Sunday 1st April
Mrs G returns just after 2pm (time to be confirmed)
Thursday 5th April
On two separate occasions, Rutland-born female, Blue 3J, and Scottish male, Blue HR7, visit the nest. HR7 was seen around Glaslyn last year, Mrs G seems comfortable with him and they later mate.
Later in the evening there is an unringed male osprey on the scene, who looks very much like Aran. When he lands on the Glaslyn nest with the remains of a fish there is no mantling and no attempt to share the fish with Mrs G
[This male is later confirmed to be Aran]
Friday 6th April
Aran brings Mrs G a large trout at 11.04am and this year's breeding season begins
Thursday 19th April
Egg #1 laid, 8.58 am
Sunday 22nd April
Egg #2 laid, 10.02 am
Wednesday 25th April
Egg #3 laid, 8.46 am
Friday 25th May
Chick #1 hatches, 9.49 am
Sunday 27th May
Chick #2 hatches, 4.41pm
Tuesday 29th May
Chick #3 hatches, 8.53pm
Monday 2nd July
Ringing
Chick #1 (F) (38 days)
Darvic ring right leg, Blue/White KS3
BTO ring left leg No. 1408637
Weight: over 1500g Wing: 336mm
Chick #2 (F) (36 days)
Darvic ring right leg, Blue/White KS1
BTO ring left leg No. 1408638
Weight: over 1500g Wing: 317mm
Chick #3 (M) (34 days)
Darvic ring right leg, Blue/White KS2
BTO ring left leg No. 1408639
Weight: 1460g Wing: 286mm
Thursday 19th July
Blue KS1 fledges at 6.00am (53 days)
Friday 20th July
Blue KS3 fledges at 6.14pm (56 days)
Saturday 21st July
Blue KS2 fledges 8.07am (52 days)
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Its KS2 and he's shouting for food Now flown to the perch
Not to KS2's liking , obviously, Sstill shrieking
Not a Garfish
Wot is it? An EEL?
Hi CIRRUS Not an eel I think it may be a garfish KS2 shreiking and eating
KS2 with a Garfish.
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Birdies LG DU update.
No, Patily and Mike, really. this 'fish' did not have a gaping swordfish type head like a garfish. It came in whole but 'headless' !! Honest
Why would Aran just take the head off when there was no meat on it ! Garfish have a long sharp looking beak, doin't they? This had a rounded head. Although I do see a tiny fin on the tail.
Well, OK< ive been looking at pictures of garfish. I must have missed the long beak bit by a talon being over it or something. Thanks both of you
Not headless CIRRUS Look at my close up capture
KS2 made short work of it and only had the tail end left which he has just flown off with
Whilst he was eating he was pulling at an area just behind the head and the head came off The second KS2 flew off a corvid flew in and took the head
mmmm yep ok, definitely a headed garfish :)