GLASLYN OSPREYS - AUGUST 2020 to end of FEBRUARY 2021

scylla said:

She got a small fish from Aran but it's amongst the sticks under her feet:

She = KC2:

KC3 was on the perch when KC2 flew with her fish:

KC3 got a brown trout:

Aran pottered for a mo then flew, KC3 flew with fish:

I think that's it for tonight.

ENS as it so often is eary in the morning

KC2 tucking into a large flounder with a sibling on the perch Cam panned to a distant tree where there is another osprey No idea who

C BGGW

16 August

With PATILY's posts above to be inserted! :-*

(It's been a day of multi-digressions here.)

First in this morning:

KC2, with a very hollow crop, was the first osp to appear, she landed on a clump:

Very soon Aran arrived with a small headless fish, which KC2 grabbed and flew off with pronto:

07:00:

KC4 got such a tiny piece of fish that it wasn't worth flying off with, she ate it on the nest and flew @ 07:54:

There was a Raven invasion and then a Squirrel, but it was too quick to be focused on - this is just symbolic 

08:47 a juvie arrived on the perch, am waiting for a close-up...

After a long wait, during which time we only saw the BTO ring, KC3 got a flounder:

KC3 ate on the nest and left this much when he flew - if you can see it!

This must have been MrsG (she never faced us once!) because we're about to shift to the nest for a fish delivery from Aran:

KC4 was waiting:

Soon she had both siblings for "company" and they were distracted by someone:

Then all 3 were looking at us !!!

At 11:29 the fish got filched by KC3.

The cam rushed off to look at someone in a dead tree (probably MrsG?) and when it got back to the nest KC4 had flown.

A couple of minutes later KC2 had also flown, KC3 watches her go:

I did a frame for all thos because they were so lovely, despite wetness :)

11:51 KC3 flew with this much:

"Because I can", sayeth the Raven:

13:30 she was still in the same tree (no more waiting around to claim fish from your children, MrsG?  ) and KC2 was on the nest.

14:17 MrsG was still there, she's had a helluva preen, but the cam has to make a mad dash to the nest to see Aran fly in with FISH!

KC2 got a good flounder:

KC3 on the perch, KC4 on the nest, KC2 still has LOTS left:

KC4 had left a while ago, KC3 took his time coming for KC2's huge leftover:

He didn't get very far with it and flies at this moment:

How could MrsG resist this free offer?

But wait !!!

Aran brought a headless fish to the nest but no-one was there to collect it:

He took it to the perch and back to the nest, where KC2 collected and flew off with it.  Only half a fish:

17:45 a tiny Chaffie:

From 18:04 to 18:47 KC3 and KC4 were on perch and nest, as if expecting...

Now KC3 (I'm convinced, even tho he's distant and misty) is back on the perch shouting...

I never did find MrsG with the (hopefully) retrieved flounder.

From 19:00 to about 19:45 KC3 was perch-to-nest and back, absolutely convinced there was a fish out there with his name on it

Back again:

Then he and KC4 congregated (if 2 people can congregate) on the nest:

20:27 they both flew off, KC4 first after some crop-drops, KC4 returned after a minute...

Who was this blue-ringed bird?  (I saw the ring as it flew.)

And look what I found on the end of Heather's "dropped fish" video - where did that cam come from and why can't we see it?!

(Apologies for taking this snap but I had to do it.)

Great pics all. Thank you for updates.

Terrific Blog Scylla thank you so very much.

17 August

First in on this wet morning:

This juvie had arrived on the perch @ 07:35 and is waiting patiently:

I spy!

Then there was a flash of feet and a flash of wing as KC4 flashed by ;)

It was KC3 who got it:

KC4 waited so long so patiently:

And got a tailend with meat in it but we couldn't see the handover:

She finished eating and flew @ 09:23.

KC2's first nest landing:

She was on the nest shouting and checking:

Then on the perch:

Dear little fatty:

Flew @ 10:15:

Back for a FLOUNDER !!!

KC4 arrived before Aran took off:

KC2 used the fence sticks to assist with grip ;)

KC4 had made a move, NO said KC2:

Someone arrived on the perch

Thanks for trying!  Must be KC3, this has been massively "improved":

KC3 didn't stay long.  KC2 flew from the nest and KC4 took over the flounder:

Thanks to KC2 giving her a good start, KC4 has had a great meal from this flounder - here she is pulling at skin, having eaten nearly all the flesh:

Invasion, but it's OK, she's nearly full:

It was because Aran was on his way with another flipping FLOUNDER:

It took a long time for the founder to be claimed, then KC2 stood over it for a while until KC4 flew:

12:53 and KC2 hasn't got very far, what a shame as the same thing happened when she got the previous one started for KC4   A minute later she gave up and flew off:

KC3 had no mercy vs intruding Raven:

Then he picked up the skinny tailend left by KC4 - these youngster do not get on with flounders unless Aran (or someone) has made a start on them.  Shortly after this, KC3 flew with the scrap:

Marauders were soon in, KC3 chased them away:

Ravens are difficult to daunt tho

See what I mean?  As far as we could see, without the cam focusing over to the left, the nearly-whole flounder was removed from the nest:

KC3 couldn't believe his eyes!

KC2 and KC3 rued the loss of the flounder they didn't want:

This is dreadful, I know I was late starting today but I must have been at this for over 5 hours, what with one thing and another - I'll post this so there's something for viewers before their bedtime and continue behind the scenes.

I have popped into all the nests  and this is the first bird I;ve seen  I think its KC4 Calling for more fish

Heather says she hasn't seen Mrs G today so far

C BGGW