LLYN BRENIG - May 2023

Thursday 18th May  (photos edited in)

 Good morning  LM6 had a peaceful night. Took her quick comfort break at 02.37.

Day cam came on at 04.45. LM6 Corvid watching.

LJ2 came to relieve LM6 a bit later than usual at 05.40

JJ2 had been on the preening perch prior to this.

 LM6 went to have a good freshen up on the preening perch. (No RF pics to follow at some point) 

No RF again. (photos edited in)

LJ2 has done a lot of the incubation today allowing LM6 to do a lot of preening.

LM6 has looked a bit sleepy on the nest

LJ2 has been feeling a bit warm

Approximately around 16.45, in the distance, LJ2 arrived at a tree post in front of the nest. He had a fish and started preparing it for LM6. A couple of corvids discovered him and bombed him off the post and gave chase.

16.52 he flew by the nest holding his fish with the corvids in pursuit.

Once he shook the corvids off, he returned to a different tree post to resume eating the fish. LM6 was able to see him from the nest and she began fish calling.

18.17 LJ2 arrived at the nest with the headless fish for LM6.

19.35 LM6 returned to the nest, having eaten all of the fish.

LJ2 left and LM6 went over to the eggs.

After just over an hour of LM6 incubating, LJ2 returned at 20.44

LJ2 took over incubation again

until 21.14 when LM6 returned.

She’s settled down for the night now. Night cam came on just before 22.00.

Friday 19th May. No RF (photos edited in)

 Good morning  LJ2 joined LM6 on the perch last night just before 23.00 and stayed for about 45 minutes.

LM6 took her short comfort break at 03.16 and returned to the perch before the nest.

Day cam came on at 04.37

LJ2 flew to the perch at 05.12 and took over incubation a minute later.

08.22 LM6 returns to the nest.

09.31 she rolls an egg

10.02 LJ2 returns and takes over incubation. LM6 came back 9 minutes later to oust him.

10.53 LJ2 brings in a twiggy stick


He lays it on LM6’s back.

LM6 gets up and flies off.

LM6 Returns at 11.08. LJ2 gets up to readjust and settles down again. LM6 leaves. She returns again at 11.57.

2.00 She is still currently on the nest and has been snoozing on and off.

The birds continued to share incubation for the rest of the day. I haven’t seen a fish delivered. LM6 has been asking.

LM6 is currently on the nest 21.18.

A short video posted on Brenig Osprey Project FB yesterday

LJ2 has a bath

21.46 LJ2 pays a short visit to the perch.
 
21.56 Night cam comes on, LM6 starts her night shift.

Saturday 20th May

Good morning  All looked well overnight. LJ2 flew to the perch to join LM6 at 03.49.

He left the perch at 04.37 and flew past the nest for a wing stretch. LM6 started calling and LJ2 promptly landed.

So it was LJ2 on the nest when day cam came on at 04.37.

Here comes LM6 to the preening perch. What a sky this morning.

She lands on the perch

Still there as the sun rises.

LM6 returns to the nest at 06.32

Still and calm looking this morning, looks like it’s going to be a lovely day.