Link to March 2023
All pictures and videos ©Bywyd Gwyllt Glaslyn Wildlife
"New season improvements get under way" per ©️BywydGwylltGlaslynWildlife
Aran and his new mate, Elen, both returned last season on 03 April. After a will-they/won't-they start, Elen laid her first egg on 24 April and the second 3 days later. Two male chicks, 0H1 and 0H2, fledged on 20 and 23 July and were last seen on 05 and 04 September, respectively.
Elen with her two boys, courtesy of Cirrus:
Elen was last seen on 24 August, Aran on 08 September.
A happy ending to a season that had started out so sadly.
May our 2024 season turn out so well.
IMAGICAT
Many thanks Scylla for the grand opening of new season's thread ... for safe return of Aran and Elen!
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
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Pre-season scenes from Glaslyn
01 March - late afternoon
The cam hasn't done much travelling today - a night or two earlier we saw many swans and geese - but only distantly.
02 March
No good wildfowl views yet:
04 March - 02:00
Cloud of mist drifting - more followed for ? hours:
04 March
Youngster from the family of four?
13 March early hours
Overnight 16-17 March - the waterfowl spent the evening and most of the night on-cam on the river, not minding the weather - here, they are leaving:
I did have a look yesterday Scylla but it was in a very unfamiliar place (to me), scrolled back but didn't find any wildlife!
Thanks for the lovely opener Scylla. Yes here’s to another successful season.
I don't intend to clutter up this thread with unnecessaries before our Ospreys come home, but would mention that:
The cam went down @ 02:30 this morning. You wouldn't think that that was a time they'd switch off for season-readiness work, so I hope all is OK with the infrastructure.
EDIT at 09:15 on 03 March:
The live stream has been back up for about 40 minutes.
scylla said:May our 2024 season turn out so well.
Oh, absolutely! Thank you Scylla!
2023 FISH SPECIES per ©️BywydGwylltGlaslynWildlife
In view of frequent Cam2 glitches, and the fact that it's still on 720p (I remember them saying they now have 2 4K cams)...
...I investigated and found some unfortunate but not disastrous news on FB ©️BywydGwylltGlaslynWildlife:
Thanks so much Scylla for posting this. I shall have to donate sooner than I usually do then !
Helicopter today, with passing birds:
The cam went down at 01:25:55... approximately
New URL...
...over 2 hours ago.