessed with watching live streams of birds raising their babies. I love watching all raptors, but eagles are my absolute favourites.
This page is a record of the nests I've been watching, and a brief summary of who I'm watching lately and what they're up to. A lot of the info here is collected from chat threads, comments, and forums, which are not always organised and searchable, and are often not in English, so I don't claim any of this information is 100% accurate—apologies for any mistakes.
Links with the icon indicate streams that are either unreliable, and aren't always running, or the stream moves to a new URL often. In the latter case, I usually link to the YouTube account or website rather than a particular video stream.
Last updated August 2025
Currently
Sea Eagle babies!! Both chicks hatched this week and are adorable little balls of white fluff now.
I watched 3 nests of Lesser Spotted Eagles in July/August 2025 and they were all adorable and fun. I especially liked that this nest had an egg that didn't hatch, which survived all the way to Grieta's fledge day. Egg just lives in the nest still, and the eagles don't pay it much attention, but I assume it'll get broken or stolen and eaten before next year's breeding season.
Reinis was great fun while in the nest, doing a lot of flapping and jumping around in the last few weeks before branching. Reinis still visits the nest to eat and rest sometimes, but seems to be sleeping elsewhere these days.
Upcoming
I'm watching these nests already, but most of them haven't laid eggs yet, or the eggs haven't hatched, so I'll be watching them more closely in the coming weeks/months.
The URL for this live stream changes often, but the stream itself is fairly reliable, and the people running it are really nice. Mum & Dad spend a lot of time in the nest despite not incubating any eggs yet, so there's often something to see on this stream.
Another one where the stream changes to a new video all the time, so I've just linked to the YouTube account. There's not always a current live stream, either.
This is one of those streams where the URL changes to a new video all the time, for some reason. I'm not sure when to expect these eggs to hatch, as there's not a lot of info about the nest, but I think they've been incubating for 2-3 weeks or so, so there are probably a few weeks to go yet.
July/August 2025
I always enjoy a nest with 2 or 3 siblings, because it's fun to watch their interactions with each other when they get older and the parents aren't around much. These two mostly get along, with a very occasional brief fight. I also love how they watch each other so intensely when one of them starts jumping and flapping a lot, or playing with a stick—they're so keen to observe and learn from each other. I also love how fluffy these chicks always look.
This stream was down a lot for a few days, and then it went down completely in early August, unfortunately. This one is a little younger than Grieta and Reinis but has also been lots of fun to watch, especially recently as there was a lot more mantling, flapping, and jumping around in preparation for fledging. This nest also seems to get nicer weather, as it's often sunny, and they don't seem to have as many rainy days as the Latvian LSEs. The website link above includes a forum in English with lots of screengrabs from the stream and updates on the chick's growth, too.
June 2025
This is the original nest cam that got me hooked. Jackie and Shadow are really fun to watch, and Sunny and Gizmo were both adorable and hilarious. Sunny was the first chick I watched fledge and it definitely made me cry.