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.
Yay! Brilliant news to see you Karen, do take time to recover.
Well our Boy had some real seconds up in the air, and when I saw him edge back and poop. I thought OH My He is really going to go, But he certainly had some attempts.
going up again
ooh, just going ,out of sight
and gone
but only seconds back again
still flapping
33 brings a twig
Hmm ,no fish!
and only just looked back in and sitting lovely and comfy, so not today me thinks.
©️L&RWT
Lovely capture of that wingspan Kate
Hi Karen,
Lovely to see you’re back home and taking it easy. All at your own pace, your health comes first.
1R0 and his famous parents are a joy to watch.
Gosh, 1R0 was nearly away this morning Kate! Great captures
Take it easy Karen, am sure seeing your special one take to the skies will cheer you up no end
This morning sees him still" shall I shan't I " Ha!!!
again did his morning ablutions off the side,(see the while jet stream CHOL:):))....notice most birds do that before they fly .
watching the swan go by
08.27ish
another pre flight rigmarole or not Ha!!
too busy preening to see a family passing by
A little later Dad brings yet anther twig...
and uninterested as no fish
Dad soon departs
The day is yet young! Perhaps we’ll have take off later Kate!
Mum just visits empty handed.
16.44ish Mum arrives empty handed then Dad with a tiddler.
tries to get him to feed himself.
20.32 1R0 managed a self feed with a live fish tonight. He took the fish from 33.
20.33 1R0 managed to get a good grip with his talons.
20.37 Maya oversaw the feed
20.38 Then left as she could see 1R0 was making good progress.
20.50 He managed to eat the head
20.50 Then picked up the stringy bit off the nest, multiple times, without success in swallowing.
20.53 Mum then came to help him with the rest of his feed.