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.
Morning all - I'd like to tell you that I'm part of the Flight of the Osprey team (#FOTO), and invite you to the pre-launch zoom briefing we're holding on 9th May at 19.00 UK (GMT+1). Background: Sacha Dench (AKA the Human Swan), is the UN Ambassador for the Convention on Migratory Species and is going to be following the migration route of UK sat-tagged Ospreys from Scotland to the west coast of Africa. Her organisation is called Conservation Without Borders, she'll be flying in a paramotor and the team will be landing in places along the route favoured by the Ospreys, to highlight conservation issues from climate change to human intervention such as poaching and power lines. My job as media volunteer is to source exciting nest cam footage for the pre-flight publicity, and during my recent visit to Rutland, I met with Abi Mustard, and obtained her permission to use some of their nest cam footage, as well as to follow Blue 4K as one of the sat-tagged Ospreys when he heads south in August. My other role is to keep fellow Osprey enthusiasts like you updated on the project. So if you've ever wondered where our Ospreys go on their winter hols and would like to get involved from the comfort of your sofa, here's the link for the briefing: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7534698525 No sign up needed, just log in on the 9th. I'll post a reminder nearer the time - hope to see some of you there.
https://www.conservation-without-borders.org/flight-of-the-osprey
Maya looks so cosy and toastie its no wonder she is dozing. I wonder if they will have their first chick by this rime next week? Hope it will entice Karen back.
C ROP
Woweee! We've been given a different view 33 with his fish
patily said:I wonder if they will have their first chick by this rime next week? Hope it will entice Karen back.
I fear that Karen must have a serious problem to be kept away so long, can't wait to see her back
01 May
I got a fish !!! (Supper) But Maya picked it up as if to fly with it, suddenly changed her mind and flew without it and I can't find her coming back! There's huge section of MB missing.
02 May
Not to worry, here's the early changeover this morning, all must be well with Maya
IMAGICAT
Morning Scylla, Patily, Alan and All
We saw last night's fish delivery and Maya did come back and take it eventually but what she was actually doing was dive bombing various birds on the water, washing her underneath and then after terrorising everything in site sat preening herself lol! So she is definitely ok :-).
Here is a sad pic of Maya on the remains of her perch where she likes to eat fish, keep eye on nest and sit with chicks. Sadly it was see sawing last time we were here.... Now gone! The Cows were moving in for company but they'd better watch out :-)
We miss you Karen and hope you are alright. Sending you very warm wishes and look forward to our chats again soon!
Yes Alan hopefully this nest makes stress free watching!