I have received the following communication from Jim Marshall re the Dyfi Ospreys -
Sadly the female Osprey vanished 17 days ago, the male will have been absent for 8 consecutive days by 3.00 this afternoon.
Jim has logged the following birds close to his house on the Dyfi -
4th May - 2 big groups of Whimbrel (counting difficult because of visibility) 1 male Goosander, 2 Wheatear, 1 Greenshank and 6 Greylag Geese.
5th May - 48 Whimbrel, 1 male Goosander, 1 Greenshank and 3 Swifts.
6th May - 46 Whimbrel and Swifts in groups heading north.
7th May - 71 Whimbrel, 6 Greylag Geese and 4 large groups of waders comprising of c100 Dunlin/Ringed Plover. Also, 2 Great Black-backed Gulls attacking a Stoat.
8th - 3 very large groups of Dunlin c200 in each and 2 smaller groups with Ringed Plover and 12 Sanderling, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit in full breeding plumage and 2 Great Black-backed Gulls fighting very savagely - trying to drown each other.
9th - 90 Whimbrel + 5 Curlew. Redshank have gone very quiet. Egrets with breeding plumes. Warblers - Sedge, Grasshopper & Whitethroat - in full song.
10th - 11 Whimbrel, 9 male Goosander + 2 pairs, 3 Wheatear, 1 Greenshank and 1 Black-tailed Godwit.