Earlier this month Limpy and I made our first visit to Rutland Water in years, which seems incredible considering it's still our closest osprey nest. We wasted no time in heading to the Shallow Water hide to get grandstand (if a tad distant) views of them:
095 on the nest with her father, Blue33, incoming.
Whatever he carried in his talons, she's clearly not impressed!
Off he goes!
He's a particular fan of lurking in this tree. It's not too easy to spot him in it once he settles.
Maya on her perch, just to the left of the nest.
Enjoying a good flap in the rain!
It wasn't supposed to rain so I'm very glad we'd reached the hide before the heavens opened.
A buzzard flies past. We usually see red kites here as well but not on this occasion.
095 goes into full nest defence mode.
Getting stuck in!
Her brother, 096, flies past with a fish.
He lands on a more distant perch to eat it in peace.
Maya in the air. There was another osprey about, which clearly didn't impress her!
She is looking good!
It was only a few weeks since we were standing on the top deck of the Observatory at Dyfi watching Maya's daughter Telyn give us an equally beautiful fly past.
I hope you all enjoy these. Sorry they're a bit late but I took 1,116 photos on the day and it took a while to get through them all!
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
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Kind regards, Ann