Brief history: 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 ousted 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”. Since 2015, Maya and Blue 33(11) have paired up each year and to date have successfully raised 26 chicks.
Copyright & Link to Webcam: © Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust
Links to previous threads can be found here
Maya & Blue 33(11) Arrival Dates can be found here
Manton Bay Nest Breeding Stats 2007 - Present can be found here
Here’s wishing Maya and Blue 33(11) a safe journey home and for another successful season.
Many thanks for the new thread, Karen ~ super, detailed info too!
Fingers crossed for Maya and B33's safe migrations
Thanks Scylla, I actually noticed the pair of pied wagtails most probably because of your video.
About the bin lid and bricks - the earliest Maya returned was 12 March and with such a mild winter, could very well be we see them back a bit earlier this year so I would think they may have to set about removing it next week.
scylla said:I won't be posting any more Wagtails or EGs unless someone asks or something exceptional happens that I happen to capture.
Showing that the EGs have been undeterred from living their normal lives so far - they first appeared before 06:30 this morning and at this moment one is sitting on the far side of the nest.
The PWs are also daily visitors.
IMAGICAT
For me, I adore the wagtails!
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This is in a good cause - here's hoping it will hook Clare Bailey (Clare)
Rain on the spider's web makes for poor viewing on the Wide cam:
There's nasty-looking crud drifting around the nest just under the surface - can't be seaweed cos it's not the seaside
For a couple of days I've only seen single EGs on the nest.
Did the Nest cam have no sound last season?
Sorry, folks, I'm stir crazy already !!!
Don't know what than can be Scylla? Yes, I am sure the nest camera had sound?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
scylla said:Did the Nest cam have no sound last season?
I think only the bottom cam had sound if I recall correctly.
I was querying the "Nest" cam, the closer-up one, Freebird66 which doesn't currently have sound but I couldn't remember if it had last season. The "Wide" cam has sound. I don't remember if you were were "here" before the cams went on YouTube, but they used to be displayed as top and bottom (and by the way, we used to have wonderful sunrises and sunsets on the Wide/Bottom cam back then) and as they were on the same screen it made sense to have sound on only one cam - they were never 100% in sync, IIRC.