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
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19:32 And another (#1?) wants some supper too
19:34 A huge crop!
19:38 Feed over
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they are just so gorgeous
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Maya snuggles down beside the chicks
FISH @ 21:26
21:27 33 starts feeding #4 and an older chick
21:28 33 takes off quickly
21:30 Maya collects the fish and after a couple of minutes starts feeding the chicks
21:33 Maya does look a little wary and pausing / looking around during feeding.
21:35 Maya remains wary and giving the chicks the odd bit - strange!!
21:37 Night cam on
Hope all is OK here.
have to go - will check back later
21:51 Maya standing with the chicks looking out in the same direction. I can't see anything untoward happening in the bay
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Good Morning All
Not much to report, Maya standing whilst Bobs lying around.
Lovely sunset capture Sandra - I think Manton Bay is the only place you can see both a Sunrise and a Sunset on the webcam
EJ's Memorial Balgavies Loch Ospreys 2023
Morning ALL and thanks for all the updates.
Today chick #1 is 25 days old, #2 is 23 days, #3 is 21 days and #4 is 18 days old
And another glorious day ahead - eating, snoozing and growing!