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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Kind regards, Ann
Richard B
I am rubbish at wader ID, Richard, and was only repeating what Heather had posted on Glaslyn YouTube chat. One of their local supporters, Elfyn, made the IDs, although she and a couple of others had suggested Redshank because the red legs were visible earlier (even saw that myself--hooray!). Heather had also suggested Green Sandpiper and was happy to have that confirmed.
12 November (am a whole day behind)
A very wet day. I noticed yesterday there was speculation about a swan being injured, this is all I found:
13 December - nothing noteworthy so far.
13 December
A short look at the same swan?
14 December
The top birdie was a Blue Tit (99%) so probably the bottom one was too but couldn't get a good look:
It's a drear 'n drizzly day, the swans are still with us but there are no picturesque pics and I'm not going to try to follow the injured one, if indeed it is injured.
Birdies LG DU update.