Continued from Manton Bay – July 2021.
The history of the Manton Bay nest, breeding stats and links to previous threads can be found here.
2021 Season Summary: 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 on 8 May at 19:51 and the second on 10 May at 19:48, one 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 . At 54 days old, Blue 096 fledged at 12:12 on 1 July and Blue 095, aged 53 days old, at 11:12 on 2 July. On 22 August at 09:10, Blue 095 aged 104 days old, set off on migration and 3 minutes later, 09:13, Blue 096 aged 106 days old left. Maya and Blue 33(11) remained and finally set off - Maya on 30 August and Blue 33(11) the next morning on 31 August.
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33 is still here!
05:59 33 arrives on the nest
just stands, looking around
06:02 333 flies off
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Video: Blue 33(11) - Brief visit to nest 05:59 to 06:02 on 27 Aug 2021
I think Maya has gone and we may now have seen the last of 33 for this season. I'm out all day but will check later for any news. BFN
Both still here - 33 on the nest and Maya does a fly by.
33 on the nest and Maya was calling quietly for fish from somewhere (campost?) but she has stopped now Perhaps she realized her calls were falling on deaf ears
I didn't ealize I had snapped so many Hey Ho! There can never be too many
C ROP
33(11) surveys his territory at Manton Bay as he prepares for his departure on migration after another successful season
Thanks everyone for all the updates. Well, lol so much for thinking before I left that my last post could very well have been the last we saw 33 this season. He has been on the nest almost all day and hasn’t he been a busy boy!!
06:36 the nest first thing this morning
08:15 33 returns and starts to plan his day - fishing or some maintenance work?
08:55 The first of the sticks arrive as 33 gets to work rebuilding his nest
0900 Maya is still here and takes off leaving 33 to it :-D
09:30 an adjustment here
09:32 and there
09:33 hard work - 33 takes a rest
10:27 back to work
10:42 unseen intruder disturbing his work but at least Maya comes to help him defend
10:52 Maya has flown and 33 carries on
11:19 keeps rearranging old and placing new sticks
11:27 time for a scrape
and a little break
14:29 more rearranging
and another scrape
15:29 another well earned rest
15:38 33 looking down - wonder if he has his eyes on the fish!
16:52 final adjustments
17:04 Enough work for the day - it looks like a nest again. And so 33 flies off
19:06 Maya on the nest
Maya calls and then flies off as I type
Rutland Ospreys tweeted two intruder Ospreys flew right past the visitor centre after intruding on Maya and 33 on the nest this morning.
On scroll back about an hour ago
I don't know why but RF wouldn't let me post the fly away last????