Many thanks to AG who wrote this preface to the Llyn Brenig thread for us (below)
Llyn Brenig is a reservoir on the border between Denbighshire and County Conwy in North Wales. It is managed by Welsh Water; the osprey project is a partnership between them and North Wales Wildlife Trust.
One pair of ospreys raised a single chick here each year from 2018-2020. Neither of this pair returned in 2021, when the nest was taken over by 2 Scottish birds, LJ2 (male) and LM6 (female), both 2018 chicks. The nest was vandalised the night after LM6 had laid her first egg; while the two could not continue to breed they did stay close to the site until normal migration time.
A new nest has been erected in 2022 with additional security and a streaming camera is in place. A new hide has also been built.
Links to
North Wales Wildlife Trust Page https://www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/days-out/ospreys-llyn-brenig
Welsh Water Page https://llynbrenig.com/llyn-brenig-osprey/
Osprey Project Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/brenigospreyproject
Friends of Llyn Brenig Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/FriendsofLlynBrenigBlue24
Llyn Brenig YouTube Channel for Live Stream https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8_OrcBilBcFmDQVGgrk2ng
IMAGICAT
Cam went down, I returned from a break to find 309 failed files :(((
New URL
15 April
This cam is in big trouble, even when it's up. I'm itching to know the root cause of such a flaky setup.
Here was LJ2 with a big delivery - there was also some nestcupping and a mating but it was too broken up to use.
There were 3 of these in a 27-minute clip:
This is how the cam goes:
Cam is back up:
C Llyn Brenig
18 April
05:00-ish - checking for a threat?
LJ2 is doing his thing but I get the impression they're not on the nest as much as other couples are.
19 April
Morning meet-up:
At 13.24 today, 019, a 2019 female released at Poole Harbour, intruded at Llyn Brenig. She visited Glaslyn last year.
There is an osprey preening on a branch or a perch just behind the nest but too far away and camera keeps distorting/freezing the image to tell who it is