Amazing off-season developments in this BLOG!
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(Thinking of BIRDIE NUM NUM all of whose precious work for the RSPB Community has been wiped from the system.)
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Summarising the highly successful 2020 season:
21st March 10.36am Mrs G arrives3rd April 12.08pm Aran arrivesFirst egg laid 13th April 19:50 Second egg laid 16th April 18:17Third egg laid 19th April 19.01Chicks ringed with BTO metal and Blue Darvic colour rings on 24th JuneKC2 (M) hatched 20th May 10:52, fledged 9th July 14:48 (50 days)***KC3(F) hatched 21st May 17:59, fledged 14th July 09:36 (54 days)KC4 (F) hatched 24th May 12:52, fledged 18th July 18:44 (55 days)LAST SEEN:MrsG - 05 SeptemberKC2 - 24 AugustKC3 - 09 SeptemberKC4 - 09 SeptemberAran was last seen on 13 September @ 15:05hr (but not 100% sure that someone didn't see him after that)
***(Link) 21 November 2020, KC2 was seen in The Gambia.
The Magnificent Couple - Aran & MrsG - may they return in good health to add to their Glaslyn achievements and our delight:
IMAGICAT
The wonderful Mrs.G's arrival, and her entrance with her first whopper of the season. Hope I am not duping you Scylla :-)
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EJ's Memorial Balgavies Loch Ospreys 2023
What a wonderful sight, I think we were all quite anxious about MrsG, given her age and what a terrible blow it would be if she didn't return.
MaryGK said:Hope I am not duping you Scylla
No, Mary - I had had to take an emergency meal break and have only just uploaded an arrival video after spending a very long time trying, and largely failing, to improve the sound for the sake of a few chirps
(I knew something BIG was afoot when I refreshed the LG thread list and saw that ALAN PETRIE was the last poster, then got smacked in the eye by PATILY's bright red announcement - thank you, Alan and Patily - that's how long I've been tussling.)
This was a random snap from the early minutes, just to be going along with:
Time for my "nap", see y'all later.
Oh Happy Day
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
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Lynette D said:Still on the nest with the whopper
This was it on landing - Mary has the movie:
Deffo g'night now!
copyright Glaslyn Ospreys. Uncropped pic.
Kind regards, Ann