Glaslyn Chicks that have bred successfully: Fledged Offspring:
Black 80 (2006)
2008 – July: Black 80
discovered on a nest near Loch Ken, Dumfries taking fish to a female.
2009 – May: Black 80 and the
female returned and raised two chicks. Blue BB and Blue BC.
2
2010 – April 6th: Black 80 and
his mate back on Threave nest. Raised three chicks. Blue BK, Blue BL and Blue
BM.
3
2010 – September 19th: Blue BK
resighted in Pont Grandic Novola, Gulf of Morbihan, France in the Regional
Natural Park.
2011 – April 3rd: Black 80 and
his mate back on Threave nest, having won it back from a pair of Red Kites.
Raised 2 chicks Blue JE & Blue JF.
2
2012 – March 28th: Black 80
arrived back at Threave nest. Old female did not return. New female arrived
11th May Blue KC. Raised 2 chicks. Blue CU3 and Blue CU4.
2
2013 – March 27th: Black 80
back at nest, bred again with Blue KC. Raised two chicks, Blue CU8 and Blue
CU9
2
2014 – March 30th: Black 80
and Blue KC both back at Threave. Raised two chicks Blue CX0 and blue CX1.
2
2015 – April 2nd: Black 80
back at nest, Blue KC returned 7th April. Raised three chicks Blue FH7, FH8
and FH9.
3
2016 – Black 80 and Blue KC
returned and raised four chicks. Two male and two female, Blue FJ7, FJ8, FJ9
and PK0.
4
2017 – Black 80 and Blue KC
bred. Raised two chicks. Blue PL3 male and Blue PL4 female.
2
2018 – Black 80 and Blue KC
raised three chicks. Blue JR2 male, Blue JR3 female and Blue JR4 male.
3
2019 – Black 80 and Blue KC
raised three chicks. Blue NK2 male, Blue NK3 and Blue NK4 female
3
White YC (2008)
2011 – April 21st: White YC
landed on Glaslyn nest at 12:00, remained for around 20 minutes
2011 – May
18th: White YC lands on Dyfi nest, May 29th YC lands on Dyfi T perch,
possibly sighted on at least two other occasions.
May: White YC reported as having been seen
fishing in the Porthmadog area.
2014 –
September 30th, White YC reported as having bred in Cumbria during 2014.
2013 – White
YC attempted to build nest in an electricity pylon near Roudsea Wood &
Mosses NNR, Cumbria . Fell down over the winter.
2014 – April
2nd: White YC on new platform in pine at Roudsea NNR with unringed female.
Raised two male chicks Blue FS9 and Blue FS0.
2
2015 – White
YC reported back at nest with female. Intruder disturbance, fails to
breed.
2016 – White
YC and female returned, he was also seen intruding Foulshaw Moss. Raised one
male chick Blue 0A.
1
2017 – White YC and female bred. YC spotted at
Foulshaw Moss again. Raised one female chick Blue N1 female.
1
2018 – White
YC and female returned. Raised three chicks, Blue 280, 282 male and Blue 281
female.
3
2019 – White
YC and female returned. Raised three male chicks, Blue 295, 296 and 297.
3
White 91 (2009)
2012 – July 18th: White 91
lands on Loch of the Lowes nest
2014 – July
27th: White 91 discovered breeding at a nest near Crieff, Perthshire. Raised
three chicks, unringed as close to fledging. Failed breeding attempt with
same male 2013.
3
2015 – August
9th: White 91 reported to have raised a single chick (unringed) on the same
nest.
1
2016 –
September 7th: White 91 reported to have returned and laid, but the nest
failed early on.
2017 – August
27th: White 91 reported to have raised two chicks to fledging on her
Perthshire oak nest.
2
2018 – No
update currently available.
2019 – A new
female is now breeding at the nest near Crieff. White 91 has not been found
at any other sites in the region.
White YA (2007)
2013 – March 25th: White YA
photographed at Blagdon Lakes, Somerset, subsequently caught in stewpond nets
and released on three occasions.
2013 – March:
White YA confirmed as being the
breeding male at Kielder Water nest 1, replacing the previous male in 2012.
2012 – July:
White YA raised one chick Blue H0 (Probable female)
1
2013 – April
7th White YA back at Nest 1. Raised one chick with unringed female, Blue 6H
(sex unknown).
