The season so far:
33(11) and Maya both arrived back within hours of each other on the 22nd March. Maya laid three eggs on the 4th, 7th, 10th April and surprised us all laying a fourth egg on the 13th April. The first chick hatched on the 12th May followed by #2 on the 13th, #3 on the 16th and #4 on the 18th. Sadly two of the chicks died, chick #2 on the 15th May and chick #4 died not long after hatching.
So four was not to be, but Maya and 33(11) have two strong, healthy chicks and 33(11) is once again proving himself to be an excellent provider. Throughout this month we will see them transform into beautiful young juvenile ospreys and learn of their sexes and IDs when they are ringed later in the month.
Some useful links:
Manton Bay Webcam
Rutland Ospreys Website
ChloeB & Tigers’ Manton Bay Stats
Manton Bay 2016 Threads - March, April, May, June, July, August,
Manton Bay 2017 Threads - March, April, May,
Maya feeding the chicks just now
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Thanks for link to another interesting blog KAREN Did you read the 2 comments below "We hope to ring about 16 chicks!" Wow!
Chicks resting as the sun rises.
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Birdies LG DU update.
Chicks alone 2AN, I think, standing tall and looking out over the water
Good evening all. Thank you for all the wonderful updates and photos! Much appreciated, a lot of catching up to do. Been busy so every time I look in the chicks have changed massively! Now I see they have been ringed! Im so glad to see they are both very healthy. Not surprised having parents like Maya and 33 :)
When I first opened up all the webcams about ten mins ago 05.20 hrs Maya was on the nest with the chicks, but I come back to take a snip they were all alone.
No sunrise :-(
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Don't seem to see much of Maya these days
Having said that 33 arrives with a huge fish and Maya follows him
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Only one youngster interested 33 flies off
Maya has finished feeding the chickand is struggling to eat a bit of skin I suspect the chick is 2 AN as she is having a go at the fish herself