Wildlife Webcams

WLT’s webcams are for all wildlife and nature lovers worldwide. They give an opportunity to discover unknown species without leaving the comfort of your home.

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The WLT wildlife webcams in the Forest

WLT’s first webcam, streaming live footage direct from the Buenaventura Reserve in Ecuador, was launched in 2008 by Sir David Attenborough who said:

“As human beings we are more urbanised than ever before, and we are out of touch with the natural world. Yet we are 100% dependent on its resources. World Land Trust’s new rainforest webcam is an extraordinary lifeline and communication with the natural world.”

At the launch WLT’s CEO, John Burton, explained:

“We wanted to show people reality. The forests are home to an astounding number of rare species. These reserves were created to protect them, and the webcam means that people can really see what goes on in the forest as it happens without having to travel thousands of miles.”

We currently have three webcams streaming wildlife footage from breath-taking and remote tropical forests in Ecuador and Brazil.

Webcam in Ecuador

Buenaventura Webcam

Coatis are a webcam favorite at Buenaventura.

Species include: Coati, Black Jacobin, Black-throated Mango and Blue-chested Hummingbird

The webcam in the Buenaventura Reserve, owned and protected by Fundacion Jocotoco, is situated in a prime position to film the incredible variety of birds that come to visit strategically placed feeders in the reserve. You can see over 30 species of spectacular hummingbirds at the feeder as well as the occasional toucan.

Coatis are also regular visitors; these bear-like mammals belonging to the raccoon family have a reputation for intelligence and can often be seen lapping up the sugar water from the hummingbird feeder.

The Ecuador webcam was made possible with support from PURO coffee.

Webcams in Brazil

REGUA Webcam

Marmosets visiting the feeding table on the REGUA webcam.

Species include: Common Marmoset, Red-billed Curassow, Maroon Bellied Parakeets and Violacious Euphonia

The REGUA webcam was installed in 2010 after it provided a "window into the rainforest" as part of the WLT Chelsea Flower Show exhibit. The  webcam now streams live footage from the REGUA lodge gardens in Brazil. As well as attracting a variety of tanager and parrot species the common or White-tailed Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) and the reintroduced Red-billed Curassow (Crax blumenbachii) are regular visitors to the feeding platform and it is very nice to see them live in their home environment.

Ornithos webcam

Plain Parakeets flock to the Ornithos webcam during the Brazilian winter.

Species include: Green-headed Tanager, Red-rumped Cacique, Green Honeycreeer, Great Kiskadee, Saw-billed Hermit and Swallow-tail Hummingbird.

This webcam was set up by WLT’s Web Multimedia Consultant, Luciano Breves, a wildlife filmmaker from Brazil. Luciano is a pioneer in live streaming of wildlife and his webcam streams live from the southern Atlantic Rainforest in Parana state. Luciano’s webcam has different views to best capture all the bird activity. Views vary between sugar water feeders for the hummingbirds and a fruit table for the larger bird species. The Ornithos webcam also has a light for early mornings when it is still dark, so we get a peak at the forest's nocturnal inhabitants.

Because they are live 24 hours a day many night time visitors are captured on camera too, including these fruit bats.

The WLT wildlife webcams are a unique part of the WLT stand at events such as the British Birdwatching fair.

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