The youngest male chick from this year’s ospreys family at the Glaslyn site near Porthmadog was spotted flying over Zurich on 26 August. The youngest chick (who hatched on 19 May and had ring number 94) was the first chick to leave the nest at Glaslyn for Africa on the 22 August. Zurich is more than half way to his migration destination. Ospreys usually take a south-westerly route over the English Channel, over the west coast of Spain, then over Portugal and the Straits of Gibraltar and into west Africa. However, this one seems to have taken a different route. This could be because of the recent north-westerly winds blowing him slightly off his course, but we hope he’s arrived in Africa by now. Who knows - we might receive another sighting of him soon.
All three of this year’s chicks will stay in Africa for two or three years while they grow and mature into adulthood. When they’re ready to breed at two years old they will then make their way back – hopefully to the UK! The Glaslyn osprey site is now closed but will open again in late March 2011. More information about the project is available on the RSPB website at www.rspb.org.uk/datewithnature.
Mae’r cyw gwryw ieuengaf o deulu gweilch y pysgod eleni ar safle’r Glaslyn ger Porthmadog wedi ei weld yn hedfan dros Zurich ar 26 Awst. Y cyw ieuengaf (a ddaeth o’r ŵy ar 19 Mai ac a gafodd fodrwy rhif 94) oedd y cyw cyntaf i adael y nyth ar y Glaslyn am Affrica ar 22 Awst. Mae Zurich dros hanner ffordd ar ei ymfudiad i’r fan lle bydd yn treulio’r gaeaf. Fel arfer mae gweilch y pysgod yn dilyn llwybr tua’r de-orllewin dros y Sianel, dros arfordir gorllewinol Sbaen, yna dros Bortiwgal a Chulfor Gibraltar i orllewin Affrica. Fodd bynnag, mae’n ymddangos bod y cyw yma wedi dilyn llwybr gwahanol. Efallai bod hyn wedi digwydd oherwydd bod y gwyntoedd gogledd-orllewinol wedi ei chwythu oddi ar y llwybr i raddau, ond gobeithiwn ei fod wedi cyrraedd Affrica erbyn hyn. Pwy a ŵyr na chawn gofnod arall cyn bo hir bod rhywun arall wedi ei weld?
Bydd y tri chyw a fagwyd eleni’n aros yn Affrica am ddwy neu dair blynedd tra byddant yn tyfu ac yn aeddfedu, nes dod yn oedolion. Pan fyddant dros ddwy oed ac yn barod i nythu byddant yn dychwelyd – yr holl ffordd i’r DU gobeithio! Mae safle gweilch y pysgod y Glaslyn ar gau erbyn hyn ond bydd yn agor eto ar ddiwedd Mawrth 2011. Mae mwy o wybodaeth am y project ar gael ar wefan yr RSPB ar www.rspb.org.uk/datewithnature.
The Glaslyn Ospreys had another successful year this year, with over 35,000 visitors to the site. After returning for another season in March the osprey pair busily prepared their nest for their forthcoming family, this year the pair were proud parents to three chicks, two females and one male. All three chicks successfully flew the nest in July and could be seen building up the strength in their wings by flying around the nest, and also learning how to land and take off properly.
The nest-cam proved popular again this year, and allowed hundreds of people to view the birds online vie the BBC website. The Glaslyn osprey pair have now successfully raised 15 chicks since first nesting in north Wales in 2004, the family of five have now started their migration south to Africa. All three chicks were ringed this year so in two or three years time we hope to see them returning, a Glaslyn chick from 2006 successfully bred in Scotland last year!
The project has also been working closely with 10 local schools and over 350 school children have been to visit the site and learn more about these spectacular birds. The project also ran two community events, which raised up to £800.00 for the conservation charity and its work across the UK.
The site is now closed but will again open late March 2011, more information about the project is available on the RSPB website at www.rspb.org.uk/datewithnature.
Cafodd y project blwyddyn lwyddiannus iawn eleni eto, efo dros 35,000 o ymwelwyr i’r safle. Wedi dychwelyd am dymor arall ym mis Mawrth, gwnaeth y par paratoi eu nyth ar gyfer eu teulu newydd. Blwyddyn yma roedd y par yn rhieni i dri chyw, dwy fenyw ac un gwryw. Gwnaeth y tri chyw hedfan y nyth yn llwyddiannus yng Ngorffennaf ac roeddynt i’w gweld yn hedfan o amgylch y nyth yn dysgu sut i hedfan, a glanio.
Roedd y camera ar y nyth eto yn boblogaidd iawn ac wedi caniatáu cannoedd o bobl i weld yr adar ar-lein ar wefan y BBC. Mae par gweilch y pysgod Glaslyn wedi llwyddo i godi 15 o gywion ers nythu am y tro cyntaf yng Ngogledd Cymru yn 2004, mae’r teulu nawr wedi dechrau ei ymfudiad i de Africa. Cafodd y tri chyw eu modrwyo felly mewn cwpwl o flynyddoedd rydym yn gobeithio gweld y cywion nol yng Nglaslyn, gwnaeth cyw o 2006 bridio am y tro cyntaf yn yr Alban blwyddyn yma!
Mae’r project hefyd wedi bod yn gweithio yn agos efo ysgolion lleol ac mae dros 350 o blant wedi bod i ymweld ar safle i ddysgu mwy am yr adar ysblennydd yma. Gwnaeth y project trefnu dau ddigwyddiad cymunedol a wnaeth codi dros £800.00 ar gyfer gwaith cadwraethol y RSPB dros y DU.
Mae’r safle wedi cau nawr am y gaeaf ac fe fydd yn agor eto mis Mawrth 2011, mae mwy o wybodaeth am y project ar gael wrth ddilyn y linc www.rspb.org.uk/datewithnature.