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.
Looks like it was our juvie who got crud above the perch cam lens - some was already there but today he's made it worse:
IMAGICAT
31 July
Nice early breakfish - but it was well started by Dylan before he delivered, and well glared out too, so I had to draw a bit in to show the skin trailing and D's beak 'n belly:
Behind the misty blobs on the lens, I think Seren is waiting for something... ??? ...
Is she on the perch now, behind the crud - which I think 8B2 must have further dislodged? Or is it Dylan? Too testing a problem for wilting me.
01 August
Have a look at the "crud" on the perch cam lens
Animal, vegetable or mineral? Fish skin? Insect carcase? Leaf? Summat else?
8B2 was on and off the nest a few minutes ago.
EDIT
06:18 - Dylan's here sorting sticks.
Just managed to get a shot of 8B2 on the perch but he's mostly hidden by the crud:
I'm away now - I shan't have anything after 08:00, if there's anything dramatic maybe I'll be able to get it from rollback later
Thank you for passing that on, AG - so the pattern is sorta webbing, I expect :)))
8B2 got a flapping fish @ 07:26, he took it on a flyabout before eating on the nest:
Seren watched from the perch:
08:33 Dylan brought a stick and took away 8B2's fish (which was more substantial than it looked on delivery):
8B2 flew, Seren landed, left, back with little stick, flew, back again, flew off @ 08:56.
A Jay popped in for a short while:
Was this it again, watching from the perch while Seren nestorised? Seren then spent some time on the nest as if she was waiting for a fish, but she left without one.
02 Augus
The early morning was horribly wet, then it cleared up, now we have rain blobs again. Dylan was in nestorising around 06:50, the Jay was here a bit later.
8B2 had a potter for leftovers for 10 minutes +/- 15:00, nothing found:
He got lucky in the afternoon, tho, with Dylan delivering a reasonable headless fish:
18:46 8B2 was back, waiting... 18:55 he flew away.
19:41 Dylan brought a small stick, didn't stay even 2 minutes.
20:01 (how lucky that the cam was a bit late switching over!) another fish:
I didn't have the evening/overnight session until very, very late.
03 August
It was a very busy morning for Dylan and Seren, they were both bringing in sticks and clumps - 8B2 was very evident thru sight and sound... but I had a big, very unusual problem with the footage, it may have been a fault on my Clywedog laptop... anyway, it all ran away with itself and I can't play it slow enough to see precisely what went on.
I haven't managed to see a fish so far.