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
Last view I got on 26 April:
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Second egg spotted at Llyn Brenig earlier this morning
Copyright Dwr Cymru/NWWT
EDIT laid around 10.17 this morning.
Unknown said:Second egg spotted at Llyn Brenig earlier this morning
I found it in YT rollback and did a video - but there was horrendous "whining" intermittently and by the time I nullified that, and took out lots of freezes, I lost all her grunts. Half an hour wasted, chucked it all. So thank you for the great snap, AG
Interesting to see that there has been a bit of a publicity splurge about the Llyn Brenig nest yesterday. North Wales Police Wildlife Unit tweeted that they were working with NWWT and Dwr Cymru on nest security. Openreach put out a video of their work replacing the vandalised pole. There are now 30 people trained and on the rota to watch the next on-line overnight and they have contact numbers to report anything untoward which happens.
Unknown said:There are now 30m people trained
Wow!
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Well, if I never do another Brenig video it will be too soon. Trying to show the painfully slow fish handover this m morning - and it wasn't LJ2's fault.
Lots of page-turner transitions, meaning lots of relative inactivity has been cut out.
Sorry Scylla didn't notice my typo - 30 people, including a few New Zealanders who are awake at times of day most UK folks are asleep.
A bit damp at LB this morning - but much needed for the vegetation in N Wales.
Unknown said:A bit damp at LB this morning - but much needed for the vegetation in N Wales.
Who'd have thought we'd be hearing that?
Lots of dropouts (not only from Brenig) today.
I had mentally titled this "Wot, only 2 eggs?!":
I didn't get a good sighting of the 3 until afternoon, so this is generic, just for the record ;)
Project have published this picture on their FB page this morning.
Caption "One clear photograph, two proud parents, three perfect eggs."
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