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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Osprey to nest defending, only there for a minute:
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Karen W said:a lovely big whopper of a fish from 33
My that was a huge whopper of a fish 33 brought in, amazes me how they carry such a weight.... (Thank You for the video SCYLLA)
I think it is Maya on the nest at the moment, unringed female anyway :-)
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33(?) on nest flapping.
This was the morning get-go - I think there was an intrudery flyby:
The look on Maya's face makes me think it wasn't 33, but he flew in to support ???
FISH !!! !!! !!! Nice one :)
EDIT:
Despite looking empty-cropped, Maya was in no hurry to take it and I'm told he took it away but I didn't see that :)