Continued from Manton Bay – July 2020.
The history of the Manton Bay nest, breeding stats and links to previous threads can be found here
The season so far: The resident pair both returned on 16 March - Blue 33(11) at 07:12 and Maya at 13:16. Maya, for the second consecutive year, laid four eggs – the first on 29 March with the other three first seen 4, 6 and 9 April. Maya and Blue 33(11) faithfully incubated the four eggs and on day 38, chick #1 hatched 6 May c 13:20 followed by chick #2 on 8 May c 06:10, chick #3 on 10 May c14:45, and chick #4 on 13 May c20:45. On 16 June the chicks were ringed with their blue darvics – Chick #1- 080, Chick #2- 081, Chick #3-082 and Chick #4-083. On 26 June, Blue 080, aged 51 days, fledged at 16:03 followed by Blue 082, aged 50 days, at 06:15 on 29 June, Blue 081, aged 54 days at 16:03 on 1 July and Blue 083, aged 55 days at 07:30 on 7 July.
Maya and Blue 33(11) have done a tremendous job rearing their family and 33 once more has proved himself to be a fantastic provider as there has not been one day this season when he has failed to bring in fish for his family.
Thanks to their fantastic parents, Blue 080, 081, 082 and 083 have had the best possible start in life growing into strong, healthy young ospreys and soon will go their separate ways setting off south on their first migration.
Webcam\Copyright: © Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust
33 arrives with nesting material
© Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust
10:39 081 arrives and shouting
after a few minutes, he flew off.
ENS
FISH @ 12:47 081 has been on the nest for a while calling and now gets his reward as 33 arrives with a whopper!
fish flaps on the nest
33 flies off and the fish is quickly seized by 081 who is soon tucking in
Video: 33 delivers fish to 081 @ 12:47 15 Aug 2020
13:08 081 finishes
3:09 081 flies off leaving the fish on the nest
13:10 Maya arrives
13:10 Maya flies off with the fish
14:01 081 returns to the nest
081 remained on the nest pottering about and fish calling
14:19 33 arrived with some left over fish and swiftly taken by 081
33 flew off
and then 081 flew off with the fish
That was a Saturday Special fish Karen, what an enormous fish.
interesting that it is the two youngest who have migrated, is that right? or am I misunderstanding it
EJ's Memorial Balgavies Loch Ospreys 2023
Agree - these were two enormous fish 33 delivered this morning - he truly is a "SuperOsprey"
And the juvenile calling was 081 (unable to post at time but I did see the ID)
Couple of captures of him
16:00 081
He flew off and has returned and as we have come to expect of 081 - he is fish calling!