Continued from Manton Bay – June/July 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) arrived 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 removed 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 who thankfully was none the worse for its ordeal. A few weeks later the unviable egg eventually broke and was removed by Maya. The chick continued to thrive under the care and protection of its parents and on 19 June 2024 it was sexed, vitals noted and fitted with the blue darvic "IR0". The ringing of Blue IR0(24) can be viewed here. A couple of weeks later on 3 July 2024 at 08:07 Blue IR0 fledged.
Blue 33 will continue to provide for his family and Blue IR0 will explore his surroundings, building his strength and confidence for the long journey ahead when in a few weeks time he’ll take off on his first migration. Maya and Blue 33, their job done, will soon follow.
And when their time comes to leave us, we wish them a safe journey and return.
Morning ALL - looking quite misty here
06:45 Maya and IR0 wait on their breakfish
Maya flies off, IR0 soon follows
07:16 He returns
07:42 after a short spell away, IR0 is back
continues to yell for breakfish
He's off again. Perhaps 33 has a fish and he's back and forth pestering him?
Checking back and see that IR0 and Maya have had their breakfish!!
09:30 IR0 appears, yelling as 33 approaches
IR0 grabs the fish - its a large live pike !!
The pike gets loose flapping about the nest - IR0 and 33 look on
33 flies off and IR0 gets hold of it
IR0 is soon tucking in
He moves across the nest
09:58 IR0 still eating and Maya appears
10:05 Once IR0 is finished Maya moves in, takes the fish and flies off with it
10:12 IR0 remains pottering about the nest
10:13 off he flies
ENS
Checking back on earlier nest activity - some captures
11:31 33 on the nest
12:55 33 still staying close to the nest - a close up of him
12:56 33 just loves a lie down
13:49 33 looking very relaxed
15:17 IR0 appears and fish calling
15:25 Fish!!
33 approaches the nest
quickly taken by IR0
33 flies off and IR0 tucks in
15:28 After eating a few chunks, IR0 flies off with the fish
15:34 IR0 approaches the nest with the fish - good he held on to it
15:41 eats some more
IR0 thinks about taking off
first a couple of hovers
up
and down
and then he is off with it
17:16 IR0 re-appears on the nest and he's still holding on to his fish
Just a brief visit, he's quickly off again