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.
Morning ALL - Today the chick is 4 weeks old
04:42 Maya and the chick begin to stir as the sun rises
Maya has been off a couple of times getting some fresh straw
06:07 33 arrives with a large stick
06:40 (presently) Maya and the chick preen while waiting on breakfish
post more captures of the chick later once the glare from the sun has passed
couple of captures of the chick from this morning
11:29 33 arrives with a small fish
gets loose
Maya soon grabs it, chick tries to grab it too
33 flies off and feed gets underway
16:09 33 lands with a large headless fish
both full of fish
an hour later, another top up
21:19 Chick snuggled into Maya
21:40 Looks so peaceful
22:45
22:46 night cams on - wide angle cam
nest cam
Morning ALL
04:57 Maya feeds the chick from the left over piece of fish lying at the back of the nest
05:30 33 arrives with a small fish
Maya quickly takes it - chick looks on
Maya slips the chick some more fish
Removal of The egg!!
06:04 Maya by it and it looks intact
06:28 Maya is up as 33 has arrived and tramping around
06:28 The egg has broken! 33 flips it up
06:48
06:50 Maya tidying up looks at the egg
06:51 Maya pecks at it then picks up the egg
06:52 She flies off with it
07:35 33 approaches with a fresh fish
and more fish
off out for the day now SYL
Morning Karen,
Many thanks for all the updates - the chick is looking fab!
I'm surprised the egg lasted intact as long as it had. Great that Maya took it away after it cracked. The chick will just have to cosy-up to Maya for company now! lol
Have a lovely day
I was thinking that too Sandra, the chick may miss its egg “companion” - been there all of its life.
Morning ALL - quick post as out today
07:16 33 arrives with a large headless fish which he leaves. Maya stands back and the chick has a nibble
Maya flies off leaving 33 watching the chick doing some wing flaps
33 then flies off - chick alone with the fish