Osprey return

I am guessing that neither Mrs G or Aran mind who the father is (in that it could be either or both.) Mrs G was happy with HR7 as a fine figure of an osprey but he didn't get the chance to pass the second test of being a reliable provider (the more important job) as Aran took over.
I wonder if Mrs G's 'decition' to fertilize and lay is made sooner knowing Aran has already proved himself reliable because if so it would up the chance of HR7's sperm still being viable?
 
Subsequent eggs could well be Aran's however.

No sign of Glesni at the Dyfi project, but she isn't really late - yet.
 
Glesni has been known to turn up in May. Given the weather patterns, it is likely she is held up somewhere. Plenty are been seen coming into the country so fingers crossed she will be back soon.
At least she will arrive to warmer weather, it's been more like November for the last two days with fog all day
 
Margaid said:
Subsequent eggs could well be Aran's however.
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It's fascinating to see all the checks and insurance policies they are using to give their one chance for the year the maximum chance of success.
If I understand properly Mrs G will flood her ovaries with everything she has saved up - so there would be a very small chance of any egg, first or last, being fertilised by HR7.
 
Been pretty horrible here too BYM - have had to have the lights on indoors!

Hope it improves by mid- May 'cos I have hopes of meeting up with you possibly at Glaslyn.
 
Absolutely Margaid, we were just discussing it over a meal at the local, just celebrating the OH putting up with me for 9 years.
She really needs a medal.
Some "expert" from the met office was saying it was going to be a really hot May. I do hope he is right.
Saw our first Swallows of the year today, in the fog, bet they were thinking "God wish we had stayed in Africa" Totally weird bird sightings on the inner Thames in the gloom, Arctic Skuas, Great Skuas, Black necked Grebes, rafts of sea duck, more like Shetland than London
 
i hope the weather is better for you this year than it was for us all in 2017. So does Mrs G, by the look of today's photo on FB.

"Mrs G and 'that' look this morning.
Despite the miserable cold mist that enveloped the valley today making fishing difficult, Aran was again seen prospecting the Glaslyn river off the Cob Embankment at Porthmadog on two occasions. This appears to be the best place to see him fishing at the moment.
Better weather is forecast for next week with temperatures expected to reach a sizzling 24 degrees. Hopefully we'll have our first egg of the 2018 season by then. And a more cheerful Mrs G! "

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Mrs G has laid an egg! :-)08 Her 46th at Glaslyn apparently.

Still no sign of Glesni at the Dyfi Project :(
 
Seven pages and I've contributed nothing. Opened The Shetland Times today and there's a half page devoted to an osprey sighting at Ollaberry, a village on the main island. They're everywhere. Getting like rats! :D

Only joking. It's great to see one passing through en route to Norway. Like White Tailed Eagles, great to see them succeeding in their recolonisation.. What with wild boar, pine martens, beavers and soon lynx this country will soon have put right the damage done by those trigger happy Victorians.

PS There are no rats on this island. A real blessing.
 
Apparently, up to 11 known ospreys have so far failed to return from migration, including Glesni the much-loved resident female at Dyfi, and it's possible that they were swept out across the Atlantic in the recent gales and couldn't get back again.
 
Latest from Dyfi this evening. It's good to talk!

"As you know, these days the various osprey projects work closely together in Wales for the betterment of the osprey population here.
It's amazing how quickly we can transfer information digitally - here's an example....
An hour ago an intruder osprey flew over the Dyfi nest and Monty shot off after him.
Volunteer Tracy managed to get a photo from the 360 Observatory, spoke to John at Clywedog, sent him the photo, compared plumage irreguarities and between them they quickly established that our male intruder was in fact Dylan - the breeding male from Clywedog.
That would also explain why Monty was a little bit more tolerant of the intruder than usual - he obviously recognised him.
By talking more we learn more."
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/30743875_1863100570387475_278776307024658432_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&_nc_eui2=v1%3AAeE-RLz4WzTv8nHmH_roCdjCis4FFk1RLdQcgnNS6II-9XVCNdbdSHfu_PIomkadLUZqN_aZdN70Dc0Xhl2u5v-OEGdENp5INZ2lwI_szcs8TA&oh=137b10ecc849d4b18a60e85d68c948a8&oe=5B9C9927
 
Hen-Gen said:
Seven pages and I've contributed nothing. Opened The Shetland Times today and there's a half page devoted to an osprey sighting at Ollaberry, a village on the main island. They're everywhere. Getting like rats! :D

Only joking. It's great to see one passing through en route to Norway. Like White Tailed Eagles, great to see them succeeding in their recolonisation.. What with wild boar, pine martens, beavers and soon lynx this country will soon have put right the damage done by those trigger happy Victorians.

PS There are no rats on this island. A real blessing.
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Have you got any "chavs" happy to send some your way? Could get a bus load for you
 
bigyetiman said:
Hen-Gen said:
Seven pages and I've contributed nothing. Opened The Shetland Times today and there's a half page devoted to an osprey sighting at Ollaberry, a village on the main island. They're everywhere. Getting like rats! :D

Only joking. It's great to see one passing through en route to Norway. Like White Tailed Eagles, great to see them succeeding in their recolonisation.. What with wild boar, pine martens, beavers and soon lynx this country will soon have put right the damage done by those trigger happy Victorians.

PS There are no rats on this island. A real blessing.
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Have you got any "chavs" happy to send some your way? Could get a bus load for you
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That's OK. Besides I hate blood sports!
 
Marigold said:
Apparently, up to 11 known ospreys have so far failed to return from migration, including Glesni the much-loved resident female at Dyfi, and it's possible that they were swept out across the Atlantic in the recent gales and couldn't get back again.
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Is that a euphemism for saying they're probably dead Marigold, or did your source hold out any hope for them having survived?

It's about time Mrs G laid another egg, and Dyfi think Blue 3J isn't far off. Just had a clear (B&W) view of the first egg as Mrs G (I think) settled herself down again.
 
May be too much information for some but
WOW!
Was just watching the Glaslyn ospreys, Aran moving off the egg for Mrs G to take over incubation. As she was moving the grass and moss around to her satisfaction, he mounted her - with tails towards the camera!
 
From Dyfi on FB this morning;

Dyfi Osprey Project
Bore da
Glesni is now three weeks later than the date she arrived back last year. It is unlikely that she will return now, but before we start writing her obituary let's give her another week - there are still birds arriving back in Scotland over two weeks later than usual. Hope Springs Eternal.
Q. Could Glesni have taken a year off or nested with another male somewhere?
A. Sadly no. Ospreys attempt to breed every year and return to the same nest. We know of no osprey that has come back and then not returned to an established nest, at least in the first instance.
This is Glesni's nest. If she could make it back, she would.
https://www.facebook.com/dyfiospreyproject/photos/a.194204187277130.47046.169190623111820/1864668673563998/?type=3
 
Blue 3J (Glesni's usurper at Dyfi) laid her first egg this morning.

And Mrs G at Glaslyn has laid her second egg!
 
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