Brief History of Manton Bay:
The nest at Manton Bay was first used in 2007 by White 08(97) and Green 5N(04) who successfully raised 2 chicks. In 2008 they paired again but the nest failed and in 2009 it was unused.
In 2010 a new pair, Green 5R(04) and an unringed female nicknamed Mrs 5R, took up residence and over the next four years successfully raised 11 chicks.
Green 5R(04) failed to return in 2014 and Mrs 5R paired with a new mate, Blue 28(10) and laid 3 eggs. Blue 33(11) arrived determined to claim this nest and evicted Blue 28(10). Blue 33(11) kicked out the eggs and spent the remainder of the season bonding with Mrs 5R who was then officially named “Maya”.
In 2015 Maya and Blue 33(11) returned and to date have successfully raised 18 chicks including two broods of four the previous two seasons.
© Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust
Here’s wishing Maya and Blue 33(11) a safe journey home and for another successful season.
The Squatters are back.
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Nice recap Ann
MaryGK said:The Squatters are back.
Ha! I was just going to post "A pair of EGs arrived 05:50, lots of greeting, one left" and I had that exact shot lined up because it was getting clearer...
Thank you, Mary
I'm off now.
IMAGICAT
Morning All and thanks for all the updates especially Ann for all that interesting info.
As Jane has previous posted the EGs have been very entertaining this morning and at one time I saw 3 at the nest!
Around 9:00am the female had settled down looking as if she was going to lay an egg
and then she got pecked!!
Thankfully when she rose, there was no egg,
Both have flown
What a super resume of a complicated family tree, Ann, thank you so much.
One bit to add, I think that Blue 2AA(16) m, Wonky Wings son, became the king pin at Gwash River last year. So the family tradition was maintained! I think some folk nicknamed him Duracell after the 2AA battery!
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