LLYN BRENIG - AUGUST 2023 to end of FEBRUARY 2024

Link to first page opener - here

Link to July 2023 - here

Recap:- 

LJ2 returned 31 March 2023

LM6 returned 4 April 2023

Egg No.1 laid 20 April - Hatched 27 May (37 days gestation)

Egg No. 2 laid 23 April - Hatched 29 May (36 days) 

Egg No. 3 laid 26 April - Hatched 1 June (37 days) Sadly, passed away on 3rd June. Purple heart


 
Chicks ringed 7 July

No. 1 - 7B5  42 days old (Female) 1755g

No. 2 - 7B6  40 days old  (Female) 1730g 


Chicks named 17 July after Brenig FB vote 

7B5 - Dilys ( Meaning perfect, true, reliable)

7B6 - Mari (Meaning Star of the Sea) (Thank you Sandra for finding out the meanings of these beautiful Welsh names) 


Chicks fledged 23 July

Mari first, (16.22) followed by big sister, Dilys 4 minutes later. (16.26) (55 and 57 days old respectively) 


Today 1 August - Dilys is 66 days old and Mari is 64 days old.

It has been a wonderful month for this family. A plentiful supply of fish saw the chicks grow quickly into juvenile ospreys. As did the youngsters of last year, these two took turns to feed and with LM6 fishing as well now, they have often had a fish each at the same time. Mari, has turned out to be the faster developer of the two, practising fishing off various perches on 30 July (aged 63 days old) and on 31 July she started taking the fish off the nest to eat. 

The next few weeks will see Dilys and Mari practise and hone their skills in preparation for becoming independent birds and tackling their long migration ahead of them. 

Dilys and Mari at the beginning of the month


and now

LM6 and LJ2 getting some chill time together.


All captures and videos ©️ NWWT, Welsh Water, Brenig Osprey Project

  • 20.43 Mari is back on the nest fish calling. Her perseverance has paid off


    LJ2 had been listening to her all that time he was bringing sticks to the nest!


    Mari takes the headless fish


    Dilys is flying in behind LJ2

    20.44 Dilys lands


    20.46 Mari starts eating.


    20.50 The girls watch LJ2 chase a crow around from the trees. 


    20.50 Mari takes her fish to the top of the cam pole.

  • 20.55 Dilys just before she leaves to fly to the nest perch.


    There she goes


    You’d think LJ2 had made a Noughts and Crosses game for the girls to play whilst waiting on fish! Haha Laughing

  • 21.12 Mari has taken her fish to eat on the preening perch. Looks like she’s staying there tonight.

  • Friday 18 August

    Good morning Grinning It still sounds very windy here, continuing from last night.

    05.44 Both juveniles arrived early on the nest to shout good morning to their parents!


    06.25 They left and returned a couple of times, asking for breakfast.


    06.57 LM6 arrived with a nice sized headless fish.


    She flew in between her girls


    It was Mari who got the fish.


    Dilys watched as Mari ate.


    07.11 Shortly, Dilys got her breakfast too.


    Well done LJ2


    Dilys quickly took the whole fish, albeit smaller than Mari’s


    Dilys gave it a peck straight away.


    07.12 


    07.14 Lovely to see them eating together.


    07.21 After a few minutes, Dilys decided to take her fish elsewhere.


    Mari watches as Dilys flies out of view.


    Mari stayed a little longer then left with her fish at 07.33.

    Mari flew in the same direction as her sister and disappeared out of sight too. 

  • It’s been a funny day. LM6 has spent hours and hours on the nest. She was there at 07.36


    She did some stick reorganising.


    07.37


    07.58 Dilys joined LM6


    08.02


    08.09 Dilys left and LM6 stayed


    08.36 Dilys had rejoined LM6 again. She was being vocal to her mum.

  • I don’t have full scroll back but at 09.53 Dilys has a fish.


    10.02 LM6 joins her


    10.11 LM6 has left 


    10.24 Dilys now goes as well.


    10.35 LM6 is back

    10.35 She found the small piece of fish Dilys had dropped earlier and ate it.


    11.09 Dilys returns to eat beside LM6


    11.26 Dilys leaves again


    12.09 LM6 leaves the nest.

  • 12.20 LM6 returns

    13.49 still here

    14.26 A short departure

    14.30 back again

    15.19 LJ2 drops by. LM6 softly vocalises but not in a demanding way

    15.22 LJ2 flies up and lands on her back

    He flies off again onto the nest


    15.22 LM6 then leaves the nest

    15.23. LJ2 leaves shortly after.


    15.31 LM6 returns to the nest

    15.50 Just under twenty minutes later LJ2 returns with a headless fish

    LM6 takes the fish

    15.51 

    She takes it off the nest to ear.

  • 17.37 LJ2 comes to do some tidying


    17.40 a cheeky crow lands at the edge of the nest.


    LJ2 puts up with it for about a minute then flies at the crow to chase it off. 

  • 18.39 Later, LM6 returns to the nest.


    Followed on by Dilys 4 seconds after


    18.40 Dilys is asking for fish


    18.51 LJ2 flies in with a fish for Dilys


    She quickly takes it.


    18.55 LJ2 leaves then LM6 and Dilys stays on the nest for a few more minutes.


    She takes her fish to the edge then grips with her talons.

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    She stands at the edge watching as her family flits about. (Crow chasing)

    18.57


    19.01 Flyby 


    19.03 Dilys leaves with her fish.

  • LM6 returns to the nest.

    She stands and stares out over the water.


    20.29 As it starts to get dark, she leaves. A juvenile has been flapping and could be heard from the perch.


    20.54 LJ2 pays a quick minute’s visit. The juvenile on the perch is still making a noise.