Continued from Manton Bay – June 2021.
The history of the Manton Bay nest, breeding stats and links to previous threads can be found here.
The season so far: On 19 March, Blue 33(11) returned at 12:29 and Maya at 12:52. Three eggs were laid, #1 on 30 March at 11:45, #2 seen on 2 April at 07:34 and #3 on 5 April at 07:05. Sadly only two eggs hatched, the first chick on 8 May at 19:51 and the second on 10 May at 19:48, one egg being unviable. The chicks were ringed on 19 June. Chick #1, a male, was fitted with the blue darvic 096 and Chick #2, a female, was fitted with blue 095.
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Today's portraits
Blue 096 @ 55 days old
Blue 095 @ 53 days old
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095 lots of wing exercising
095 is so desperate to go - just needs that little bit of confidence and she'll be off!
Karen said: "095 is so desperate to go - just needs that little bit of confidence and she'll be off!"
She's definitely not got long to go!
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11:12 095 has fledged
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Video: Blue 095 fledges @ 11:12 on 2 July 2021
How exciting, Karen! You'd have thought she'd flown off the nest before with the way she fledged...wonderful to see!
She didn't wait long! 23 hours after her brother - he fledged at 12.12 on the 1st, she fledged at 11.12 on the 2nd.
11:16 096 arrives to an empty nest !!
096 potters about
11:19 096 flies off - he is getting the hang of this now !
Confirmation from Rutland