MANTON BAY – AUGUST 2021 to end of FEBRUARY 2022

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  • Yes LAM, couldn't have timed that better lol

    Interesting to see what happens now as Maya, 096 and 33 will be wanting fed too!
  • Thank goodness the grass didn't take any longer! :-)
    Very interesting to see the next movements. Just hope she leaves it for them when she's had her share!
  • Indeed LAM!  

    What I would find interesting is if another fish was brought to the nest.   Would 095 be content to continue eating the one she has and allow 096 on the nest to feed of the other?  

    Meanwhile on the nest, 095 continues to tuck in

    c    LRWT

  • Interesting thought Karen! Perhaps we'll find out!!
    Maybe 095 still would not let 096 on the nest as she is treating him as an intruder with her calls and actions! Beginning to wonder if she even knows him as her sibling now!
  • 18:04    Maya arrives as 095 finishes

    Maya takes the fish as 095 cleans her beak

    waits a moment

    then flies off with it

    © Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust

  • LAM said:
    Interesting thought Karen! Perhaps we'll find out!!
    Maybe 095 still would not let 096 on the nest as she is treating him as an intruder with her calls and actions! Beginning to wonder if she even knows him as her sibling now!
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    Precisely LAM and I think that this is the problem as every thing was fine up to 096 took off on the 22nd and her aggression towards him started after he returned!  As you say, she is seeing him as an intruder!!
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    And at the nest  -    095 has now flown.  ENS
  • That has made my night! Thank you for the great pictures Karen and to see Maya with the fish brings a tear to the eye :-) of joy of course! Thank goodness the wonderful mother is not going hungry tonight! And glad too that 095 has been fed. 096 has most likely been supplied fish on the perch and 33 will hopefully get some of this fish after Maya has taken hers although he may have got himself a bit before the transfer! Sounding very optomistic now! :-)
  • 18:15   33 arrives and mantling

    assume this is 095 who joins him

    33 flies off and 095 potters about

    © Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust

  • There is fish calling in the background so that has to be 096 as Maya has a fish and 095 on the nest so 096 may come to the nest if the fish comes back with Maya! He may be hungry as he is only getting small fish and depends on how many! Optomism soon gone ! Lol
  • I remain concerned for 096 LAM. I do hope 33 has managed to get some fish to him but we just don't know!
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