And here we go again
Brief history about Manton Bay:
The nest was first occupied by White 08(97) and Green 5N(04) in 2007 who 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 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 20 chicks.
© Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust
Here’s wishing Maya and Blue 33(11) a safe journey home and for another successful season.
What a lovely surprise - well, not exactly, given Maya's track record, but...
MaryGK said:it’s only natural you worry about the older ospreys
MaryGK said:I am surprised she hasn’t caught herself a whopper and brought it to the nest
I wondered if she'd just eaten one, she did some feaking early on.
I've taken all footage from Cam2 because Cam1 is breaking up quite badly:
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"MAYA HAS LANDED Highlights of first day" ©ROP, Manton Bay
Whose bright idea was it to saddle her with too-heavy-to-shift sticks? But she got it done:
(Oops! There's a duplicate clip in here. REPLACED with corrected - I hope - version.)
IMAGICAT
Geemeff said:
Another early returnee!
https://youtu.be/uZAK95I6pc4
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
We'll have to be careful not to jump to conclusions - it appeared that Maya had company, with someone's tail giving them away - but I've spoiled the first impression by "enhancing" this snap, the original looked more like a tail:
But it was the reflection of these treetops:
Cam 2 was also breaking up, but it was Maya herself producing the comical effects in her enthusiasm for nestorising this afternoon
15 March
17:06 - How thrilling to see little footfulls again:
Oops, I left the above unposted since last night.
16 March
Maya arrived, she's been waiting on the nest since:
06:25 she flew up to the campost perch.
G'night!
Maya in fine form! Just flown off with her breakfast.
Copyright LRWT/ROP
Birdies LG DU update.
Morning ALL and thanks for all the updates, captures and videos.
Wow!! What a whopper Maya brought back - thanks MIKE for capture
And for the record, here is the a video of the first fish of the season:
Video: Maya returns with a whopper @ 10:13 on 16 March 2022