The purpose of this thread is for recording the season’s day to day activity at the Manton Bay nest thus freeing up the Rutland Osprey Project 2017 thread for general news on all the other birds, nests and projects.
For anyone new following Manton Bay, Maya and Blue 33(11) have been the resident pair for the last two years and to date have raised six chicks. More details about the nest and a table of the breeding data can be found here. Last season Maya returned on the 21 March and Blue 33(11) arrived a few days later on the 27 March.
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I am sure I speak for us all in wishing Maya and Blue 33(11) a safe journey home and for another successful season at Manton Bay.
ENS at the moment.
Birdies LG DU update.
Maya housekeeping.
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Good morning!
A brief appearance and then they went about their business:
Next session
I think Maya brought her own fish with her:
He got tipped off:
Off she goes with fish:
IMAGICAT
Good Morning all
Thank you for the overnight pics Scylla
What a brilliant blog that was about 33 and Maya's home coming.
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Both on the nest as I type.
Good morning, MARY - they kept coming and going and I couldn't finish - but I never found a STICK!
Glad you are doing the captures Scylla, it saves me the trouble :-)
Pity it's so rainy and no lovely light like there was last night.
Scylla I get the feeling that 33 has something more important going on in his mind rather than sticks lol....
Morning all, thanks for all the overnight/morning captures and updates.
How lovely it is logging on knowing Maya and 33 are home and seeing them getting reacquainted:-)
33 on the nest just now.
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Nice to see both of them back, wonder when 33 will do his pole vaulting impressions lol