Dylan and Seren Blue 5F are the adult ospreys at the Llyn Clywedog nest in the Hafren Forest in Wales. They have successfully raised chicks together for years. They have had troubles with a goshawk in the past that took one of their chicks.
This season the pair had all three of their eggs hatch.
The weather earlier today had been rainy.
Fish on the nest above. At times during the afternoon, I thought Seren appeared to be distracted.
Seren flies off the nest leaving her babies at 20:58:44.
She has not returned.
Dylan came to the nest about an hour after Seren flew off. He has not brooded the chicks. They were chirping and huddling together.
I have a really bad feeling about this. Seren is too good a mother to leave her chicks for this long unless she is injured or dead. My heart is aching for those little babies who want the warmth of their Mum.
It has been a really rough week in Bird World. We lost Rosie and Richmond’s only osplet, Scout died, Snow was taken into care, and we count every fish that goes to Little Dewey at Dewey Beach. Storks in part of Europe are hungry. They need rain along with frogs and little fish. This year promised to be challenging and it is turning out to be more than anticipated.
Please send your wishes to the Llyn Clywedog nest of Dylan and Seren that Mum will return, and the babies will not succumb to hypothermia.
Remember to be grateful for all the little souls in other nests that are fine – anything can happen. Keep them safe!
I am taking the day off tomorrow. June 4 is our late son’s birthday and we always celebrate by eating New York cheesecake, his favourite. It will also give me a chance to take a deep breath after all these tragedies. Take care everyone. We will see you again on Friday.
Thank you to CarnyX Wild for their streaming cam to the Llyn Clywedog nest where I took my screen captures.
It’s late so it is ‘good night’. Some news has been crossing over my computer that I think you might want to know if you do not already.
First up, JBS 24 fledged today. No tree, no branches to practice, just take off and go! That is precisely what this surviving eaglet did. Congratulations to everyone!
At Achieva, Jill brought in another catfish. Little got to eat its fill and went to bed with a huge crop. I wonder if she will do this every day? If so, Little will survive. Catfish are tough old things to try and take apart to feed but, my goodness, she has found the source that Diane must have used so there will be food unless something strange changes.
There is growing concern for the plight of Lola in Charlo, Montana. Charlie did not return from migration. I have to add him to the Memorial Wall. Lola has been knocked off the nest by a GHO, hard. There have been searches for her. No sighting. Thanks, ‘PB’, for alerting me to this situation. GHO strikes, often very hard ones, can result in the osprey being hit hard enough to be sore and tired. Let us hope that Lola is off in a tree recuperating. She has been defending the nest prior to the attack.
At the Sandpoint nest of Keke and Keo, the geese finally gave up on raising goslings, and Keo and Keke returned to their original platform. Now Keo has been missing for two days. Ospreys do go MIA – I can think of several. The females do, too, especially before eggs. Elen at Glaslyn is the latest reminder of this. So let’s not give up on Keo yet, but it is breeding season, and it doesn’t feel right.
Geemeff’s Woodland Trust daily summary for Loch Arkaig Thursday 16th April 2026
Today saw the welcome return of JJ4, the young male from the western nest. He made his presence felt, first intruding on Dorcha with a very inept attempt at landing on her back, then returning in her absence and spending quite some time nestorising, including nest scraping and having a go at the troublesome stick. JJ4 also got rid of the tricky stick that Garry LV0 had brought this morning and dumped on Dorcha, and later on he got rid of Garry himself, defending the nest vigorously when Garry intruded. By contrast, things were quiet on Nest One – Aurora 536 received one fish taking Garry’s tally to fifteen, and had several mating encounters, at least two of which looked successful. Today’s videos:https://youtu.be/Sbm_OYe9MYU N2 Garry LV0 plays seesaw with Dorcha 09.38.22https://youtu.be/jgmmHJWLDD0 N2 JJ4 makes an undignified exit after intruding on Dorcha 10.04.35 https://youtu.be/-rKKuHCP9bQ N2 JJ4 returns to Nest Two in Dorcha’s absence and does some nest prep 10.56.18
Thanks so much for being with us again today. I am very tired – like Lola defending her nest. My house is now alarmed so that if Don wanders, I will know. The day was disruptive – for everyone, including The Girls and Toby. I am hoping for a much more gentle Friday.
I hope to have a wee bit of a break from posting but it seems the birds have other ideas!
Take care everyone.
Thank you to ‘PB’ for alerting me to the catfish delivery at Achieva. Thank you to everyone who posts info and images on FB and the owners of the streaming cams that allow us to worry all the time about our dear bird families.
