LLYN BRENIG, LLYN CLYWEDOG WELSH OSPREY PROJECTS CAPTURES & UPDATES MARCH 2021 TO END FEB 2022

Thank you, MARY.

Just to say that yesterday the stream kept downloading till 20:32.  Seren was fishcalling from maybe 17:00:

...until shut-down, with Dylan calling in several times either empty-taloned or with nest material.

It was an utter disgrace

Scylla John William's wrote a fb post yesterday contrasting the near at hand shallow water fishing at Dyfi and Glaslyn with the challenge Dylan faces at Clywedog. Water in the reservoir is very deep and in this cold weather the fish stay deep. He sometimes uses a natural lake over 3 miles away which is shallower. He delivered a perch this morning while Seren still had frost on her wings and the water on his wings was freezing.

scylla said:

It was an utter disgrace

You were at the forefront of my mind when I typed those words, AG - I knew I was being hysterical - or something

This was Seren (still with frost on her wings) bringing back some fish @ 07:15 this morning:

Oh-oh-oh!  On examining the footage at that point, Dylan arrives and wants to take the small leftover but Seren's having none of it - she bites his head

Nevertheless they put up a united front for an intrusion later - I didn't see anyone oncam but am again running out of steam, so...

Approx. 1 hrs ago - poor Dylan in the snow. 

It has nearly all melted away already. 

© NWR - LLYN CLYWEDOG OSPREYS & © CARNYX WILD

oh dear. so fed up with adverse conditions for males or egg laying - my heart goes out to Osprey couples everywhere. I feel so cold in my house !!!

10 April cont'd

Not long before the snow fell, Dylan brought a good fish for Seren - he then chased away an intruder, which could just be seen flying across right-to-left in the background:

And I uploaded this "nothing happening" vid because I can't get over the quality.  You'd think that if they can do it here they can do it anywhere 

EDIT - I got the extra footage last evening - Seren still waiting @ 20:13 shutdown.

No fish since I switched on about 20 minutes late.

Just now Seren leapt across the nest and dropped down over the right side, as if she'd seen something special - when she flew back in (from the leftish) she had a piece of bark in her left talons and a manky mobile phone in her right

Snowing again at Llyn Clywedog

Cathy said:

Snowing again at Llyn Clywedog

What a variable day it was!

Here are a few highlights from the fine fish, thru the snow, up to 13:00 - featuring Dylan the Deliverer

More snow:

Matings from late afternoon:

Last-minute (according to our footage) nestorising by Dylan:

I've scrolled thru the evening add-on on YouTube and can't see any more nest activity.