Link to JULY 2022
Our Osprey family taken on 7th July, 2022.
Our chicks on 31st July, 2022. Olwen flying in to join her family.
This was a new nest erected for 2022 season to replace the one vandalised in 2021 after this pair and just laid their first egg.
Our male, blue LJ2 (2018 South Argyll) arrived on 6th April 2022.
Our female, blue LM6 (2018 Menteith, Stirling) arrived on 10th April 2022.
This is our young adult osprey pair’s first successful breeding season.
First egg 25th April. Second egg 28th April. Third egg 1st May.
Eggs hatched 1st June, 3rd June, 5th June (3rd chick died on day of hatching)
Chicks ringed ringed 4th July, chick #1 blue X6 female, chick #2 blue KA9 male.
Chicks named 7th July - X6 Olwen - KA9 Gelert as chosen by public vote on Brenig Facebook.
8th July, it was noticed LM6’s blue darvic ring had split and fallen off her leg onto the nest on 7th July. She now only has a silver BTO ring on her right leg.
The first born chick, X6/Olwen fledged at 55 days old at 12.45 on 26th July.
The second born chick KA9/Gelert fledged at 55 days old at 07.29 on 28th July.
Today on 1st August, the chicks are 61 and 59 days old respectively.
Brenig Osprey Project is a collaboration between Dŵr Cymru/Welsh Water, North Wales Wildlife Trust and the RSPB.
Link to northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk
patily said:How disappointing to lose news of howthings are unfolding
Yes it is Patily, don’t know how much longer the ospreys will be here.
Through scrolling through Twitter, I found some extra photos of the chicks being ringed on 04/07/22 that I hadn’t seen before, courtesy of North Wales Wildlife Trust 06/07/22.
This is the photo I took off Brenig Ospreys’ Facebook previously after they’d been returned to the nest.
This photo was taken on 01/08/22 and is on the Friends of Brenig Ospreys Facebook header page. As I’ve said before, I don’t have a Facebook account so can’t read anything here as it’s not a public group. The chicks had only fledged a few days before (26th and 28th July)
Link https://www.facebook.com/groups/FriendsofLlynBrenigBlue24
I’m a bit confused. When one of the chicks died on 05/06/22, it was then announced on Brenig Osprey Facebook that they thought it was the third, the newborn chick who’d passed away. Now as I’m scrolling back on the North Wales Wildlife Trust site, they have a blog disputing this, stating that chick 1 or 2 died but they don’t know which. As there’s uncertainty, I’m just going to leave things as they are. My dates for our 2 chicks ages may be wrong by a day or two but they’ve grown into two beautiful, healthy young ospreys and that’s what matters. ️
L️ink to NWWT blog Which chick?