Sunday
30th March
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Rutland born Blue 24(10)
, Glesni's cousin, who intruded several times last year, visits nest
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Monday
31st March
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Blue 24
returns and spends most of the day on and around the nest. A second female, unringed, intrudes and is chased off
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Tuesday
1st April
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Blue 24
arrives at first light, makes herself at home, bringing in nesting material and moving sticks. Stays until mid morning then flies off northward. Seen on Manton Bay nest, Rutland, the following morning
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Wednesday
2nd April
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Known, unringed male, Dai Dot,
lands on nest at 12.45pm. Spends rest of day in vicinity
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Thursday
3rd April
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Dai Dot
back on nest perch early morning. Spends some time on and around nest then leaves. Blue 24 arrives back at the nest late afternoon. Dai Dot returns shortly after and they mate several times
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Friday
4th April
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Dai Dot and Blue 24
remain on and around nest mating and bringing in nesting material. Dai Dot does not provide fish for Blue 24 and she is having to catch her own
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Tuesday
8th April
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An unringed female intrudes at 9.30am and is driven off by Blue 24. Later two red kites divebomb the nest causing consternation
Monty
arrives home at 3.13pm. Sends Dai Dot packing
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Wednesday
9th April
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Blue 24
still around. Monty presents fish but his attempts to mate are rebuffed . She is hostile towards him, goes to push him off the nest several times
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Thursday
10th April
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After an early morning skydance, Blue 24 allows Monty to mate
Glesni
arrives home at 6.40am, landing on the nest next to Blue 24. After initial divebombings and skirmishes both birds disappear in a chase upriver and are lost from view around 10am, returning late that evening.
Some night time activity, flying about, chirping, seen and heard on cam starting around 9.21pm then all quiet by midnight.
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Saturday
12th April
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Unidentified osprey flies very close to the nest at 6.15am but otherwise quiet day. Blue 24
still present. Glesni not seen
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Sunday
13th April
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Around 8.30am Blue 24
becomes agitated, looking skyward, flies off nest and Glesni lands. Blue 24 then divebombs Glesni at high speed, knocking her clear off the nest. They fly off in a chase. Apart from being spotted at 10.35am over the Dyfi Estuary, neither female is seen again that day. Monty continues to nest build in their absence.
See:
Glesni Comeback
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Monday
14th April
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About 09.50am an unidentified, unringed, female lands on the nest.
She makes herself at home, moving nesting material about, and Monty brings her part of a fish. She flies off to a perch to eat it. Shortly afterwards Blue 24 arrives on the nest and is divebombed by an unidentified osprey. She takes flight. A total of four ospreys were observed in the air around that time
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Tuesday
15th April
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The two females continue to battle it out, knocking each other to the ground below the nest at one stage. Other ospreys around and five birds in total observed in the air over the reserve at one time. Glesni wins the upper hand and manages to gain the nest at close of day, mating with Monty and accepting fish. Further divebombings by Blue 24 carry on into late evening but Glesni retains possession of nest.
For highlights of today's action see:
Deadly Rivals
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Wednesday
16th April
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Glesni on nest from early morning. No further sightings of Blue 24
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Friday
18th April
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After the recent battles all remains peaceful for Monty and Glesni at the nest
Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust - Dyfi Osprey Project's new 360° Observatory opens to the public for the first time at 10 am
See:
Who's watching who?
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Thursday
1st May
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Blue 24 returns. Divebombs nest. Glesni chases her off
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Friday
2nd May
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Egg #1
laid at 10.19am
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Tuesday
6th May
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Egg #2
laid c8.19pm
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Thursday
5th June
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Blue 24 has continued to hang around the Dyfi nest site and has also been seen near the Glaslyn. Monty has ensured she has kept her distance since the eggs were laid. Until today that is, when she decided otherwise.
See:
Blue 24 making a nuisance of herself
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Sunday
8th June
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Egg #1
hatches 11.06am (37 days)
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Wednesday
11th June
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Egg #2
hatches 6.53pm (36 days)
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Tuesday
15th July
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Ringing (commenced c7.30am)
Gwynant (M) (37 days) Darvic ring, right leg, Blue/White 3R BTO ring left leg, no. 1112446
Weight: 1520g Wing: 323mm
Deri (F) (34 days) Darvic ring, right leg, Blue/White 5R BTO ring left leg, no. 1112447
Weight: 1600g Wing: 298mm
[Chicks not satellite tagged]
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Sunday
27th July
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Gwynant
fledges 10.33am (49 days)
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Friday
1st August
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Deri
fledges 1.24pm (51 days)
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Tuesday
19th August
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Glesni
last seen at 7.54am
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Saturday
30th August
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Gwynant
last seen 7.47pm (83 days)
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Thursday
4th September
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Deri
last seen 10.33am (85 days)
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Sunday
7th September
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Monty
leaves the larch perch at 10.50am and is last seen disappearing high over the Ceredigion hills at 11.08am
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