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
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Cathy said:We arrived about 11, it was fine, but he had been raining earlier, and you could see it further up the valley.so that may account for wet camera etc, and possibly still drizzly.
It does my head in, trying to work out the times. Chopping bits out as I go along doesn't help, but I'm too old to change/mend my ways
SANDRA's really good at it *envious scowl*
08 July cont'd
Then the farmer laid bales of hay, like laying eggs
Quite a bit later, someone had a fish way out there (this is cropped, it was very distant):
Aran appeared on the nest and was defending, mildly, vs an unseen intruder... when that was over he stood on the fence talking to himself, it seemed - but I'm not sure if I detected another tiny voice ??? I've tried to enhance the sound but it hasn't worked well.
That was the last anyone was seen.
scylla said:The stream's gone down, awaiting developments.
New URL.
According to Heather, "The encoder froze so we had to restart".
Cathy said:We have had another lovely day at Glaslyn,
So pleased for you, CATHY :) And wasn't it good to have the 2 nests to choose from?!
09 July
It might be just me, but I didn't see anyone on the nest all day - corvid on perch early, then Ospreys on various distant trees - the first one here very distant: