The Ospreys are back !!

Yes could be that Nellie, it will be interesting to find out when they get ringed.  

There is a daily summary of the nests around Loch Arkaig, and a couple of interesting statistics from Tuesday, 26th is that the male, Louis, at the viewed nest with chicks,  had this year delivered 249 fish to the nest, one of them as late as 23:45! These have been mainly Brown trout but also the occasional flat fish.

Fantastic fishing nellie, I hope these figures are not too common knowledge.

Now there’s a talented provider, nellie. Not all parent birds have that skill. Well done Louis, hopefully those genes will be passed on to many future generations of UK ospreys!👏👍

Things have changed over the last coup!e of days as Louis only delivered one fish yesterday and has not appeared since. Could it be that he is injured or ill? In the meantime Dorcha, his mate, has flown from the nest and returned with a fish with which to feed the 2 chicks.

Very mixed news, with Keilder suffering from the loss of over half their chicks due to the unseasonably cold, wet conditions. The pair of chicks at Loch Arkaig have been removed from their nest, following the concern about them not getting fed, and are now heading to Valencia, Spain, as part of an established translocation scheme. The 4 youngsters at Poole are all doing well and have been ringed, and appear to be all males. At Manton Bay the young Osprey has now fledged, taking its first flight a couple of days ago.

I will search out more details from other nests later in the week.

A rather depressing update from the Keilder nests. Our of 21 eggs/chicks there are only 7 left to fledge, 2 at Nest 2, 3 at Nest 7 and 2 at Nest 10.  The majority died due to lack of food because of the terrible, cold wet weather in the region, not ideal for the adult fishing apart from the chilling of the very young birds.

Thankfully it would appear that the adult pairs, where there are no longer any chicks to feed, are still being seen at their respective nests

Here is a round-up on the situation at the monitored nests with young Ospreys, with their ring numbers where appropriate

Llyn Brenig - 2 young both ringed; 1 male,  8B8; 1female, 8B9

Llyn Clywedog - 2 young. 1 male, 8B6; 1 female, 8B7

Glaslyn - 3 young. 1 male, 6M9; 2 females, 6M7 & 6M8

Alyth - 1 chick

Loch Arkaig - 2 chicks, taken for Translocation to Spain

Manton Bay - 1  male fledgling, 1R0

Foulshaw - 2 young, 1 male, 0C5; 1 female, 0C6

Poole Harbour - 4 young, probably 2 of each, 5R0, 5R1, 5R2, & 5H6

Thank you Nellie

A further update.

Dyfi - Female 6B1 named Gwenlais; Female 6B2 named Copon, Male 6B3 named Senni and he fledged today.

Foulshaw -  Male 0C5; Male 0C6

Poole - all 4 are Males, 5R0, 5R1, 5R2, & 5H6 - 5R0 and 2 both fledged today

Llyn Brenig - Male 8B8 probably named Emrys, Female 8B9 likewise Bethen

Loch Arkaig - the translocated pair have been given Yellow (Spanish) Darvic rings 1JR & 1JW. There are also other nests in the area of the loch where the chicks, a male at the  Benarkaig nest, and 2 females at another nest have been ringed, but numbers not suppied.