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.
14:44 Intruder is back - Maya flapping along with 33
33 takes off after the intruder
aww, she's got her egg
33 returns standing watch over Maya
Confirmation from Rutland
Video: Egg #1 for Maya and Blue 33(11) 15:58 30 March 2024
Always special the first egg of the season
But how awful for Maya and 33
13:58 Intruder approaches the nest just as Maya rises after laying Egg #1
© Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust
16:06 33 arrives - he wants a turn
change over and nice clear view of the egg
Maya flies off leaving 33 doing what 33 loves best
good when 33 incubates as he is such a fidget, we always get a good look :-D
and settled
Thank you LAM for your reports from the scene of the action, and especially for tussling with our fab new system!
I can't quote your spot-on prediction for the egg because said new system sometimes throws a wobbly and it did in this case, it wouldn't display my video, which will never do
(Probably this is a duplicate or triplicate of someone else's now, but I'm not chancing coming out of this box to check.)
Just the nitty-gritty.
IMAGICAT
Great footage of the action thank you Karen.
Yes a fantastic visit.... Quite memorable!
Struggled putting much on as RSPB sent email saying it was spam! Gosh as if we don't have enough problems posting anyway!
16:49 Maya returns
33 rises
33 flies off as Maya prepares to settle down
Maya settles on a sunny, calm evening - perfect!!
LAM said:Struggled putting much on as RSPB sent email saying it was spam! Gosh as if we don't have enough problems posting anyway!
I hope you don't mind, LAM, but I'm going to report this over on the Upgrade thread - there's more than one problem caused by mis-ID-ing posts as spam/abuse these days - we lost the whole of the Clywedog thread!