Weather events and the effect on our wildlife?
Amazingly our goldcrests have survived. Their nest, in a leylandii tree was blown around, even more than usual in the wind, but they seem to be OK.
Meanwhile at the Dyfi Osprey project, we watched a drama unfold on Saturday. Having seen one chick perish in the terrible wind and rain, they chose to help the last remaining chick, which did not have the strength to beg for food. It was returned to the nest 15 minutes later and is now taking food from his parents again.
Ground-nesting and wading birds have been the most affected. The sedge warbler chicks we were following were submerged under 2 feet of water and would not have stood a chance. Meanwhile down on the Dyfi estuary, there are around 80 breeding pairs of lapwings, an important site for these birds in Wales. We saw several young birds who didn't make it. Our hope is that there may just be time for the adults, who could fly to safety, to lay another clutch of eggs.
The common sandpiper we've been following, who'd nested beside the railway line perhaps made a better decision than we though. The train line may seem like a dangerous location but it is high and well drained - the common sandpipers sat out the storm in safety.
Barn owls benefited from their location. When we got our cameras live again, they'd grown, we can really see their adult plumage coming through and they are moving around the nest area.
There is no doubt that this spring has been volatile - from drought, to cold to heavy rain and storms. And volatility in the weather is an aspect of climate change, but what has been the wider effect on our wildlife around the UK?
If you have pictures, video or first hand accounts of how our wildlife has been affected this year by these weather conditions, we'd love to hear from you.