Its been a great year for Ospreys in Wales, the pair numbers have increased again, since last year. Now known to be 7 pairs breeding in Wales. These pairs have produced 17 chicks this year. That means just from the active nest there was atleast 31 ospreys flying around in Wales, not including the unattached birds, of that there is atleast 5 Llyn Clywedog returnees, KS7,8 and KA7, 550, 551. We sadly have lost KA3 Hesgyn from the Dyfi a young male from 2019.
About the Llyn Clywedog returnees, I had some amazing news the other day from Dr Tim Mackrill, about one of our 2019 youngsters being sighted in Blithfield reservoir, Staffordshire. KA6 had been seen fishing in the reservoir on the 23rd of August. This is the first known recorded sighting of her since she left us in 2019. There is a good possibility that she has nested up in the area, with possibly a Rutland Male 2AM who is regularly seen fishing there. Our return rate has been really good having two from each year consecutively, 2018 – 2020. Next year we only have the chance of seeing one youngster return so the odds are Stacked against it, but fingers crossed that 496 is a surviver.
553 and 555 have not been seen since the early hours of the 25th of August 2022. Its very likely they have now set off on their long journey. 554 was last seen at 12pm on the 27th of August, and also is likely to have set off too. Both Seren 5F and Dylan are still here, perhaps enjoying the peace and quiet now that their young have left. Hopefully getting ready for their long journeys too.
I always find it difficult to adjust to the empty nest and quiet skies in the first few days, weeks after they leave. But it isn’t long until they start to come back and all the excitement starts again. I will be starting to plan the winter work which include looking to build a few more osprey platforms in Mid Wales, and ofcourse getting everything ready on the main nest for next year. Thank you all for following along again and I look forward to seeing what 2023 brings us.
The Clywedog Ospreys 
Thank you for a great year and I have really enjoyed getting to know the Clywedog Ospreys! I spent 3 hours opposite the nest this morning but they were too busy housekeeping to go fishing! A great year all round for Ospreys in Wales and very exciting stuff to come with many more returnees and successful breeding stories to emerge. Thank you for all your hard work and updates and here’s to 2023…
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Thanks for the blog and all your work along the way.
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