Maya & 33’s Record Breaking Season so far:
Maya surprised us when she arrived back 12 March, the earliest date ever recorded at a UK public nest.
Blue 33(11), not to be outshone, arrived two days later on 14 March, making this date the earliest known for a returning pair.
On 28 March Maya laid her first egg, becoming the earliest egg to be laid in a UK public nest beating the current record by 5 days!
And in the early hours of 31 March, Maya laid a second egg.
© Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust
Over the next few days we can expect Maya to lay another egg or perhaps she may lay another two! But let’s hope our record breaking pair enjoy a peaceful April and plenty of good weather while they incubate their precious eggs.
Good Morning MARY Dear Maya always looks so serene when she is incubating
Fog has thickened and can't see much around the bay but as Mary has said, at least it is dry!
scene just now
Togetherness.
© RUTLAND WATER OSPREY PROJECT
Birdies LG DU update.
More togetherness.
Thanks for all the pics and posts, Everyone! Re: 33 filling 5R's talons--agree completely and 33 is so charming when he settles down beside Maya on the nest. But 5R lives on in his offspring. If things continue on as they have begun on the Dyfi estuary nest, the genes of 5R and of Maya will be mixed with Monty's, should Monty and 3J (from 5R's last brood in 2013!) succeed in having eggs and chicks.
Kind regards, Ann
Maya is amusing herself pecking at the surrounding sticks and nesting material while she incubates.
Blue33 with one of his silly sticks - and he's rather clumsy with it, no harm done:
IMAGICAT
Blue 33 was very comfy on the eggs and clearly didn't want to move BUT Maya had different ideas and after moving a few sticks on the rim made her point and 33 submitted to the inevitable and flew off.
Just now, 33 approaches with a fish
Maya moves quickly to take it
and off she flies with it
33 makes his way over to the eggs
and settles down to incubate in the evening sunshine
33 was sat on the fallen tree to the right of the nest for the 10 minutes previous. A crow decided to try and make him share so he flew to the nest with it instead. Maya currently sat on the t perch eating.