Dyfi Osprey Project
The Dyfi Osprey Project is located at the Cors Dyfi nature reserve near Derwenlas, in the county of Powys, Wales and is under the management of the Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust.[1]
History and activity
2011
In 2011, for the first time in over 400 years Ospreys are breeding in the Dyfi valley on the Cors Dyfi Nature Reserve site,[2] following three years work by the trust to reintroduce the birds into the area.
A resident male osprey managed to attract a female osprey (a 2008 bird from a Rutland Water nest) who laid their first egg on 25 April 2011, a second three days later and a final egg on 1 May 2011.
On 5 June 2011 the first osprey chick emerged, the second on Monday 6 June 2011 and the third on 7 June 2011, comprising one female (ringed Blue DJ) and two males (ringed Blue DH and Blue 99). The young ospreys are named after local rivers that flow into the River Dyfi; The female, Leri; and the two males Einion and Dulas.[1]
Satellite tracking
The Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust, working in partnership with the BBC (since featuring the Dyfi Osprey Project on Springwatch in 2011) successfully fitted all three of the osprey chicks with GPS satellite trackers as they were ringed on 19 July 2011 to feed back positional information on their 3,500 miles (5,600 km) migration to Africa.[3] These are the first Welsh ospreys to be satellite tracked.[4]
2012
In April 2012 the same two adult ospreys (Monty and Nora) returned from migration to the same nest site at Cors Dyfi.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wildlife Trust
- ↑ BBC - Dyfi estuary Ospreys
- ↑ BBC - Dyfi estuary ospreys chicks have satellite trackers
- ↑ Osprey Interactive Tracker
External links
Coordinates: 52°34′07″N 3°55′05″W / 52.5687°N 3.918°W