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Summary of the season so far:
Maya arrived back 12 March and Blue 33(11),on 14 March. The pair are currently incubating three eggs - #1 laid 28 March, #2 laid 31 March and #3 on 3 April.
Maya and 33 have incubated these eggs for 34 days now and in a few days we should see the first hatching of the season and another record broken!
Maya has started the odd call - 33 must have a fish!
Edit: Instead 33 arrived with some nesting material much to Maya's disgust.
Maya rises while 33 gets himself sat down
© Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust
but soon 33 takes off and Maya returns to incubating.
Hopefully he has gone off fishing this time.
Beautiful evening - looks so tranquil
There’s a naughty spider spinning a web in front of the top camera.
(c) Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust
Night cam on and Maya is still awake. It would appear 33 did go fishing later this evening and there is a huge piece of fish left on the nest.
(c) Rutland Osprey Project
Perfect day for a hatching, but no sign as yet.
Good Morning All
At least it looks nice and dry at MB, which is good for any hatching chick.
Will we see our first bobble head this weekend....
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Good morning Mary, Alison and all.
Birdies LG DU update.
Morning All -
It is now 38 days since Maya laid her first egg.
Countup Clock from ChloeB & Tiger Website
Sunny conditions and Maya lies patiently waiting as we do on her first egg hatching
Maya rises to turn the eggs - with the glare I can't really see if there are any pips
It's the 'Mary Mushroom' again!!