All pictures and videos ©Bywyd Gwyllt Glaslyn Wildlife
After the tragedy of 2021, the 2022 Season was a great success, with 3 beautiful youngsters fledging and migrating - Blue 497, 498 and 499 (courtesy of Glider):
Here's to the safe return of our precious pair, MrsG (thank you MaryGK for the original snap) and Aran:
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Today, this year's indispensable volunteers gathered to give us a Group Wave, and I thought we should pay tribute to them here:
(How sparse this seems for a season OP - but it's all I've got to give. I think we need the new thread sooner rather than later, being mindful of the likelihood of Dovey Devils and/or Clywedog Kids swooping in )
IMAGICAT
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
I've been waiting to get permission to share these wonderful watercolourportraits here (so that non-FB members can view) - it has been happily given, how kind of Penny Allbright.
Unknown said:Given that LM6 has re-asserted herself at Llyn Brenig,
Oh I didn't know that, AG - got so far behind today - what wonderful news!
Stunning portraits! Many thanks Scylla and, of course, Penny Allbright. Such talent
Wonderful paintings of Mrs G & Aran - not EJ & Odin as i originall thought!. Thank you Scylla for sharing (and correcting) and Penny Allbright, for the beautiful pieces of art.
scylla said:
These are utterly beautiful - do you think Penny would give me permission to tweet them and put them on Adam's site? They deserve to be shown widely!
As an aside, I just got a new car, and the vehicle reg starts with EJ!
Geemeff said: do you think Penny would give me permission to tweet them and put them on Adam's site? They deserve to be shown widely!
I don't know Penny, I posted on her FB page asking for permission to post the pics themselves rather than a link. I wonder... if tweeting or posting to a wide audience, should her page be shared so that she retains "ownership" and is automatically credited?
PS - they're Aran and MrsG, not Odin and EJ as misthought by someone dear
A ruthless summing-up of Aran's first full day home:
Aran had only been on the nest a few minutes when a corvid (Raven?) flew to the perch - Aran was after it like a shot, and returned to the perch where he still is as I type: