MANTON BAY - MAY 2022

Maya has risen - one chick looking OK and up for food but the other one, which is moving, seems to be trapped between the nest and egg

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Maya feeds one chick

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New update on FB from Rutland osprey project.

"Manton Bay Update:
Firstly, we would like to say thank you for all your support and messages.
Maya has now removed the fish from the nest cup and is now thankfully brooding both chicks. We are very cautiously optimistic, but at this point in time we are only able to wait and see what happens over the next few hours. We aren't concerned about Maya as she is hunkering down in the nest which is normal behaviour for the incredibly wet weather we are having here today.

To answer those who are asking, we will not be intervening, as we believe this is likely to do more harm than good since the disturbance caused will leave the other chick and egg exposed, which therefore could put the whole brood at risk. We have to remember, the Ospreys are wild birds and this is sadly part of nature, which we have to allow to play out, no matter how difficult it is for us to watch, which we do of course appreciate.
We will be continuing to monitor the whole situation and will keep you updated.

Thank you.
The Rutland Osprey Project Team

Maya finishes feed and moves round - the little chick is moving but we can't see much for the stick!

Maya then settles down 

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Still blowy but certainly much brighter and at least it has stopped raining. 

Maya tends to feed hourly - crickey, my heart's in my mouth here

Phew this is a tough watch, it would all happen when it was tipping down and Maya was sitting tight.

Maya having a good preen - she is looking much better now. 

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Almost an hour since the last feed so hopefully Maya will stick to her trend and we see what's what.  Everything crossed for the little chick.

Maya rose for a moment - the little chick is moving and I thought looked stronger

Video of the Little Chick - it does lift its head

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Thanks everyone for the updates. I've had that awful pit in stomach feeling all day which I've had many times before in tough days on various nests

33 has arrived with the fish - there is already one on the nest (both fish as reported in earlier posts)

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Maya is not interested - 33 flies off with the fish, the other remains on the nest.