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.
Couple of captures from earlier:
11:01 IR0 with mum
11:07 and dad
16:13 IR0 having a wee rest
Quickly checking back, IR0 has been on and off the nest all day but I haven't seen any fish deliveries since this morning.
Cam is down - hopefully resolved soon
Off now - BFN
Morning ALL
05:13 IR0 on the nest and fish calling
view from W/A cam
05:25 IR0 flies off
06:30 33 arrives with a long stick
33 soon leaves - ENS
08:08 Brief visit from Maya
She flies up to the cam post and 33 lands
All the family are about this morning
15:17 IR0 on the nest, yelling and backing into retrieving position as 33 approaches
what a whopper of a fish!!
and soon tucking in
15:56 still tucking in
16:07 Maya arrives
16:09 Maya takes hold and flies off with the fish
16:10 33 arrives with a stick
33 takes off leaving IR0 cleaning his beak
16:12 IR0 after picking up loose bits of the nest, flies off
ENS