This nest is curated by John Williams of ©NaturalResourcesWales and the cams by Peter Dobson of CarnyxWild
Information courtesy of John Williams:
5F Seren hatched at nest K, Rutland, from parents Red 08 (m) and Yellow 30 (f). Chris Wood, who volunteers at the Rutland osprey project, has been following her for at least 7 years to Tanji Marsh in the Gambia. She has been at this nest with Dylan since 2020, after suffering abandonment by bigamist Aran at Pont Croesor.
Seren returned on 26 March 2022.
Dylan is unringed, he's been breeding at this nest since 2016, when he ousted dear Dai Dot.
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IMAGICAT
scylla said:Out of the corner of my eye I have got the impression today that Seren & Dylan are a very happily married couple... but no time for details and it really is packing up time now.
I have thought this for a few weeks now Scylla. He's a great provider - good boy Dylan and Seren is a good looking gal and I can see that they like each other . Good for them
Checking back a couple of hours, Dylan had to defend quite vigorously earlier - it didn't last long:
Unknown said:Tomorrow is day 37 for egg 1 - perhaps we will have a Sunday's child?
I've just been checking the calendar and I think "perhaps yes"
21 May
EDIT
03:09
First changeover:
At this point Seren had been waiting nearly 10 minutes, she got fed up and flew off and Dylan was happy to continue incubation:
Next time she only had to wait about 3 minutes:
You may notice that, as I've got tireder, first the times went and then the frames disappeared as well.
It's been an active morning and Dylan has been attempting "masterful".
He banged on Seren's back several times with this bark(?):
He left and returned and shouldered Seren off the eggs to take over:
Dylan has a pale peachy patch under his throat and an almost perfect Lord Mayor's chain
Seren brought in this "item", no idea what, it was black on one side:
Dylan smothered Seren with his tail, I couldn't be bothered with the follow-up snap.
Seren is incubating now. No pips seen at last turn of eggs.
Lots of egg-turning during a 7-minute period - no pip seen, but what's a crack and what's the Osprey egg-pattern?
Sleep-snapping: