Continued from Manton Bay – May 2024.
The history of the Manton Bay nest and stats can be found here .
The season so far: On 12 March, Maya returned 12 March @ 15:58 and Blue 33(11) on the 13 March @ 15:25. Maya laid her first egg on 30 March @ 13:58, the second on 02 April @ 13:15 and a third on 05 April @ 11:06. At 23:23 on 10 May, egg #3 after 35 days was the only one to hatch. Maya had previously removed one egg at 10:50 on 5 May and the other remains on the nest. On 15 May at 14:21 a live fish flapped, displacing the chick into the sticks at the side of the nest. Unable to get free, Rutland Officials accessed the nest and placed the chick back in the middle of the nest thankfully none the worse for its ordeal.
Around the third week in June, the chick will be ringed with its blue darvic and we will learn more about it ie its sex, measurements, weight etc. Until then, it will eat, sleep and continue to grow into a beautiful young osprey.
Morning ALL
06:00 33 arrives with a clump of straw and plonks it on the chick lol
chick soon up - always nice seeing them together
The way the chick is looking at 33 in the third pic! lol. I don't think it appreciated the mass of straw that its dad put on top of it!
Lovely photos though of the family together.
Looking back on 4 June
18:48 33 arrives with a partial fish - Maya in no hurry to grab it
Maya eventually dishes out the fish
33 flies off leaving them eating
20:03 raining at Manton Bay
23:01 settled down for the night
02:13 break then quickly settled down again
03:28 beginning to stir as dawn approaches
08:14 33 delivered breakfish
once finished, chick, who is so well camouflaged, settles down with mum on guard.
and just now
09:58 33 arrives joining them on the nest
The camouflage is amazing. You wouldn’t see the chick if just glancing at the nest. It’s feathers are fairly coming in now,
I know Gilder, a right wee bundle of fluff
And Morning ALL -
06:12 Maya stands over a left of fish tail
which the little one is nibbling on
Maya soon dishes some out
and presently (07:28) both having a rest
07:42 33 warning something off as he collects the fish
chick stretches letting us see its wing development
That’s an impressive wing the wee one is growing!
little one is growing fast Glider!
last night @ 09:13 33 arrived with a large fish for supper
soon Maya and the chick are tucking in