Day 17 - Once again no boats to Skomer, so what better way to enjoy our day off than to see the Monty & Glesni at The Dyfi Osprey Project at the Cors Dyfi reserve near Machynlleth. It is one of Montgomeryshire's Wildlife Trust's flagship projects and I have been once before.
Below you will see the brilliant photos I could get...Ok, confession - they were taken from the television screens in the visitor centre where they have web cams constantly streaming live footage.
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| Screen grab from the visitor centre |
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| Glesni feeding one of the chicks on the webcam |
The reserve as a boardwalk and elevated hide that overlooks swamp and wetland, we stopped at the first hide to see what birds were on the feeders - there were siskins, chaffinches, blue tits, great tits, linnets and a jay very near by.
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| Lots of birds, Chaffinches, Linnets & Siskins |
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| Male Linnet |
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| Jay |
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| Male Siskin |
After spending quite awhile in this hide we walked along the boardwalk to the main 360 Observatory, along the way we spotted over 10 lizards on the way - all basking in the sun. It was fasinating to see how many different markings they had.
The observatory is amazing, an elevated hide that has now got a lift installed (so everyone at any ability can enjoy the Ospreys) - There are very powerful scopes set up so you can get a good view of tthe ospreys, but you can also see them with the naked eye too.
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| A lizard basking in the sun... |
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| ...and another one... |
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| ...and one more! |
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| Only another 130m to the observatory. |
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| The lizards appear again - this one looks like he's shredding it's skin (look at the end of his tail) |
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| Extreme close up of a lizard! |
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| Wildling happy we almost at the observatory |
There's lots of information there including a log of all the fish they brought in last year. Very helpful and friendly staff that are more than willing to answer any questions you have.
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| This is a pic taken through one of the scopes |
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| Glesni & Monty are on the nest feeding the two chicks |
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| Monty & Glesni |
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| Glesni and one of the chicks |
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| Monty with a mullet for lunch |
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| He eats the head first, before taking the fish to Glesni |
It is so awesome to see the ospreys, it is definitely a place to visit if you love birds. When we were walking back along the boardwalk we managed to spot a few more birds...
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| Needs IDing |
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| Meadow Pipit |
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| Not birds I know, but these are water buffalo on the reserve to keep the foliage down. |
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