Mike, here is the intro. Thanks. Karen
Last season Maya, the resident Manton Bay female, surprised us arriving back 12 March the earliest date ever recorded at a UK public nest. The resident male, Blue 33(11), her mate since 2015, arrived two days later on 14 March and the pair successfully raised two healthy chicks. More details about the Manton Bay nest, including a table of the breeding data, can be found here.
Here’s wishing Maya and Blue 33 a safe journey home and for another successful season.
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Previous Threads:
Manton Bay 2016 - March, April, May, June, July, August,
Manton Bay 2017 - March, April, June, July & August, Sept-End Feb18
Manton Bay 2018 - March, April, May, June, July, August, Sept-End Feb 19
Birdies LG DU update.
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Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
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I did take a capture of the lovely sunrise, but then Laddie and Lassie distracted me from posting it.
So first sunrise of the season for me LOL
Timed at 05.27 hrs
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So happy that 33 is back too, they are the most "loved up" pair of all the Ospreys I think :-)
The EG are back too :-(
Haha, MARY, this is the capture I took of the sunrise for you - my first dupe of the season ;)
Earlier, Maya and 33 had been on the nest, I didn't find any mating attempt :-/ A very different start from what we've witnessed at LOTL!
This is a experiment. the pics go from left to right, Maya arrived first and, I think, left first: