Many thanks for all the name suggestions - we had over 200 to pick from. Here are the names we chose with each bird's weight.

🐣 - Chick 1 – 🟦 6B1: Gwenlais (Female - 1935g)

🐣🐣 - Chick 2 – 🟦 6B2: Coron (Female - 2005g)

🐣🐣🐣 - Chick 3 – 🟦 6B3: Senni (Male - 1545g)

So the first two chicks are females and Bobby Bach this year, the younger 'small' one, is a boy. 

These are the biggest chicks we've ever recorded at this nest, with Coron being the first we've ever weighed over the 2Kg mark. 

Nest Records:

CORON – largest chick ever recorded (2005g)

GWENLAIS – 2nd largest chick ever recorded (1935g)

SENNI – 3rd largest male ever recorded (1545g) out of 17 in all. He is Bobby “Bach”

The table below illustrates just how big these birds are compared to previous years:

For your records and perusal, here is the up-to-date Dyfi Family Tree with our new birds on it.

Why so BIG?

There are probably three reasons:

1. Parenting: Telyn and Idris are now an established pair and experienced parents. This leads to more successful parenting with less mistakes.
2. Weather: I've mentioned a few times we've had Goldilocks weather again this year. No extremes, no summer storms, not too hot, just right. Goldilocks weather is conducive to prey availability and optimal chick growth.
3. It's the trout, stupid: We've seen more trout than in any other season so far in 2024. Brown and sea trout contain more calories per unit weight than the usual staple at this nest - mullet and flounder. And we all know what happens if you consume a lot of calories.

Gwenlais, Coron and Senni were 34.6, 33.4 and 31.5 days old when we ringed them. They will fledge at 49 days old and beyond, but expect the two girls to take a lot longer than that. These are heavy cargo aircraft.

Immense thanks to Tony Cross for ringing our chicks again this year and also to Naomi (trainee ringer) and Dulcie our People Engagement Officer. The guys at Dyfed CCTV also deserve a warm round of applause - they successfully fixed our microphones in record time under the nest while we were ringing the chicks. Diolch Joe, Gary and Elliott.

Here's the ringing video for 2024. Music is Lenny by Stevie Ray Vaughan.