Continued from Manton Bay June 2022
Details about the Manton Bay nest can be found on the season’s opening post
The season so far: Maya returned 15 March @ 10:21 & Blue 33(11) on 21 March @ 17:29. Egg #1 laid 31 March @ c 23:30 & hatched 09 May @ 23:02, Egg #2 laid 03 April @ 18:31 & hatched 10 May @ 12:30 and Egg #3 laid 06 April @ 20:30 & hatched 12 May @ 08:24. On 20 June the chicks were ringed with their unique blue darvics. Chick #1 was fitted with 1H1, #2 with 1H2 and #3 with 1H3. All chicks were females and full details of their biometric data can be found here.
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04:45 Fish
Maya follows 33 to the nest
breakfish gets underway
Maya flies off leaving them to it
Morning Patily
07:35 33 must of collected the fish earlier as he now returns with the it
taken from him
chicks take turns to eat
and when not eating, some exercises
17:28 FISH
it's huge
quickly grabbed by 1H1
33 quickly takes off and 1H1 protects its fish :-)
poor fish gets dragged about
Maya has flown and 1H1 keeps possession and feeds
18:19 1H2 now with the fish and self feeding
Morning ALL - appears to have been another fledge -- see edit info below
08:14 1H3 FLEDGES
1H2 alone on the nest
rushed just now but need to check back to double check she didn't go earlier but don't thinks so!
EDIT (4 July 15:55): Rutland have posted few hours ago on their FB page a video of 1H3 fledging 3 July. Time shown is 12:09
08:31 1H3 approaches
and safely back on the nest
08:35 off again - 1H3 is loving having found her wings
08:39 all on the nest
09:06 1H2 FLEDGES
flaps her wings
and off
can just see her talons top left under logo
and now E N S
33 arrives to claim his nest back :-D
soon joined by 1H1
33 takes off leaving 1H1 alone
09:55 1H1 flies off and ENS