Incubation time and a new TV screen in the Cathedral

Update: Here's one of Wendy Bartter's many video clips posted to the blog comments, this one showing a change over on 5th April:

So now we are in the period of incubation when the eggs are kept warm by the parent birds as they develop.
We can expect hatching to take place sometime around Easter, 18-21 April.
Until then, there's not much happening except change overs as the pair share the work of sitting on the eggs.

If you missed it, scroll down the blog to read about the egg laying period and be sure to check out the comments which include many video clips made for us by Wendy Bartter.

Here's just one of those showing a changeover on 25th March:

There have been 67,000 hits to the web cams and blog in 2025 so far and over 5,500,000 since the cams were installed in 2007. Scroll down the blog to see the Clustr map which shows where in the world folk have been watching!

And the excellently supportive Cathedral staff have just installed a huge TV screen inside the cathedral showing the live web cam feed.

The Project Team

This project, now in its 20th year, is managed by Derbyshire Wildlife Trust with great support from its partners; The Cathedral, Cathedral Quarter and Derby City Council's IT team.