Link to last post on Manton Bay – April 2018 and link to Useful Links
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!
Lovely to see this happy nest. Thanks for all snaps folks
33 returns with a stick - not quite what they were expecting!
33 has now flown leaving Maya to tidy up :-)
(c) Rutland Osprey Project
33 has just left the nest and Maya oversees the chicks :-)
© Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust
They are a lively trio and looking so strong and healthy.
Practically identical scene right now. One chick, I suspect #1 has just missed Maya with a 'laser'.
Birdies LG DU update.
Three lined up for lunch! Plenty on offer!
© RUTLAND WATER OSPREY PROJECT
Feed over, Maya cleaning up now.
3 very full chicks :-)
Maya has now settled down on them and there is plenty fish there for afters.
Blog from 9 May which I don't think has been posted yet
Link >>> Three Chicks in the Nest
Another top up :-)
fish for #1
and #2
and for #3
and they all fall down to sleep while Maya cleans up
Hi all :)
It's a waste of time and resources for me to keep recording this freezy cam, so I've stopped. Before I go, however, here are the osplets being trampled on... possibly!
Maya had just finished a major tidy-up when she staggered back towards the osplets - and froze. She flew, then Blue33 landed, right on a baby!
I've taken out some time between Maya leaving and Blue33 landing.
IMAGICAT
Thanks for the vid Scylla.
Such a worry! I really hate seeing the adults fall back onto or land on the chicks especially after what happened last year. I hope the chick is OK