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
quick scroll back
05:09 IR0 comes down from the campost and stays a couple of minutes on nest as the sun is rising
05:11 flies off
05:39 Brief visit from Maya
and no further sightings of the family until now
08:09 Maya arrives
08:48 33 appears for a brief visit
flies off, returns and IR0 follows fish calling
33 flies off leaving IR0
stays for around 5 minutes then flies off
I'm off for the day now, catch up later
checking back, 33 has been on the nest a few times as has IR0 fish calling. Not seen anything of Maya yet but no doubt she'll be close by
13:50 One of 33's visits
Soon flies up to the cam post - such powerful wings
15:15 IR0 has been on the nest fish calling and catches sight of 33 circling the nest
Fish - IR0 gets into receiving position as 33 approaches
33 flies off leaving IR0 to tuck in
15:45 IR0 finishes, cleans his beak before flying off.
15:46 Maya arrives and takes the innards - suppose to keep the nest clean?
close up of Maya
15:48 Maya then collects the fish and flies off to have her share
17:41 IR0 once more fish calling
17:46 33 approaches - another fish for IR0
IR0 gets a firm hold and waits a minute or so
17:17 then flies off with it
Morning ALL -
05:18 Sunrise (Met Office)
07:35 IR0 appears - first glimpse of any of the family this morning - and fish calling
and within a minute, he flies up to the cam post
Karen said:05:18 Sunrise (Met Office)
Morning Karen and all
and on the wide cam
©️L&RWT
Morning Sunnykate - isn't the reflection of the sun on the water beautiful?
08:00 IR0 appears and quickly into position as 33 approaches with breakfish
tucks in
08:04 IR0 takes off with his fish
Off for the day now. SYL