Black Stork Nest
A black stork nest in a Latvian forest — one of Europe's shyest birds, fewer than 150 pairs in the country.
About this view
A live nest cam on a black stork nest in the forests around Riga, run by the Latvian Fund for Nature. The black stork is the white stork's secretive cousin: it nests on big old trees deep in the woods rather than on chimneys, fishes forest streams, and is rare enough that Latvia counts only some 85 to 140 breeding pairs, on the national red list. The nest's exact location is kept private, as it is for most rare-species cams.
This is a patient watch. The camera went up in early 2024, and in its first two seasons a single bird visited the nest now and then without a pair ever settling — so what you see may be an empty platform of sticks, a lone stork testing it, or, if the season goes well, the whole cycle from eggs to fledglings.
Storks are here from March to late summer and in Africa the rest of the year (UTC+2, +3 in summer), so the feed is at its best from April to July; over winter the nest stands empty under snow, and the stream may pause.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is the Black Stork Nest live cam located?
- The camera looks over Forests near Riga, in Latvia. Its position is 56.949°N, 24.105°E, which you can open on our world map.
- What time is it at the Black Stork Nest camera?
- Forests near Riga runs on UTC+3, and the live clock at the top of this page shows the current local time and whether it is day or night there. It is worth checking before you watch: this view changes completely between the middle of the night and the busiest hours of the day.
- Are there other live cams near Forests near Riga?
- Yes — the closest ones are Helsinki West Harbour, Wildlife in the Forest and Prague Main Station. They are listed under "Nearby cams" further down this page, and every camera we carry is plotted on the world map.
- Is this stream really live?
- Yes. This is a real 24/7 live feed broadcast by Latvijas Dabas fonds, played through the official YouTube player — free, no account needed. Every stream in our catalogue is checked automatically before each update to confirm it is still live and watchable.
