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DYFI OSPREY PROJECT
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About the Dyfi Osprey Project
The Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust are pleased to announce that for the first time in over 400 years, ospreys are breeding in the Dyfi valley, on the Trust's Cors Dyfi Nature Reserve. After many close calls during the last two years, our male osprey, 'Monty' has finally managed to attract a female. This osprey has a ring on her right leg - she is a 2008 bird from a Rutland Water nest - we've called her 'Nora'! After 16 days of frantic courtship behaviours our Dyfi pair laid their ever first egg on Easter Monday - 25th April. A second came three days later 28th April and a final egg on 1st May.
On Sunday 5th June, at 1:10pm, the first osprey chick began to make its way into the world. Within two hours, the first chick had emerged, closely watched by proud parents Monty & Nora. The second chick finally struggled free of the egg at 6:35am on Monday 6th June, leaving the third to burst forth on Tuesday 7th June!
Defying the odds for first time parents, Monty and Nora managed to raise all three chicks and when they were ringed on 19th July, we were able to determine that we had two males and one female; they were named Einion, Dulas and Leri, after local rivers. Thanks to the awesome generosity of the BBC and our osprey supporters, we were able to fit satellite trackers to all three youngsters, when they were ringed. These trackers will allow us to follow them as they embarke on their first migration to Africa.
On Wednesday 27th July, at 14:22, Einion made history by being the first osprey to fledge on the Dyfi in over 400 years! His brother, Dulas, wasn't far behind, taking his maiden flight at 08:42 on Friday 29th, leaving the younger and heavier female, Leri, who finally took the leap at 16:35 on Wednesday 3rd August, setting the Welsh record for the longest time to fledging (at 57 days, 6 hours old)!
Nora was the first to set off on migration, being last seen at 8am on Sunday 14th August. Einion was next, setting off at 09:04 on Wednesday 31st August. After spending three weeks in Central Morocco, he reached West Africa at the end of September. Despite gale force winds (or perhaps because of them!) Dulas left at 06:40 on Monday 12th September and flew east southeast, reaching the Essex coast twelve hours later; thankfully he soon got back on track and reached The Gambia in just 17 days! Leri left at 08:00 on Tuesday 13th September and despite a more steady start than her brothers, she reached West Africa by the end of September. Monty was last seen on at 16:05 on Sunday 11th September.
Visiting the Dyfi Osprey Project
The Dyfi Osprey Project has now closed until April 2012, but the beautiful Cors Dyfi Nature Reserve remains open all year round. Our postcode is SY20 8SR.
Supporting the Dyfi Osprey Project
If you want to support our Osprey family, there are plenty ways you can do so! We are not a large charity and every donation helps us to run projects like this and ensures that amazing wildlife, like our osprey family, is given every chance to thrive.
- Why not join the Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust? Click here to find out more.
- You can also donate a sum of your choice online:
Alternatively, you can donate via Vodafone JustTextGiving; simply text Mont03 and your chosen amount to 70070.
Thank you to everyone who has supported and for all your kind wishes.
Dyfi Ospreys – a new beginning
The Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust is proud to be able to offer limited edition prints featuring the Dyfi Ospreys, Monty & Nora, with their first ever family.
Local wildlife artist Terence Lambert has generously donated the copyright of his stunning original to the Trust. 500 high quality prints have been locally produced on conservation paper and are available from the Welshpool office.
Mounted prints cost £50; each print is individually signed and numbered and is expected to become a collector's item, as well as giving lasting pleasure as a representation of this historic event.
The proceeds of sales of the prints will help the Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust continue its charitable work, which includes the Dyfi Osprey Project.
Andy Rouse prints
Award winning photographer, Andy Rouse, has collaborated with the Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust to offer five of the best prints he recently shot of the Dyfi ospreys; 40% of the profits go directly to the Dyfi Osprey Project to help keep us going next year. For more information, click here.
Find out more
The Dyfi Osprey Project now has its own website containing the latest information on the youngsters migration, as well as photos, videos, pie & bar charts and detailed information on ospreys in Wales. Click here to go to www.dyfiospreyproject.com
You can also keep up to date with the Dyfi Osprey Project on Facebook and Twitter (please note that you do not need a Facebook or Twitter account to view the posts).
