Looking at the site at Rutland Water. Female having a turn of the eggs and now settling down again. Lovely and calm there as it is here in Northants.
Would be nice to do a diary for the MantonBay (Rutland) as update on other nests now takes ages to get to the end and update.
Do they have names for these two at MantonBay. Please note I have changed the name to Manton Bay (Rutland) nest updates as a suggestion from Sandy. Hope this meets with everyones approval.
http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/things-to-do/wildlife-webcams/loch-of-lowes/
RSPB Giving Nature a Home
Lynette D said: Just looking at the webcam and those chicks are very close to the right hand side of the nest, do hope it is built up OK so they don't fall out. Lovely pics by the way.
Just looking at the webcam and those chicks are very close to the right hand side of the nest, do hope it is built up OK so they don't fall out.
Lovely pics by the way.
Lynette: I think you're right about this nest - it doesn't have a defined nest cup which helps prevent the chicks from wandering too far. The chicks have been right up to the edges on occasions when I've looked in - even when they were really quite small. I hope the fence around the outside is high enough!
Supper has just been served - the two larger chicks have had enough and titch is having a good feed:
Hi Sandy, its the same again this morning, perilously close to the edge. I have noticed that she does not brood them as much as EJ was doing in the early stages of growing. Could this be due to being a new mother and not quite sure what she should be doing? Can anyone help?
At present she is at the edge of the nest with all three chicks, two at the top end and the smallest almost in the middle, Bess is now moving sticks around, maybe she gets the message that the walls need building up.
Just looked again and found the female at the side of the nest. Those little ones vulnerable to the elemenrts. She doesn't seem to have a clue as to brooding them. Correct me if I'm wrong or if this is normal behaviour.
Lynette: The time spent brooding depends mostly on the weather. The temperature at RW will usually be sufficient for her to leave them uncovered a lot during the day. EJ spends a lot more time brooding her chicks simply because it is so much cooler, and certainly wetter, there than the more Southern nest sites. Even at LotL the chicks are uncovered more often than at LG.
They are both completely inexperienced at bringing up chicks but instinct has a habit of kicking in when necessary and all in all they seem to be doing OK, as the chicks look healthy enough at this stage.
Update from Manton Bay:
http://www.ospreys.org.uk/ReserveDiary2010.html
Thanks Sandy. For some reason it has not updated on my AOL browser but is ok on IE. Great clips especially the one of the large bream delivery.
Unknown said: Lynette: The time spent brooding depends mostly on the weather. The temperature at RW will usually be sufficient for her to leave them uncovered a lot during the day. EJ spends a lot more time brooding her chicks simply because it is so much cooler, and certainly wetter, there than the more Southern nest sites. Even at LotL the chicks are uncovered more often than at LG. They are both completely inexperienced at bringing up chicks but instinct has a habit of kicking in when necessary and all in all they seem to be doing OK, as the chicks look healthy enough at this stage.
Thanks, Sandy. for answering my question. I won't worry now, knowing that they will probably all come through. Just catching up on posts. Pics are great from you and Alan and anyone else who has posted ones.
Just to reassure you further, Lynette, I checked on the nest just before it got dark, as it's the chilliest night we've had for a while in these parts, and she was brooding them perfectly well.
Lovely morning at RW:
What a lovely pic of the nest, Sandy.