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.
Not an ideal place for 33 to place that stick!
Hopefully any other sticks he places at the back of the nest and not at the front blocking our view!!
33 has returned and is getting in a right pickle with this stick :-)
I'm off now - SYAL
Have a good day, Karen.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Now we have a two-headed osprey!
These two are just so funny!
Birdies LG DU update.
Awww! Lovely ALISON
Change over. 33 gets up and flies off as Maya settles on the eggs.
Looks very windy and cold here ... Maya has her head down sheltering herself and the eggs.
I really hope we see a change in the next couple of days for hatching
33 flew in to defend but it seems the danger has passed now. Live stream keeps stopping for me at the moment.