The purpose of this thread is for recording all observations and captures of the daily nest activity leaving the main Dyfi Osprey Project 2020 thread for all blogs, updates and general news of the Dyfi nests.
© Montgomery Wildlife Trust / captured by Scylla
Wishing Monty and Telyn a safe journey home and for another successful season
C DOP
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Times are very very approx!
Around 01:00, after some rattling on the nest perch and then silence, Telyn came to defend the egg:
Deliberate, repellent flapping:
She left but soon returned as a hedgehog ;) and stayed incubating:
Egg#2 revealed around 01:40 ???
Posting in case snaps are too heavy.
IMAGICAT
Ohhhhhh! This post is purely for own trumpet-blowing
I've just been to Chat to try to find time of egg-laying but can't scroll back far enough... then I looked at the Description under the stream and look what I found
Idris's first attempt was not successful, tho she didn't exactly repel him :)
He took over:
This reaction by Telyn was caused by a fox, according to Chat - she flew:
It came into view while she was out of sight and you can see it now that she's returned:
She went after it again.
To be continued...
Unknown said:I think some of us have posted about the second egg on the other (wrong) thread in our excitement. Sorry!
That was kind of you, Alison - saved me getting gazumped ;) I have to do things in an orderly manner, you see, when reporting.
(It applies to no other aspect of my life! )
Birdies LG DU update.
This has been the scene for "a long time":