1
2014 – April
2nd: White YA returned to nest with same female. Raised three chicks, Blue UV
(satellite tagged – male), Blue VV (satellite tagged – female) and Blue VT
(female).
3
2015 – April
2nd: White YA returned to nest, same female. Raised two female chicks, Blue
VP and Blue VY (satellite tagged). Blue 2H(2012) intruded nest 5 times.
2
2016 – White
YA and same female returned and bred on nest 1A. Raised four chicks two male,
Blue Y1 and Y2, two female Blue Y0 and Y3. Y0 disappeared after
fledging.
4
2017 – White
YA bred with same female. Four eggs, all hatched. Three survived, Blue Y9
female, Blue 8P, female and Blue 6P male (6P not seen after fledging period).
3
2018 – White
YA bred with same female. Three chicks raised, Blue 223 male and Blue 221 and
222 female. Y1 (16) landed on natal nest on 8th May.
3
2019 – White
YA bred with same female. Four eggs, all hatched, three survived. Blue 203/Chesters (sat
tagged) , Blue 204 female and Blue 205 male.
3
Yellow 37 (2005)
2013 – April 2nd: Yellow 37
confirmed as the breeding male at Kielder Water nest 2. First discovered nest
building in 2010.
2011 – July:
Yellow 37 raised two chicks Blue 37 & Blue 38 (male).
2
2012 – July:
Yellow 37 raised two chicks Blue 1H – (female) and Blue 2H – (male).
2
2013 – April 4th: Yellow 37 back at nest 2. Raised
three chicks, Blue 3H (male), Blue 4H (female) and Blue 5H (female).
3
2013 – July
1st: Blue 38 (2011) – male, youngest of brood, resighted in the North
Yorkshire NP (Brian Wright).
2013 –
November 14th: Blue 1H (2012) – female, resighted by Frederic Bacuez in the
Todde Swamps, Northern Senegal.
2014 – March
30th: Yellow 37 back at nest. Raised three chicks on new nest with same
female, Blue 7H (satellite tagged – female), Blue 8H – (female), Blue 9H –
(female).
3
2014 – July
1st: Blue 2H (2012) – male, photographed Hurworth Burn Reservoir (Brian
Martin).
2015 – April
9th: Yellow 37 back on nest with same female. Four eggs laid. One displaced
during intrusion. Two female chicks survive, Blue VS and VM.
2
2015 – April
14th: Blue 1H (2012) lands on Glaslyn nest, she also visits her grandmother
on 1st May.
2016 – Yellow
37 bred with new female White EB. Raised three female chicks Blue Y4, Y5 and
Y6.
3
2017 – Yellow
37 bred with White EB. Three eggs laid, two chicks hatched. Female Blue
7L/Aln (satellite tracked) and male Blue 7P (euthanised following wing
injury).
1
2018 – Yellow
37 bred with White EB. One chick raised, Blue 5L female. Y6 (16) resighted at
Tanji.
1
2019 – Yellow
37 bred with White EB. Two female chicks raised, Blue 201/Chirdon (sat
tagged) and Blue 202 heaviest recorded Kielder chick @ 1900g.
2
Blue 9C (2014)
2017 – Resighted at Leighton
Moss July 25th.
2018 – Resighted at Leighton
Moss on several occasions. Blue 9C raised two chicks with a Scottish female
at a nest in Cumbria.
2
2019 – Blue 9C photographed at
Leighton Moss again. Returned to his nest in Cumbria.
Total number of grandchildren
produced:
85
Other offspring resighted:
White 94 (2010)
2010 – August 26th: White 94
resighted at Lake Klingnau, Switzerland (Martin Trachsel) just days after
leaving nest.
Blue 80 (2012)
2014 – August 15th: Blue 80
lands on Dyfi larch perch 09.13.
2015 – April
16th: Blue 80 spends four days with his mother on Glaslyn nest.
Blue W0 (2015)
2017 – Resighted at Nest 1A
Kielder Forest June 12th.
2019 – Photographed at Threave
Castle on 7th April by Sam Hood.
Blue 8C (2014)
2017 – Resighted Popenguine,
Senegal on Saturday 7th October.
2019 – Photographed on 31st
March near Ringwood, Hampshire by Tina Vaughan and 19th November Somone,
Senegal by Pip Rowe.