I’ve been thinking about the events which led to Dai dot being ousted from his nest. I’ve created a timeline of events. This might answer the question about what happened to him, but I’m affraid I wont be able to answer where he is now.
It all started on Tuesday 12 April 2016. At 5.45pm an intruding male osprey landed on the nest with a fish, while Dai and Delyth were on the nest. He then made lengthy and persistent attacks on the nest. Possibly where Dai picked up his injury from.
Monday 18th April 2016.
1.30pm Another intruder recorded making attacks on the nest, each time it was chased away by Dai.
Thursday 21st April 2016.
Delyth had been alone incubating for most of the day till Dai turned up at 4.15pm with no fish. She had left the nest once in the morning for over two hours after she had caught her own fish.
Since Tuesday Dai had not been visible for most of the day sometimes showing up for short periods of time and then going away again, but every time he did come back he never had any fish with him.
So potentially his injury could be affecting his ability to catch fish. Carrying this injury could also explain why he had not been around much, the attack could of damaged his confidence.
Sunday 24th April 2016.
Two osprey seen having a serious fight. Identity of the birds unknown, but believed to be Dai and the new male.
Monday 25th April 2016.
7.30am A new male is on the nest with Delyth. He had brought her a fish. At this point the eggs could of still been on the nest. But she made no attempt at incubating all day.
Wednesday 27th April 2016.
New male still around, from my observations it looked like the male was scraping an egg cup or probably pushing the old eggs out of the nest. I seen plenty of breeding behaviour shown and also regular fish deliveries.
Dai dot was seen at the Dyfi at 7.31pm, and from the photo taken by Emyr he did appear to have an injury on his wing.
Thursday 28th April.
Delyth on the nest. At 3.45pm the new Male was seen chasing an intruder, was back on the nest by 3.55pm. So could of been Dai again here.
The last confirmed sighting of Dai dot was the 27th of April 2016. There had been many unconfirmed sightings of other male ospreys around, but unfortunately we can’t be sure any of them were actually Dai.
Check this Blog from Emyr Evans about Dai Dot and his ousting.
http://www.dyfiospreyproject.com/blog/emyr-mwt/2016/04/28/dai-dot-what-has-happened-him