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Four weeks old today

Glaslyn osprey diary

Follow the fortunes of a pair of ospreys breeding near Porthmadog in north Wales.

Four weeks old today

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Doesn't time fly (excuse the pun!), our oldest chick is four weeks old today - happy birthday. They are really looking like ospreys now having progressed through the reptilian looking stage and staff, volunteers and visitors alike are attempting to work out whether we have a combination of boys and girls or whether they are all the same sex. Generally the whiter the bird the more likely it is to be male and conversely darker brown birds are typically female.

Here's the happy birthday girl/boy...

Four weeks old today (image Emyr Evans)
 

We'll have a better chance of determining their gender in a little over a week when we ring the chicks. We also weigh and measure them during this time which gives us a better idea, but more on this in the next blog or two.

Fishing forays become more frequent now - up to six fish a day. Usually a combination of mullet, trout, salmon and the odd coarse fish - today salmon seemed to be the fish of the day.

A big thank you to all of you out there that support us by visiting, reading and leaving messages on the blog, keep those thought coming in.

More in a few days...

Comments
  • Happy Birthday little one!! Good to see they are doing well, keep up the good work team.
  • Keeping tabs on everything thats happen up there Em.  Fingers crossed for a fledging threesome this year.

  • Stik says thank you for the constant info I love clicking on and reading about them and occasionaly getting down there to have a look. the dedication from you all is a credit.  

  • The third osprey has been seen around a lot over the past few days, and was seen this morning carrying a fish. Some people think there may be more than one........ Could these be youngsters from 2005? We hope so! Lin and Reg
  • I was thrilled  to see other male and female ospreys in the area as well as Red Kite

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