March thread.
This post updated 01 June
MrsG returned on the 25th of March and was joined by Aran on the 29th.
(The beginning of the reunion video is a must-see for all fans of MrsG - I'm posting it today 01 June, to remind us of a happy time before the tragedies of May 2021.)
The month of May brought unrelenting wind, rain and corvids, as well as persistent intruder KS8 (among others) - and Aran somehow injured his right wing, rendering him unable to fish. Within a few days all the chicks had sickened and died. It could hardly have been more stressful for MrsG and Aran, but they are recovering together while the caring Glaslyn team is supplying fish each night.
(The chicks' bodies have been removed from the nest by Aran and MrsG, so we shall never know the cause of their deaths.)
In the right margin of this page are links to Glaslyn's posts documenting the misfortunes on the nest.
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Birdies LG DU update.
patily said:Good Morning MIKE In the evening he was seen eating a fish onthe perch and a while later when I looked in again Mrs G was eating standing on the left edge of the nest
Thanks, PATILY !!!
04 June
I left out a huge session!
I missed Aran somehow, but here was MrsG collecting fish - she flew with it:
This might have been her - EDIT - MIKE says it's more likely Aran, as this is his fave tree - thanks, Mike
05 June
(I was very late starting this morning.)
Aran claimed a fish for late lunch but got interrupted by the arrival of Blue019, a Poole Harbour translocatee.
I've been working for hours on the sound but had to give up, apart from general volume increase, due to the inconsistency of the original. Sometimes the chipping was lost.
019 has departed for thetime being and Aran and Mrs G sitting together in a tree BGGW says Aran at the top and Mrs G below
C BGGW
Later, Aran defended the nest vs who? And the bird fluttering over MrsG was probably 019 - MrsG wasn't welcoming!
It makes me wonder if 019 is definitely female - very light-breasted, and maybe not quite as lady-shaped as she should be?
Oops, forgot vid:
This bird (Aran?) had been perched for "a long time" when it suddenly dived down, but the cam then lurched to the left and a close-up bush intervened:
This Osprey also flew downwards: