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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IMAGICAT
15 June
Info per Chat: Aran not seen all day. There was a male intruder at Pont Croesor, seen off by Aeron.
The little Redstart came back loads of times but the cam never again zoomed so I had to crop - and you may wonder why I bothered with it at all but you know how I get wound up (like a clockwork toy) and can't stop.
One fish got stolen by a Crow, but if we listen carefully I think we can hear it drop:
MrsG seemed to be alarmed by someone other than the Crow on the perch - anyway, she dug out a fish and flew off with it, I haven't got the energy to check who ended up chasing whom (they were soon lost), but she flew first and the Crow took off after her:
Juvenile (I thought it was a female but BIRDSONG on Chat knows better ) GSW shortly before closing time - brief vocals beginning and end:
Unbelievable
I've only just remembered to start the stream. Fortunately there's been no significant activity on-cam and it's been raining all morning.
From Heather on Chat:
I totally forgot to start Glaslyn today (17th) so downloaded the completed stream, of which YT allowed me to have 4 hours. I think this was Aran at close of play:
Birdies LG DU update.
I've just been checking Chat myself - they say he was seen with a self-caught fish just before 8pm. I didn't find it in the 4 hours I got last night but it was there! For once my Recycle Bin had kept it.