The Ospreys are back !!

There is a bit of a 'Brian Rix Farce' or a bit of bigamy going on at Glaslyn, with the male Osprey (Aran) having two nests on the go. He is continuing to take fish to Mrs G on the first Glaslyn nest, and she has three eggs, but he is also regularly delivering fish to the second nest,  where a second female (5F) has now got two eggs!  Today he has caught four fish and shared them equally between nests.

Anyone admire his stamina!????

Sounds like the female last year at Llyn Clywedog.  Her mate was thrown out by another male and the eggs destroyed before a new clutch was laid. According to the warden the female used to go over Dyfi to visit her original mate.  Will be interesting to see what the situation is in a couple of weeks when we are up there.

Dyfi camera: 

http://www.dyfiospreyproject.com/live-streaming

I occasionally [at different times of day] take a look at the RSPB live web cam of the Osprey nest @Loch Garten but to date have not managed to see any activity apart from head movements or slight wriggle.  Does anyone know the most likely time of day when I might see more movement/activity ?

7.05pm ‘ish.   Just seen nest material brought in so both birds together for a very short time.

Loch Garten Osprey camera web link.

SEE HERE

Activity just now.15.05 

Good to post the link. Apparently chick hatched yesterday.  Lucky to see it being fed this am.

Poor fisher at Clywedog. I was there fishing yesterday and saw the Osprey try three time to catch a fish and failed each time. Never saw it going back to the nest with a fish. Perhaps it was scared of the tweeters posting abuse at it as they did at the Dovey Osprey project because one chick died.

Watched one last year there, one attempt one fish.  Will be up there in about 10 days so hopefully we will get to see some action.

Saddest  of news  from  Loch  Garten  alas  !  Male  Odin  has  been  driven  away  by  young  intruders,  EJ  the  female  has  lost  all  3  chicks  now,  not  sure  if  one  of  the  intruders  will  try  to  take  over  the  nest  &  resident  female   

As  we  have  said before  --  this  nature  thing  is  hard  to  take  at  times.

Brian

One of the Glaslyn eggs (original nest) has hatched this morning.