Continued from Manton Bay – April 2024.
The history of the Manton Bay nest and stats can be found here .
2024 Season Summary: Maya, equalling her own record, was the first osprey to return back arriving on 12 March @ 15:58 and her partner, Blue 33(11) joined her on the 13 March @ 15:25. The pair quickly re-established their bond and Maya laid three eggs, the first on 30 March @ 13:58, the second on 02 April @ 13:15 and a third on 05 April @ 11:06. At 10:50 on 5 May Maya remove one egg from the nest and the pair continued to incubate the two eggs of which only one was viable (most likely the third egg) and hatched at 23:23 on 10 May. On 15 May at 14:21 a live fish was delivered to the nest displacing the chick into the sticks at the side of the nest. Unable to get free, Rutland Officials organised a rescue operation. They accessed the nest and placed the chick back in the middle of the nest and thankfully none the worse for its ordeal.
A few weeks later the unviable egg eventually broke and was removed by Maya. The chick thrived under the care and protection of its parents and on 19 June 2024 was ringed with the Blue Darvic IR0. The ringing was recorded and can be seen here and his vitals were noted as follows:
Blue IR0(24) spent the next couple of weeks strengthening his wings and on 3 July 2024 at 08:07, IRO fledged
Blue 33(11) will continue to provide for his family and IRO will explore his surroundings, building his strength and confidence for the long journey ahead when he will take off on his first migration.
@Karen......Looking lovely and strong, should be wonderful to see lift off next Month hopefully
Yes Kate, fledging is always exciting.
I'm also looking forward to ringing day which may happen anytime from next week. Be good to know its id, sex etc and of course how much it weighs as it certainly has had a steady supply of fish.
One positive thing about 33 bringing in live fish is that Maya and the chick are getting the best part.
Love the trilogy of the chick Karen. Wow, can’t believe the window for ringing opens next week.
Chick to be ringed end of next week - 21 June
Update from Rutland
That’s exciting.
Afternoon ALL
some random captures of the chic from earlier today
BBL
Morning ALL
lovely sunrise to start the day
off out - BFN
Morning ALL - been poorly last few day. BBS
Just take your time getting better Karen. This nest is ticking along nicely.