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.
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Here’s wishing Maya and Blue 33(11) a safe journey home and for another successful season.
Mating
Maya continues calling.
33 has flown off hopefully fishing!
Kind regards, Ann
Maya has been doing some tittivating around the nest.
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Maya calls, 33 arrives and ignores her
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16.44 33 flies off
Unknown said:Thanks, everyone for pics and posts. For some unknown reason, at some point late yesterday, the RSPB has stopped giving me notifications about any threads--those I have commented on and those I have only asked for notifications on. Will take ages to track them all down. This is the first.
Same here
Richard B
It was gone 23:00 when Maya landed followed by Blue33 - he tried mating but it didn't go as planned:
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Earlier in the day I'd saved some passages to do portraits from - or I thought I had but they've gone missing. Making do with what I've got, Blue33 does look cute
IMAGICAT
Early morning mating attempts up to a few minutes ago - varying success:
Birdies LG DU update.
Maya did her fish dance in anticipation Mike LOL....
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