The Dyfi Osprey Project welcomed back its most-familiar breeding female after a lengthy migration in West Africa.

Returning to the Dyfi valley for her seventh season, Telyn the osprey returned to her regular nesting grounds for a seventh successive season on March 25.

Having departed for West Africa in September 2023, Telyn’s return to the nest in 2024 marks her earliest arrival in Wales after her annual migration, returning between March 29 and April 5 in previous years.

The project has spent much of March anticipating the arrival of their breeding pair of ospreys, having received news that ospreys had already returned in Scotland and Rutland.

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Earlier in March the project wrote on social media: “There is something strangely magical about an empty nest as we await that thud. An empty stage before the curtain raises. It is nearly time to take your seats, we hope you are ready.”

The wait ended on Monday at 7:29pm, when the project posted an update: “We never tire of saying this, but it's absolutely brilliant to see Telyn again.”

After hatching another clutch of eggs in May 2023, Telyn became longest-breeding female on the nest, having been on the Dyfi since 2018.

The Dyfi Osprey Project are now eagerly awaiting the return of male osprey Idris, with the project’s breeding pair returning to the nest for another season after raising two chicks, Seiont and Cennen, in 2023.