Continued from Manton Bay – April 2020
The history of the Manton Bay nest, breeding stats and links to previous threads can be found here
The season so far:Mar 16: Blue 33(11) returned 07:12Mar 16: Maya returned 13:16Mar 29: Egg #1 laid 20:52Apr 04: Egg #2 first seen 13:27Apr 06: Egg #3 first seen 05:09Apr 09: Egg #4 first seen 07:00
Webcam\Copyright: © Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust
FISH @ 16:22
quickly taken by Maya
Maya starts feeding the chicks while #4 looks up to dad
33 has flown -
16:26 Maya feeding the chicks - the fish is still flappin
16:35 Maya still dishing out the fish
#4 not in a good position but it is a big fish and I'm sure they will all be fed
© Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust
Its a huge fish Sandra :-) Just hope #4 stays at the back and doesn't try and go round for it will get fed :-)
16:41 #4 getting a bit of fish now :-)
and another
#1 and #3 moving leaving #4 to be fed along with #2?
must go and see to dinner BBS
They are all in a food coma now .
Maya and 33 are such good parents, the difference between 1 and 4 chicks is huge, and yet they seem to have no fierce fights like we have witnessed before.
That fish was a whale too LOL which 33 has just flew off with.
Oh NO ... watching 33 pick up the fish and when he left it caught #4 and it is on its back !!
33 picks up fish
drags it before taking off
and it catches #4 who is on its back
On no ... Maya is covering them
I feel ill watching this as #4 is struggling beneath Maya