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.
Just caught this as I was closing down!
Maya and 33 mantling and suddenly intruder appears above!
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Maya then takes off, giving chase. She quickly returns and Maya and 33 are on the nest.
Could it be 5N(04) making a nuisance of herself today again?
SYL
Well caught Karen.
Birdies LG DU update.
Morning all! The delightful pair are still standing together in the nest, wind ruffling their feathers as they gaze around.
Someone elsewhere suggested it might have been a blue ring on the intruder. I wondered whether it might be Blue 1J(13) m, who was seen at River Gwash Ospreys a couple of days ago, and of course was hatched here at MB. But there again, there are possibly a number of scenarios! LOL
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
Good morning, thank you for the captures. Each time I look at the webcam the 2 of them are there, maybe too windy again for fishing.
A flurry of feathers and white petticoats, as Blue 33 attempts a mating
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Maya is quietly standing in the middle of the nest when 33 descended for a mating
Now he has arrived with a long stick
Thanks for all the updates ...
ENS just now
33 has just brought Maya a fish which she takes and flies off with
While Maya is off eating her fish, 33 gets set about the nest