EDITEDI thought we should have a new thread to record the development of the two chicks who hatched successfully at Clywedog this year. UPDATE. One of the chicks was killed in an attempted goshawk predation on 18 July 2023.
The introduction to the nest and happenings between March and June 2023 on this Thread©
5F Seren, the female who has been here since 2020, returned from migration on 25 March 2023. The unringed Dylan, the male since 2016, returmed two days later. Eggs were laid on 13 April, 16 April and 19 April. The first egg hatched on 20 May, and the second egg 2 days after that. The third egg has not hatched and will not do so now.
A highlight was the visit on 12 May from 496, the only chick which fledged from this nest in 2021.
Carnyx Wild provide video streams; the current stream is available here. The link to the feed changes every 12 hours. There should be 2 cameras, but one has not been streamed so far this season due to condensation in the lens; it is hoped this may be changed when the chicks are ringed.
Other links to the Facebook page and John Williams blog are on the introduction to the first thread above.
Grateful thanks to those who are gifted enough to record images and videos from this lovely, mainly tranquil, scene.
UPDATE This thread will be used to record updates on this nest and the Llyn Clywedog area before the start of the 2024 season.
All images are © Carnyx Wild and NRW.
Unknown said: interrupted today by a mullet at 14.05
A shamefaced token
(In fact my clock said 14.01, I'm not investigating it now! - EDIT - checked, and it's the same time as my TV and PVR.)
06 July
The second night running I've noticed wingercising in the very early hours:
IMAGICAT
07 July
It's been a terrible day, tech-wise - both for me, with various breakdowns, cut-offs and crashes, and for the perch cam, which buffered nearly all day and about which I wrote to Peter... I tried every which way to save the stream, rollback wasn't working, no luck at all until very late in the day.
I was very anxious about it because we had an exciting helicopter in the afternoon, which surely needed a look from the perch cam!
At supper time, Dylan behaved a little as tho it's the end of the season, with picking about the nest and nestcupping:
I think that the perch cam is fine now. Seren is sleeping there.
After many "happy" hours (and it would have been more if it hadn't been for your helpful post, AG), here is the fledge video - timed at 13.33 because (I was amazed to see) my clock tallies with the time on the perch cam.
This covers from fledge to teatime - it was one of those "I've started so I'll finish"... tho 8B1 is back on the perch as I type.
Unpolished snaps I did them for a video thumbnail but then said "what the heck? I'll leave it with YT's choice".
Except for the fine fish from Dylan, which is cropped:
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
09 July
8B1 is on the perch but th cam is buffering again.
There isn't any perch cam this evening, and earlier the nest cam was stuttering but it may be OK now. Weather related?
I'm taking it for granted that AG would have let us know if there'd been another fledge.
The O2 4G signal seems to have failed. John has observed this morning that one juvenile was flying with Dylan and the other was on the high perch, so we have to assume that 8B2 has fledged.
EDIT If he hadn't gone before he went at 08.09. Carnyx have got the nest camera working at low resolution for the time being.