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.
Handsome boy, look forward to some pics from the ringing session, saw a lovely one on X(twitter) earlier!
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
A boy!!! Fantastic, he’s a big lad because he’s been so well fed.
Thanks for info Kate and Richard.
Link to the video of 1R0 being ringed
Here
Our boy looking lovely this morning , so do hope KAREN will soon return safely from her porrly state, do so miss all her information.
Sending Blessings and Hugs.
and look so funny when they shuffle Ha!!
Many thanks for updates Richard, Kate & Glider ... thinking of you Karen, hope you are well soon and that the footage of the chick being ringed cheered you up!
Looks like 7 fish have been brought to the nest today. Here are some of the larger ones.15.17
17.25 With the reflections on the water, it looks like the nest is in the clouds. ️
A family portrait. Look at 1R0’s face!
18.24
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June 21
There have been 3 fish delivered so far today but mid afternoon, 2 arrived within approx 2 minutes of each other!
14.13.59 Here’s the 1st delivery 14.16 Maya hadn’t even started on the first fish when 33 was back with the 2nd.
33 dropped it and left.
14.18 Maya and her 2 fish.
16.41 1R0 showing us that his wingspan is as wide as the nest as he practises some flapping.
All defensive mode.
Morning all
Lots of wingercising and !!!!
and!!! Helicoptering .
EDIT 08.40
Either pretending to be a tidy Teenager, or pretending to be adult ,tidying sticks Ha!!
Hi Kate, fantastic captures thank you, how exciting.