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.
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Unknown said: Latest tweet from Rutlandospreys: "In Manton Bay- 30(10) flying very confidently now, 31(10) making a few tentative flights to perch, 29(10) still sitting in the nest "
Latest tweet from Rutlandospreys:
"In Manton Bay- 30(10) flying very confidently now, 31(10) making a few tentative flights to perch, 29(10) still sitting in the nest "
Thanks Alan I am watching at the moment and saw some stretching of wings. All looking well and alert.
Margobird
3 juveniles in total made their first flights at Rutland Water yesterday. At Manton Bay 30(10) AND 31(10) both fledged and at site B 27(10) also took her first flight.
http://www.ospreys.org.uk/News.html
Went to Manton Bay this morning hoping to catch 29 fledging, but no such luck. She stayed low in the nest for the best part of the two hours I was there, as in this pic taken after 5R had returned empty- taloned much to the displeasure of the female:
If anybody is going to visit RW in the near future (Sue C I know is due to visit soon) I should point out that the two fledged juveniles, 30 and 31, have taken to sitting on a low branch across the bay. In fact they were there for the duration of my visit, although it took me a while to find them. This is a pic of them on their favourite perch:
To help locate them this is a wider-angled shot to show where their perch is (bottom of right hand tree).
Thanks Sandy. Great pics as it must be hard to spot them against the background.
Empty nest at Manton Bay!!!!
Confirmed on Twitter:
29(10) HAS FLEDGED!!!!"Empty nest in Manton Bay- 29(10) took first flight about a minute ago"
Thanks Alan more empty nest syndrome for us.
Nobody is going hungry at Manton Bay - that's a massive fish:
Sandy that looks even bigger than one of EJ's it is a monster.